2018-19 Men's Cross Country & Track & Field Roster

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Nelson Chenault

Nghia Dinh

  • Position:
    Jumps
  • Ht./Wt.:
    - /
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Letters:
    3
  • Hometown:
    Arlington, Texas
  • High School:
    West Plains H.S.
  • Prev School:
    West Plains H.S.

Summary

Biography

2019 Outdoor Season: Competed in seven events for the Trojans in the jumps ... Set a personal-best in the long jump at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships (May 12), finishing 12th with a mark of 7.05 meters ... Mark is the sixth-best in program history ... Posted a personal-best of 14.31 meters in the triple jump at the Memphis Tiger Invitational (Apr. 27), finishing second overall with the sixth-best mark in program history ... Captured the triple jump (13.85m) and finished third in the long jump (6.81m) at the Little Rock Open (Apr. 6) ... Finished first in the long jump at the Ole Miss Classic (Mar. 30) with a mark of 6.86 meters ... Placed second in the triple jump (13.76m) and third in the long jump (6.68m) at the UTA Bobby Lane Invitational (Mar. 23) while running a personal-brest 11.03 in the 100 meters.

2019 Indoor Season: Competed in five events for the Trojans, primarily in the jumps ... Competed four times in the long jump with a PR of 6.85 meters at the Samford Open (Jan. 19), the seventh-best mark in program history ... Posted a 6.67 meter mark at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 2) ... Competed in the triple jump five times with a season-best mark of 13.95 at the ASU Invitational (Jan. 25), placing second ... Notched a 13.91 meter mark at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener (Dec. 1) ... Ran the 55 meter dash at the ASU Invitational (Jan. 25), placing sixth with a PR of 6.62.

2018 Outdoor Season: Posted two first-place finishes in the triple jump for the season... Posted the seventh-best triple jump mark in program history at 14.27 meters and finished second at the Red Wolf Open (April 14)... Won the triple jump at the Harding Invitational (March 24) with a mark of 13.71 meters... Took first in the triple jump at the UCA Open (April 13-14) with a mark of 13.99 meters... Finished 12th at the Sun Belt Championships (May 11-13) with a mark of 12.86 meters... Ran the 100 and finished 25th with a time of 11.64 at the Memphis Tiger Invitational (April 27-28).

2017-18 Indoor Season: Did not compete indoors during the 2017-18 season.

2017 Outdoor Season: Did not compete outdoors for Little Rock in 2017.

2016-17 Indoor Season: Placed second in the triple jump at the ASU Kickoff Klassic (Dec. 2) with a distance of 13.48 meters...Was seventh in the long jump at that meet, reaching 6.60 meters...Came in seventh at the ASU Invitational in the triple jump, reaching a distance of 13.31 meters...At the Sun Belt Championship (Feb. 20), scored one point for the Trojans with an eighth-place finish in the triple jump where he reached 14.03 meters.

2016 Outdoor Season: Opened his year with a jump of 43' 9 1/4" at the Rhodes Invitational (March 18) in the triple jump and came in fifth place while setting the ninth-best distance in the event in school history...Also reached 17' 3 1/4" in the long jump at that meet...At the Louisiana Classic (March 25), reached 20' 2 1/4" in the long jump for 15th place...At the UCA Open, ran the 200 in 23.57 seconds for 32nd place...Reached 19' 5 1/4" at the Memphis Invitational (April 29) in the long jump for 16th place to finish his season.

2015-16 Indoor Season: Competed in the long jump and triple jump for the Trojans, reaching a season-best of 6.36 meters (20' 10 1/2") in the Sun Belt Championship (Feb. 22) in the long jump and a season best of 14.02 meters (46') at the same meet in the triple jump...Finished fifth in the triple jump at the ASU Kickoff Klassic (Dec. 6) with a distance of 13.62 meters...Also took ninth in the long jump at the same meet with a distance of 6.23 meters...Competed in the long jump at the ASU Invitational (Jan. 22), coming in 12th with a distance of 6.04 meters...At the Jaguar Invite (Feb. 7), reached a distance of 13.99 meters in the triple jump.

Before Little Rock: At West Plains, posted personal records of 44' 6" in the triple jump and 21' 3" in the long jump...Won the Ozark Conference championship in the triple jump and long jump...Took sixth place at the state championship meet and was named All-State...Named All-Conference, All-District and All-Sectional as well...His team was Ozark Conference Champions three times and was the state runner-up once...Also played soccer in high school, earning All-Conference and All-District honors.

Personal: Born July 19, 1997...Son of Le Ho and Nghia Nguyen...Has two brothers, Thanh and Minh...Has two sisters, Canh Dinh and Makela Tran...Intends to major in nursing.

DINH'S PERSONAL-BESTS
55 Meters: 6.62 - ASU Invitational (Jan. 25, 2019)
100 Meters: 11.03 - UTA Bobby Lane Invitational (Mar. 23, 2019)
200 Meters: 23.57 - UCA Open (Apr. 16, 2016)
Long Jump: 7.05m - Sun Belt Outdoor Championships (May 12, 2019)
Triple Jump: 14.31m - Memphis Tiger Invitational (Apr. 27, 2019)

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