Newly hired Kansas State track coach takes Olympic gold in long jump for Team USA

Talk about making a splash as a new face on the Kansas State Wildcats coaching staff ...

That’s what Tara Davis-Woodhall did Thursday in Paris, winning gold for Team USA in the women’s long jump at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Davis-Woodhall, 25, was one of multiple assistant coaching hires made public last week by new KSU track and field/cross country director Travis Geopfert, who joined the program earlier this summer.

Davis-Woodhall won Thursday’s long jump final with a leap of 7.10 meters. It was her first Olympic medal of any kind ... and a remarkable first impression for those new colleagues in Manhattan, Kansas.

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