Eastern Washington University Athletics

Kurt Kraemer became just the second Eastern men’s student-athlete to earn NCAA Division I All-America honors in track and field when he finished ninth in the triple jump with an effort of 52-1 3/4 at the 2001 NCAA Indoor Championships. He was also 13th in the long jump (24-7 1/4) following a record-breaking performance in winning Big Sky Conference "Field" Athlete of the Meet at the Indoor Championships. He won the triple jump (53-5 1/2) and long jump (25-3 1/4) with school-record marks, and also was fourth in the high jump to score a school-record 25 points. His mark in the triple jump was third all-time in the league (still third through 2018) and his long jump mark was eighth at the time (now ninth). He remains the all-time leading scorer for Eastern at Big Sky Championships (indoors and outdoors combined) with 120 points. In his career from 1999-2003, he had 19 top six finishes in Big Sky competitions with three triple jump titles and one long jump championship. He earned All-Big Sky honors by finishing in the top three on 11 occasions (seven indoors, four outdoors), and was just the 10th athlete in league history to be honored four-straight seasons (now 14 through 2018). He scored 71 points indoors, which at the time ranked third in conference history. His career bests indoors still stand as school records (through 2018), and his best high jump mark of 6-9 3/4 was seventh (still seventh through 2018). Outdoors, he finished his career ranked second in EWU history in the triple jump (52-4), seventh in the long jump (24-3 1/2) and eighth in the high jump (6-9 3/4). His current rankings (through the 2018 season) are second, ninth and 12th, respectively. Besides his 11 all-conference accolades for his jumping, he was also honored seven times on Big Sky Conference All-Academic teams. He was EWU’s recipient of the Big Sky Conference Scholar-Athlete Award following the completion of his collegiate eligibility in 2003. He was a 1998 graduate of Hanford High School in Richland, Wash., where he won five WIAA State 3A championships. As a junior he won the high jump and triple jump titles, then won the high jump, triple jump and long jump as a senior. He also played basketball for Hanford and was inducted into the Falcon Boosters Hall of Fame. He resides in his hometown of Richland with his wife, Angela, and their sons Jacob, Lucas, Kolton and Kaydon.