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2011-12 Track & Field Roster

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  • Hurdles/LJ/TJ
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Hampton, Va.
    Hometown
  • 6'1
    Height
  • Hampton
    High School
Lavell Handy
Lavell Handy
Hurdles/LJ/TJ
Position
Senior
Class
Hampton, Va.
Hometown

Summary

Biography

2012 Outdoor: Competed in the 100m, 110m hurdles, long jump and triple jump ... set personal records in the 100m and long jump ... named the CAA Male Field Athlete of the Meet for his performance at the CAA Championships ... earned USTFCCCA Second Team All-America honors in the long jump ... finished ninth in the long jump at the NCAA Championships with a jump of 7.65m ... advanced to the NCAA Championships with a fifth-place finish in the long jump (7.63m) at the NCAA East Regionals ... just missed advancing to the national championships in the triple jump after finishing 14th (15.47m) at regionals ... qualified for the IC4A Championships in the 110m hurdles, long jump and triple jump ... took home the IC4A title in the long jump with a distance of 7.76m ... also took home the triple jump title at the meet with a distance of 15.52m, his second-consecutive title ... won the long jump (7.85m) and triple jump (15.56m) at the CAA Championships ... also posted the top prelim time of 14.15 in the 110m, before finishing second in the event with a finals time of 14.20 ... recorded a personal-best time of 10.65 in the 100m at the Patriot Open Invitational (4/14) ... member of the 4x100m relay that captured a CAA title with a time of 40.82.

2012 Indoor: Competed in the 60m, 60m hurdles, long jump and triple jump ... qualified for the IC4A Championships in all four events ... advanced to the NCAA Championships in the triple jump, finishing 11th with a distance of 15.61m ... recorded a season-best time of 7.91 in the 60m hurdles at the IC4A Championships en route to a fourth-place finish ... set a personal record in the 60m with a time of 6.92 at the Patriot Last Chance Meet (2/26) ... also set a personal record in the triple jump with a distance of 15.83m at the same meet ... recorded a season-best distance of 7.30m in the long jump at the Father Diamond Invitational (1/7).

2011 Outdoor: Was named second-team All-American in the triple jump after finishing 12th in the event at the NCAA Championships ... named CAA Men's Track and Field Athlete of the Year ... recorded the fifth-best jump in school history in winning the IC4A title in the event, a leap of 16.25 meters ... qualified for the IC4A in the triple jump, long jump and 110-meter hurdles ... was named the Oustanding Men's Field Performer at the CAA Championships after winning both the triple jump and long jump titles ... also won the 110-meter title at the CAA Championships ... best time in the 110-meter hurdles came at the CAA Championships, when he ran the event in 14.00, the eighth-best time in school history ... also had best mark of the year in the long jump at the CAAs with a leap of 7.58 meters, the ninth-best jump in school history.

2011 Indoor: Qualified for the IC4A in the 60m hurdles, long jump and triple jump ... was among the top 50 in the nation in all three events, with the 17th -best leap in the triple jump, 34th -best time in the 60m hurdles and the 44th -best mark in the long jump ... in the triple jump, leaped 15.82 meters at the Last Chance Meet, finishing second and first among collegians ... in the long jump, leaped 7.50 meters at the Armory Collegiate Invitational, good for second place ... also had a first-place finish in the event at the Father Diamond Invitational ... top time in the 60m hurdles came at the Armory Collegiate Invitational where he finished in 7.89 seconds ... had a third-place finish in the 60m hurdles at the Hokie Invitational.

2010 Outdoor: IC4A qualifier in the 110-meter hurdles (14.27), triple jump and long jump, where he leapt to a third-place finish of 7.25 meters at the CAA Championship ... qualified for the NCAA Preliminary Round in the hurdles and triple jump ... was also CAA champion in the triple jump after a mark of 14.98 meters and went on to place second at the IC4As (15.27m) and reached the regional second round of NCAAs with a personal-best mark of 15.42 meters ... finished runner-up in the 110 hurdles at the CAAs ... also ran in the IC4A-qualifying 4x100-meter relay as well as the 4x200-meter relay.

2010 Indoor: Qualified for the IC4A Championships in four different events - the 55-meter hurdles (7.52), the 60-meter hurdles (8.14), the long jump (7.20m) and the triple jump (15.20m) ... finished in sixth place at the IC4A Championships in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 7.63 seconds ... recorded a leap of 14.74 meters for a fifth-place finish in the triple jump at the IC4A Championships.

2009 Outdoor: Reached a season-best distance of 6.06 meters in the long jump at the Onesty/Abramson Invitational.

2009 Indoor: Competed in both the long jump and the triple jump for the Patriots ... registered the second-best long jump of the season for the Patriots, leaping 6.96 meters at the VT Challenge ... qualified for the IC4A Championships in the triple jump with a mark of 15.06 meters at the VT Hokie Invitational.

Prep: Earned four letters in track and field at Hampton High School ... earned All-District, All-Region, All-State and All-American Honors ... voted the Most Outstanding Senior at Hampton High School.

Personal: Mother is Michelle Handy ... has three siblings, Shayla Handy, Chantel Ray and Jalen Ray ... also recruited by Georgia Tech, Norfolk State and Penn State ... major is undeclared.


PERSONAL RECORDS
55m hurdles

Indoor - 7.52 (2010)

60m
Indoor - 6.92 (2012)

60m hurdles

Indoor - 7.89 (2011)

100m
Outdoor - 10.65 (2012)

110m hurdles

Outdoor - 14.00 (2011)

200m
Outdoor - 22.51 (2010)

Long Jump
Indoor - 7.50m (2011)
Outdoor - 7.85m (2012)

Triple Jump
Indoor - 15.83m (2012)
Outdoor - 16.25m (2011)

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