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Senior
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| Hometown:
El Paso, Texas
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| High School:
Andress
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| Last College:
South Plains College
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| Event:
Jumps
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• 2009 All-Big 12 Indoor Conference (Triple Jump)
• 2008 NCAA All-American (Outdoor Triple Jump)
• 2008 NCAA Midwest Region Triple Jump Champion
• 2008 Big 12 Outdoor Triple Jump Champion
• 2008 All-Big 12 Outdoor Conference (Long Jump, Triple Jump)
• 2008 NCAA All-American (Indoor Triple Jump)
• 2008 Big 12 Indoor Triple Jump Champion
• 2008 All-Big 12 Conference (Indoor Triple Jump)
• 2007 Midwest Region Triple Jump Champion
• 2007 Big 12 Outdoor Triple Jump Champion
• 2006 NJCAA All-American (Outdoor Triple Jump)
• 2005 NJCAA All-American (Outdoor Triple Jump)
Personal: Studied film at South Plains Junior College.
2009: (Indoor) Posted an NCAA provisional qualifying mark en route to winning the triple jump with a distance of 52-6.50 (16.01) at the Razorback Invitational ... Hit NCAA automatic qualifying mark with a distance of 53-0.25 (16.16) in the triple jump to finish second at the J.D. Martin Invitational ... Improved on NCAA automatic qualifying mark in the triple jump with a jump to 53-5.75 (16.30) to win the event at the Tyson Invitational ... Earned All-Big 12 honors in the triple jump by finishing third in the event with a distance of 53-3.50 (16.24) at the Big 12 Championships ... Closed out his Oklahoma career with an 11th-place finish in the triple jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships, jumping a distance of 52-1.00 (15.87).
Summer 2008: Finished 18th in the triple jump with a distance of 51-7.75 (15.74) at the U.S. Olympic Trials.
2008: (Indoor) Claimed the Big 12 Indoor Triple Jump title with an NCAA automatic qualifying mark of 52-10.00 (16.10) ... Finished seventh at the NCAA Championships with a jump of 52-2.75 (15.92) ... Recorded a jump of 54-1.00 (16.48), an NCAA automatic qualifying mark, at the Tyson Invitational ... The jump established an then-Oklahoma program record, besting the previous record of 16.19 set by Jerome Douglas in 1997 ... Named Big 12 Athlete of the Week for the performance ... Opened the year at the Arkansas Invitational by besting his previous personal record in the long jump by more than eight inches, jumping 24-11.75 (7.61) to claim the event win ... The mark ranks fifth in the Oklahoma record books ... Claimed the triple jump title at the Razorback Invitational with an NCAA automatic qualifying mark of 52-11.50 (16.14) ... Recorded a sweep by defending his triple jump crown (51-10.50/15.81) and winning the long jump title (24-2.25/7.37) in front of a home crowd at the J.D. Martin Invitational ... Finished fourth in the long jump at the Adidas Classic with a best jump of 23-3.50 (7.10). (Outdoor) Opened his 2008 outdoor season with a triple jump title at the Texas Relays, clearing a distance of 52-10.75 (16.12) ... Won the triple jump title at the John McDonnell Invitational with a jump of 52-10.00 (16.10) ... Finished second in the long jump (24-7.25/7.50) at the Sooner Invitational ... Finished second in the triple jump behind teammate Tydree Lewis with an NCAA regional qualifying jump of 52-4.50 (15.96) at the Steve Scott Invitational ... Also finished sixth in the men's long jump with a regional qualifying mark of 24-4.25 (7.42) at the event ... Finished seventh in the long jump at the Big 12 Championships with a distance of 24-3.50 (7.40) ... Won his third straight Big 12 triple jump title and successfully defended his 2007 Big 12 outdoor triple jump title with a jump of 54-4.75 (16.58) ... Repeated Big 12 performance with a triple jump title in the NCAA Midwest Regional with a personal-best distance of 55-0.00 (16.76) ... Earned NCAA All-America honors in the triple jump with seventh-place finish at the NCAA Championships, jumping a distance of 53-6.25 (16.31).
2007: (Indoor) Entered the Big 12 Indoor Championships as the conference's No. 2-ranked triple jumper but was unable to compete after colliding with another athlete and breaking his nose during his first long jump attempt ... Placed second in the triple jump at the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 22) with a best of 50-11.00 (15.52) ... Took the event title at the adidas Classic (Jan. 27) at 50-8.75 (15.46) ... Jumped a personal indoor best of 52-4.75 (15.97) to win the J.D. Martin Invitational (Feb. 3) ... Was sixth at the Tyson Invitational (Feb. 10) with a triple jump of 52-0.00 (15.85) ... Placed 11th in the triple jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a best of 49-7.00 (15.11). (Outdoor) Won the Midwest Region title with his first and best triple jump of 52-8.00 (16.05) ... Big 12 Champion in the triple jump ... Posted a personal best of 53-3.75 (16.25) to win ... Season best long jump of 23-11.50 (7.30) came at Texas Relays (April 6) ... Triple jumped 53-8.50 (16.37) with illegal wind (+4.1) at the John McDonnell Invitational (April 21) ... Triple jumped 52-1.75 (15.89) at the Arkansas Twilight (May 4) ... Placed ninth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 9), with a best of 51-7.25 (15.73).
At South Plains College: NJCAA All-American ... Runner-up in the triple jump at the 2005 and 2006 NJCAA Outdoor Championships ... Placed 10th in the long jump at the 2006 NJCAA meet ... School record holder in the indoor and outdoor triple jumps.
High School: Class 5A state triple jump champion for Andress High School in Texas as a senior ... Was sixth as a junior.
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