2026 Outdoor Track & Field Roster

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Falon Short

  • Position Jumps
  • Class Senior
  • Letters 4
  • Hometown Houma, La.
  • High School H.L. Bourgeois HS
  • Instagram Falon_Short
  • Twitter Falon_Short

Biography

CAREER BESTS
100 — 11.23
HJ — 2.03m
LJ — 7.42m
TJ — 14.60m

2025 Outdoor Season (Junior): ran the 100 at the Ole Miss classic for the first time with a time of 11.23, placed 19th, also placed 3rd in the long jump…first in the long jump at the Little Rock Invitational (7.32m)...set a PR in the high jump and placed 2nd overall at the SMU Invitational…competed in the high and long jump at the outdoor OVC championships, placed 2nd in the long jump and set a PR of 7.42m

2024 Outdoor Season (Sophomore): placed 3rd at the bison Open in both the high and long jumps…placed 2nd at the Little Rock Invitational in the triple jump (13.70m)...placed 5th in the high jump at the outdoor OVC championships

2023 Outdoor Season (Freshman): placed 2nd in the high and long jump at the Richard Martin Invitational…placed first in the high and long jump at the Southern Arkansas Dan Veach Invite…finished top ten in the long jump and high jump in the Little Rock, John McDonnnell, and Memphis Tiger Invittaionals…perfomed the long, high, and triple jump at the outdoor OVC championships

High School: competed in track and field, soccer, basketball, and football during high school…A/B honor roll, First team all state defense Football, first team all district defense basketball, 4x district field mvp, 2x regional field mvp
 
Personal: Son of Felton and Brandi Short…has nine siblings…majoring in biology

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

    Jumps
  • 2024Sophomore

    Jumps
  • 2025Junior

    Jumps
  • 2026Senior

    Jumps