2012 Outdoor: Competed in the 100m, 200m, long jump and triple jump ... qualified for the IC4A championships in the 100m, long and triple jumps ... finished second in the triple jump with a personal-best distance of 15.24m at the CAA Championships ... placed fourth in the long jump at the CAA Championships with a jump of 7.35m ... went on to finish in 18th in the long jump (7.18m) and 13th in the triple jump (14.54m) at the IC4A Championships ... in the 100m dash at the conference meet, posted a personal-best and fifth-best qualifying time of 10.85 ... finished fifth in the finals of the event with a time of 10.91 ... recorded a personal-best time of 22.32 in the 200m at the Mason Spring Opener (3/17).
2012 Indoor: Competed in the 60m, long and triple jumps ... qualified for the IC4A Championships in both jumps ... posted a personal-best distance of 15.29m in the triple jump at the IC4A Championships while finishing in fourth place ... finished 21st in the long jump at IC4A's with a distance of 6.54m ... recorded a qualifying mark of 7.21m in the long jump at the Hokie Invitational (1/20) ... ran a personal-best time of 7.00 in the 60m at the Patriot Games Invitational (1/28).
2011 Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round in both the long jump and triple jump ... qualified for the IC4A Championships in the long jump and triple jump ... in the triple jump, set a personal-best with a 15.30, good for fourth-place ... finished top four in both events at the CAA Championships, posting a third-place finish in the triple jump and a fourth-place finish in the long jump ... season-best in the long jump was at the Mason Spring Invitational, a jump of 7.48 meters ... top time in the 100m was 11.19 at the Raleigh Relays ... top time in the 200m was 22.23 in the Coastal Carolina Shamrock Invitational.
2011 Indoor:
Qualified for the IC4A Championships in
the long jump and triple jump ... in the long jump, was fourth at the IC4A
Championships with a leap of 7.11m, the second-best mark on the team ... also
leaped that distance at the Hokie Invitational ... in the triple jump, had one of
the top 100 leaps in the nation with a distance of 15.04 meters, recorded at
the Father Diamond Invitational ... hat leap was good for second place in the
event ... also ran the 60m at the Father Diamond Invitational finishing in 7.07
seconds.
2010 Outdoor:
CAA champion in the long jump with a leap of 7.56 meters and finished second at CAAs in the triple jump (14.94), both IC4A qualifying marks ... advanced to the second round of the NCAA Preliminary Round in the long jump ... also ran on Mason's IC4A-qualifying 4x100-meter relay ... finished fourth in the IC4A long jump (7.43m) and 10th in the IC4A triple jump (14.77m).
2010 Indoor:
Did not compete at a meet during the season.
2009 Outdoor:
Sat out the season with a redshirt.
2009 Indoor:
Recorded the Patriots' top marks in both the long jump (7.50m) and the triple jump (15.09m) ... reached the NCAA provisional qualifying standard in the long jump while topping the IC4A standard in both the long and triple jump ... ran the team's second-fastest times in both the 60-meter dash (7.05) and 200-meter dash (22.23) ... member of the Patriots' 4x400-meter relay team that qualified for the IC4A Championships with a time of 3:16.98 at the ISU Classic ... finished in second place in the triple jump at the Father Diamond Invitational ... member of Mason's 4x400-meter relay team that finished in first place at the Father Diamond Invitational ... was on the Patriots' 4x400-meter relay team that topped the field at the Patriot Games.
2008 Outdoor:
Qualified for the NCAA East Regional Championships in the long jump and the triple jump ... recorded a 7.50-meter long jump at the Penn Relays ... jumped to a 15.11-meter triple jump, which earned him second overall at the CAA Championships.
2008 Indoor:
Qualified for the IC4A Championships in both the long jump and the triple jump ... finished as the runner-up in the long jump at the IC4A Championships with a leap of 7.19 meters ... ecorded the team's top jump of the season in the long jump with a mark of 7.22 meters at the Mason Last Chance ... recorded the team's second-best triple jump of the season with a leap of 14.85 meters at the Virginia Tech Challenge.
Prep:
Competed in track and field at Kingston College High School ... finished in first place in the heptathlon at the National Boys Championship in 2006 ... was the runner-up in the event the previous year ... competed in the 2004 CAC Games, finishing second in the triple jump and running on Jamaica's first-place 4x400-meter relay team ... was the runner-up in the high school competition at the Penn Relays in the triple jump ... reached regional qualifying marks in the long jump and the triple jump as a high school athlete ... personal best is 49 ft. 2 in. in the triple jump.
Personal:
Mother is Eugenie Nickel ... has four brother and four sisters ... enjoys playing video games and listening to music... sport management major.
PERSONAL RECORDS
60m
Indoor - 7.00 (2012)
100m
Outdoor - 10.85 (2012)
200m
Indoor - 22.23 (2009)
Outdoor - 22.32 (2012)
Long Jump
Indoor - 7.50m (2009)
Outdoor - 7.56m (2010)
Triple Jump
Indoor - 15.29m (2012)
Outdoor - 15.30m (2011)
