05/24/2012 Off And Running, Jumping & ThrowingTrack 'Noles grab four NCAA qualifying spots on opening day of East Preliminary Round action 05/23/2012 Track 'Noles Take AimNCAA East Preliminary meet sets stage for men's title run and women's rise 05/11/2012 Last ChancesTrack 'Noles deployed to Georgia Tech, Virginia for final competition before NCAA postseason 05/05/2012 'Noles Add Regional QualifiersPutman, Worden, Brits among FSU track standouts earning NCAA East Regional marks at Clemson 05/03/2012 Time To Sharpen The Skills!Track 'Noles head to Clemson in searching of regional marks and fine-tuning January enrollee who competed sparingly during the 2012 indoor season...a long jump specialist, he finished second at the ACC Indoor Championships despite suffering a hamstring injury on his first attempt of the meet (7.37m/24-2.25)...also scored a victory at the SPIRE Invitational...made his US collegiate debut at the Razorback Invitational. Personal:Transferred to FSU from the University of Stellenbosch...has represented South Africa nationally and internationally since his early teens...prior to arriving at FSU, his last significant competition came in 2010 at Celle Ligure, Italy, where he won the long jump with a legal mark of 7.66 (25-1.75)...was a silver medalist at the 2009 IAAF World Youth Championships in Bressanone, Italy with a leap of 7.57m (24-10)...all-time best mark came in 2008 at Rustenburg, South Africa (7.74/25-4.75) in 2008, but was wind-aided...from 2007-2010 competed in two World Youth and two World Junior events...born Jan. 19, 1992. |
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