Justin Conkling Class: Senior Hometown: Weatherford, Oklahoma High School: Weatherford Event: Multi Birthdate: 03/09/1978

Bests: (Indoor) 55-meter hurdles: 7.59 (2001); 60-meter hurdles: 8.17 (2001); 200: 23.03 (200); 400: 53.14 (2001); 600: 1:18.23 (2001); 800: 2:12.76 (1999); 1000: 2:49.47 (2001); high jump: 6-7 (2001); long jump: 23-2 (2001); pole vault: 14-11 (2001); shot put: 42-11.50 (2001); pentathlon: 3,898 (2001); heptathlon: 5,594 (2001) Bests (Outdoor) 100 meter: 11.24; 110-meter hurdles: 14.98; 1500 meter: 4:56.00; long jump: 21-4; shot put 36-0; high jump 6-10; discus: 108-0; pole vault: 13-5; Javelin: 157-8 (1999).

In 2001 (Senior): Serving as a team captain for the field events ... (Indoor) Won the 2001 Big 12 title in the heptathlon ... set a school record in that event with 5,594 points ... won the KSU Winter Pentathlon with a school-record 3,898 ... broke his own school record set when he was a sophomore.

In 2000 (Senior): (Indoor/Outdoor) Took a redshirt year to concentrate on his training ... won the Texas A&M silver division of the decathlon while competing unattached ... finished second in the decathlon at the Kansas Relays.

In 1999 (Junior): (Outdoor) Scored 6,639 points at the Big 12 Championships to finish seventh in the decathlon … recorded a personal best in the javelin, 157-8, at the Arizona State Invitational to take fourth ... (Indoor) Ran 8.56 in the 60-meter hurdles at the Iowa State for a career-best time in that event … also set a personal best in the 600 yards (1:18.55) at the same meet … also recorded career bests in 800 and pole vault during the season.

In 1998 (Sophomore): (Outdoor) Had a throw of 150-4 in the javelin at the conference finals ... recipient of the Sooners’ Most Outstanding Walk-On award for the 1998 season ... (Indoor) Scored 4,827 points in the heptathlon to place 11th at the Big 12 Championships ... finished fifth at the Kansas State Pentathlon with a total of 3,246 points.

In 1997 (Freshman): (Outdoor) Top performance in the high jump came at the Texas A&M Relays where he leaped 6-6 to place eighth ... (Indoor) Best time in the 55-meter hurdles was 7.84 at the Wolf Pack Invitational … took third in the meet.

In High School : 1996 3A state champion in the high jump at Weatherford High School ... holds the school record and the state 3A record in the high jump (6-10), also in the Weatherford record books as the school record holder in the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.54 ... named MVP of the team during his senior campaign.

Personal: Son of Susan and Jack Conkling ... born 3/9/78 ... major is business … named to the honorable mention Academic All-Big 12 team ... multi-time selection to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.