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Kimball native Brady Land qualifies for NCAA D2 indoor track championship

Kimball native Brady Land was one of three members of the indoor track and field team at the University of Nebraska-Kearney to qualify for the 2015 NCAA Division II Indoor track championships to be held March 13-14 in Birmingham, Ala.

The meet will take place at the Birmingham CrossPlex. The CrossPlex and the University of Alabama Huntsville will serve as co-hosts.

Land, a senior from Kimball, ranks third in the long jump thanks to his school record leap of 25-0.75. Only Lutalo Boyce of Texas A&M-Kingsville (25-7.25) and Chadron State freshman Damarcus Simpson (25-4.50) had a better jump...