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Clemson Highlights
Clemson's all-time leader in the long jump indoor; ranks second on the all-time list in the outdoor long jump.
2003-2004:
Outdoor: Earned All-America honors in the long jump for the second consecutive year...placed eighth in the long jump at the national meet with a season-best mark of 25'4.5"...became the first Tiger to earn two or more All-America honors in the long jump...NCAA automatic qualifier in the long jump after finishing second in the event at the East Region Championships...at the Orange & Purple Classic, posted season-best mark of 25'4" to finish second in the long jump...recorded a mark of 24'10.5" in the long jump at the East Region meet...won the ACC Championship in the long jump with a mark of 24'6.25"...captured the long jump title at the Clemson Invitational with a mark of 24'7"...owns a season-best time of 10.55 in the 100m, recorded at the Orange & Purple Classic...advanced to the finals of the 100m at the ACC Championships with a time of 10.59, scoring for Clemson with an eighth-place finish. Indoor: NCAA All-American in the long jump with a seventh-place finish and mark of 25'4"...first Tiger to compete in the long jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships, thus the first indoor long jump All-American for Clemson...recorded season-best mark of 25'4" at the Iowa State Last Chance Meet, finishing third...earned All-ACC honors as the runner-up at the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships with a mark of 24'2.5"...won the long jump at the Clemson Invitational and Tiger Invitational with a mark of 24'8.5"...opened the season with a victory at the Clemson Opener, jumping 24'5.5".
2002-2003
Outdoor: Earned All-America honors in the long jump...placed 10th at the NCAA Championships with a mark of 24'9.75"...recorded a leap of 25'1.75" in the long jump preliminaries at the national meet...East Region Champion in the long jump with a mark of 25'7.5", automatically qualifying for the NCAA Championships...at the Georgia Tech Invitational, recorded a career-best leap of 25'10.75" in the long jump...won the collegiate men's long jump at the Penn Relays with a regional qualifying mark of 25'5.5"...won the long jump at the Clemson Relays with a regional-qualifying mark of 24'2.5"...placed fourth in the long jump at the ACC Championships, recording a mark of 24'1" and scoring for the Tigers...claimed the long jump at the Clemson Invitational with a mark of 25'0.25"...member of the Tigers' winning 4x200m relay team at the Raleigh Relays. Indoor: Recorded a season-best mark of 23'11.75" in the long jump at the Appalachian State Invitational to win the event...at the Virginia Tech Challenge, posted mark of 23'7.25", placing third...at the ACC Championships, had best mark of 23'6.75" in the long jump to finish fourth and score for the Tigers...clocked a personal-best time of 6.89 in the 60m in the preliminaries of the event at the ACC Championships...in the preliminaries of the 60m at the Maryland Invitational, recorded a time of 6.96.
2001-2002
Outdoor: Earned USATF Junior All-America honors after recording a fifth-place finish and mark of 23'7.25"...named ACC Freshman of the Year after finishing second in the long jump with a mark of 24'7.75"... prior to conference meet, had posted a season-best of 23'11" at the Charlotte 49ers meet...placed second in the long jump at the NC-SC All-Star meet with a mark of 23'8.75"...set personal-record of 10.76 in the 100m at the ACC Championship preliminaries. Indoor: Recorded season-best mark of 23'11.5" and placed fifth in the long jump at the Blue Heaven Rumble...at the Iowa State Classic, had a leap of 23'9" to place fourth...finished fifth at the Kroger Invitational with a mark of 23'6.25" ...owns personal-best of 6.41 in the 55m set at the First Appalachian Indoor meet ...set a personal-best of 7.00 in the 60m in the preliminaries of the ACC Championships.
Glenn Hills High School2001 AAAA long jump champion (24'6
1/2")...three-time region champion in the long jump (1999-2001)...voted
Augusta's Amateur Star of the Year in 2000...holds high school records
in the long jump and 400m dash...has a personal best of 10.78 in the
100m dash...member of 4x400m relay team that won region
championship
PersonalBorn 1/30/83...majoring in business.
Honors
2004 Honors: NCAA Outdoor All-American Long Jump; East Region Runner-up Long Jump; East Region Qualifier Long Jump; Outdoor ACC Champion & All-ACC Long Jump NCAA Indoor All-American Long Jump; Indoor All-ACC Long Jump.
2003: USA Outdoor Championships Participant Long Jump; NCAA Outdoor All-American Long Jump; NCAA Outdoor Participant Long Jump; NCAA East Region Champion Long Jump; Outdoor NCAA East Region Qualifier Long Jump
2002: USATF Junior All-American Outdoor Long Jump; Outdoor All-ACC Long Jump; ACC Outdoor Freshman of the Year
Best Marks
55m - 6.41
60m - 6.89
100m - 10.55
Long Jump - 25'10.75"
