While Saluki head track coach Bill Cornell said high jumper Kris McGee has plenty of potential as a leaper, an injury that McGee suffered this past season, that he refused to have looked at, hindered his high jumping progress.

I’m not sure if it is a stress fracture or not, McGee said. Now that I think about it, I probably should have sat down for a while.

McGee said approaching the end the season he took his injury to the athletic trainer initially, but the trainer left it up to McGee whether the leg should be examined further. With the Missouri Valley Conference meet approaching, McGee decided to hold off on having it looked at.

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Only time would make it better, and I just didn’t have that, he said. I was hoping to score a few points in the high jump.

After the MVC meet, McGee said he had the injury checked out further and was told to stay off of the leg for four to six weeks, cutting into his training time.

I could walk on it but I couldn’t run on it or work out, he said. I’ve been doing a little bit of running but not a lot.

Cornell said McGee showed promise early in the season but McGee could not quite get it put together.

We thought for sure he would make seven feet last year, Cornell said. He had a bit of a nagging injury, if her can get over that I’m sure he’ll do quite well.

McGee said he hopes to improve greatly on his performance from last year, hopefully becoming more competitive in the conference

see MCGEE, page 11

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