Janee’ Kassanavoid is a professional Nike Track and Field athlete and competes for Team USA. As a Nike N-seven ambassador she is representing culture and sharing the journey to gold as a Native Athlete. Janee’ is a member of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma. She was born and raised in Lawson, Missouri and grew up as a multi-sport athlete, lettering in softball, volleyball, basketball, and track & field. We talk about the athleticism she gained by training in all those sports. She is certainly body aware. Janee’ shares an awesome and …a bit funny insight into trying to get her body to listen to her in her work to improve some technique. In August this year Janee’ took silver at the World Championships in Budapest, so we talk about what that success meant to her after some difficult months. At the World Championships the year prior she won bronze, making Janee’ the first Indigenous woman to medal at the World Athletics Track and Field Championships. Her personal best throw with the hammer was 78.00 meters (or 255.91 feet) That throw was the third best in the USA all-time and the sixth best in the world all-time. In 2022 Janee’ was Indoor National weight throw Champion and the Outdoor National runner-up in the hammer throw. And she finished off that season by winning gold in the hammer throw at the North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships or NACAC Championships. Janee’ and I also talk about food and nutrition because she is as passionate about those topics as she is about her sport career. She graduated from Kansas State with a Bachelor of Science in Dietetics in 2018. During her time at Kansas State she was a three-time Big 12 Champion and a four-time All-American. She remains the current Kansas State weight throw and hammer throw school record holder.

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