In his final warmup for the London Olympics, K-State’s Erik Kynard will high jump on Friday in Monaco. The Diamond League meet has ten competitors, nine of which are Olympians including fellow Americans Jesse Williams and Jamie Nieto, who both train under Wildcat coach Cliff Rovelto. Kynard arrived in Birmingham, England to begin training on Monday. He’ll jump in the Olympic prelims on August 5th, and the finals are August 7th. Friday’s warmup event begins at 1:05pm central time.
