2019-20 Men's Track and Field Roster

Tyler Stevenson
Tyler Stevenson

Tequan Claitt

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Events:
    Jumps
  • Hometown:
    Lexington, Ky.
  • Highschool:
    Bryan Station HS
  • Prev School:
    Eastern Kentucky University

Summary

Biography

Personal Bests
High Jump
 - 7-5.75
Long Jump - 23-5.5
Triple Jump - 46-5.5

National/Regional Honors:
Indoor Track - First Team All-American, High Jump (2018); OVC Male Field Athlete of the Year (2018)
Outdoor Track - NCAA Regional Qualifier, High Jump (2017, 2016); OVC Male Field Athlete of the Year (2017)

OVC Individual Championships:
Indoor Track - High Jump (2016, 2018)
Outdoor Track - High Jump (2016, 2017, 2018)

2019-20: Indoor - Competed in six meets... Qualified for the NAIA National Championship in the high jump... Named WHAC Field Athlete of the Week twice... Selected to the WHAC All-Conference First Team... Outdoor - Season canceled due to COVID-19

2017-18: Earned first team All-America honors after finishing fifth in the high jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships in College Station, Texas in March … was the first EKU field athlete to compete at the NCAA Indoor Championships since 1986 and the first Colonel to earn indoor first team All-America honors since 2008 … entered the national championship meet ranked No. 13 in the event, but stormed to fifth place by clearing heights of 6'10.75", 7'0.5" and 7'2.5", all on the first attempt … qualified for the NCAA Championships by jumping 7-3 at the OVC Indoor Championships in late February … that jump earned him his fifth OVC high jump gold … was voted OVC Male Indoor Field Athlete of the Year … won his sixth conference high jump crown at the OVC Outdoor Championships in May, out-dueling SIUE’s Julian Harvey for first place with a leap of 6-11.75 … also scored points with a fifth-place finish in the triple jump, notching a personal-best leap of 46-5.5.

2016-17: Established himself as one of the top high jumpers in the country when he shattered EKU's 35-year old school record in the event with a leap of 7-5.75 at the Hilltopper Relays on April 7 … that was the top jump by any NCAA Division-I athlete in 2017 … it was also the sixth-best jump by an American, at any level, in 2017 … qualified for the NCAA East Region Preliminaries for the second consecutive season … became the first EKU man ever to be voted OVC Male Field Athlete of the Year … won gold in the high jump at the OVC Outdoor Championships with a leap of 6-9 … took silver in the high jump at the OVC Indoor Championships in February, notching a height of 7-1.75 … competed at the U.S.A Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Sacramento in June.

2015-16: Had a breakout season as a freshman ... just missed out on qualifying for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the high jump, finishing 16th at the East Region Preliminaries with a leap of 6-11.75 ... qualified for the regional meet with a personal-best jump of 7-1.5, which he recorded with a taped-together shoe during his gold-medal performance at the OVC Outdoor Championships ... he became the first EKU athlete to win gold in the men's outdoor high jump since 2002 ... his leap of 7-1.5 is the third-best in EKU history and the best since the mid-80s ... he also won OVC gold in the high jump during the indoor season, upsetting SIUE's Julian Harvey, the reigning conference Field Athlete of the Year with a jump of 6-11.75 ... voted the OVC Male Indoor and Outdoor Freshman of the Year ... qualified for the U.S. Track and Field Junior Outdoor Championships in Clovis, California, where he finished 10th out of 16 of the top high jumpers under the age of 20 in the country, including student-athletes from schools such as UCLA, Oregon, Baylor and Arkansas. 

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