{"id":161168,"date":"2016-10-21T19:19:24","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T09:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=161168"},"modified":"2020-10-02T12:11:09","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T02:11:09","slug":"obituary-gai-kapernick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/10\/21\/obituary-gai-kapernick\/","title":{"rendered":"Obituary: Gai Kapernick"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How Louisiana State University’s sports website reported Gai Kapernick’s passing (Photo: LSUsports.net)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 21, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

The recent death of a former Tansey resident is also being mourned more than 13,000km away … in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.<\/p>\n

Gai Michele Kapernick died peacefully on October 13 at age 46.<\/p>\n

A funeral service was held at St John Trinity Lutheran Church in Wondai on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The former athlete earned a major report on the Louisiana State University website, celebrating her high-jumping achievements at the college.<\/p>\n

LSU Sports noted that Kapernick was the 1994 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) outdoor high jump champion.<\/p>\n

She was two-time All-American high jumper during her college career from 1993-95, and scored the points that helped the (LSU athletics team) Lady Tigers to back-to-back NCAA Outdoor national championships during 1993-94.<\/p>\n

Kapernick was crowned the NCAA Outdoor Champion in the women\u2019s high jump in the 1994 season when she cleared a school-record height of 6 feet, 2\u00bc inches at Boise State\u2019s Bronco Stadium, a mark that still stands!<\/p>\n

She also still holds the LSU\u2019s indoor school record with 6 feet, 1\u00bd inches cleared during the 1993 season.<\/p>\n

Kapernick also competed in the green and gold, jumping at championships in Greece, England, Hungary and Spain.<\/p>\n