2012-13 Cross Country & Track and Field Roster

Taron Dunn

  • Position Jumps
  • Ht./Wt. 0-0 / 0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Magnolia, Ark.
  • High School Magnolia HS

Biography

2013 Outdoor Season:  Took two triple jump titles for the outdoor season… Won with a distance of 46’-6.25” (14.18m) at the Hendrix Invitational (April 20)… Also won the triple jump with a leap of 44’-11” (13.69m) at the Harding Bison Invitational (April 6)… Helped UALR score a point at the SBC Championships (May 10) as a member of the 4x100 relay team that finished eighth with a time of 42.03… Had a season-best 48’-1.75” (14.67m) in the triple jump to finish six at the Ole Miss Invite (April 13)… Had a wind-aided best jump in the long jump with a distance of 22’-1.5” to finish second at the Hendrix Invitational (April 20)… Ran the 100m once with a time of 11.23 to finish 37th at the Ole Miss Invite.

2012-2013 Indoor Season:  Won the triple jump once with a distance of 47’-11.25” (14.61m) at the Arkansas State Kickoff Invite (Dec. 2)… Was a member of the 4x400 relay team that finished seventh with a time of 3:24.29 to give UALR two points at the SBC Championships (3:24.29)… Had season-best in both there triple jump and long jump at the MTSU Valentine Invite (Feb. 9)… Recorded a jump of of 48’-4.5” (14.74m) in the triple jump to finish second while finishing fifth with a distance of 21’-8” (6.60m) at the MTSU Valentine Invite.

2012 Outdoor Track Season: Placed second in the men's long jump with a distance of 7.06m and finished tenth in the 200-meter dash in 22.75 at the season-opening Hendrix Invitational ... Placed second in the men's triple jump in 14.85 at Rhodes College Open ... Won the triple jump with a distance of 13.96m and placed second in the long jump with a distance of 6.99m at the Harding Bison Challenge ... Finished fourth in the men's triple jump with a jump of 15.09m at the Mississippi Open ... Placed third in his flight in the men's triple jump with a distance of 14.72m at the Beach Invitational ... Set a new UALR record and won the men's triple jump with a distance of 15.29m at the Red Wolf Open ... Also placed third in the men's long jump with a distance of 7.20m, the third-best jump in school history, at the Red Wolf Open ... Finished third in the men's long jump with a distance of 7.17m at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships ... Also finished fourth in the men's triple jump with a distance of 15.11m at the Outdoor Championships ... Placed eighth in his flight and 41st overall at the NCAA West Preliminaries with a jump of 14.43m in the men's triple jump.

2012 Indoor Track Season: Won the men's triple jump with a distance of 14.52m and placed eighth in the finals in 6.54 at the season-opening Arkansas State Kickoff Klassic ... Won the men's long jump with a distance of 7.11m and placed sixth in the men's triple jump with a distance of 14.33m at the ASU Invitational ... Helped the Trojans to a win in the 4x440-yard relay at the MTSU Invitational ... Also placed third in the men's long jump with a distance of 7.12m and third in the triple jump with a distance of 14.57m at MTSU ... Placed fourth in both the men's long jump in 7.10m and the triple jump in 14.70m at Valentine Invitational ... Placed fourth in the men's long jump with a distance of 7.25m and recorded a distance of 14.98m for a seventh place finish at Sun Belt Indoor Championships ... Also helped the men's 4x400-meter relay team to a sixth-place finish at the Indoor Championships.

2011 Outdoor Track Season:  Set UALR record in the triple jump at the ULM Warhawk Classic with a distance of 14.93m for a second place finish...Recorded career-high in the long jump at the Beach Invitational placing ninth in 7.16m and ranking him fourth in UALR career records...Recorded season-high in the 100-meter dash at the UCA Relays placing 11th in 11.16...Placed seventh in the triple jump in 14.79m and 11th in the long jump in 6.73m at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships...Also recorded finishes in the triple jump winning the event at the Stanford Invitational in 14.70m, placing second at the UCA Relays in 14.57m, and eighth at the Ole Miss Invitational in 14.38m...Recorded finishes in the long jump at the Rhodes College Open placing fifth in 6.85m, at the Stanford Invitational placing seventh in 6.87m, at the UCA Relays placing first in 7.03m, and at the ULM Warhawk Classic placing third in 6.57m...Recorded a seventh place finish in the 100 meters at the Rhodes College Open in 11.29.

2011 Indoor Track Season:  Set UALR school record in the triple jump at the Middle Tennessee Invitational winning the event in 14.84m and earning him Sun Belt Conference Field Athlete of the Week honors...Recorded career-high in the long jump at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships placing fourth with a jump of 7.24m ranking him third in UALR career records...Recorded highest finish in the long jump at the ASU Invitational placing third in 7.08m...Also recorded long jump finishes at the ASU Kickoff Klassic placing seventh in 6.58m, the Middle Tennessee Invitational tying for fourth in 6.76m, and the Tyson Invitational placing 17th in 6.88m...Also recorded triple jump finishes at the ASU Kickoff Klassic placing sixth in 13.93m, the ASU Invitational placing fourth in 14.22m, at the Tyson Invitational placing ninth in 14.68m, and at the Indoor Championships placing fifth in 14.83m.

2010 Outdoor Track Season:  Recorded career-high in the triple jump at the Sun Belt Championships placing ninth in 14.48m ranking him fourth in UALR career records...Recorded career-high in the long jump at the SBC Championships with a distance of 6.91m for ninth place and ranking him fourth in UALR career records...Recorded career-high in the 4x100-meter relay at first leg placing fourth in 40.65 at the SBC Championships and ranking the team second in UALR career records...Recorded career-highs in the 100-meter dash at the Rhodes College Open in 11.21 and in the 200-meter dash at the UCA Relays placing sixth in 23.43...Recorded highest finish in the 4x100-meter relay at third leg winning the event in 42.22 at the UCA Relays...Recorded highest finish in the triple jump winning the event in 14.30m and the long jump placing second in 6.67m at the Harding Invitational...Also recorded distances in the triple jump of 13.86m for second place at the UCA Relays, 14.19m for fifth at the Rhodes College Open, 14.16m for eighth at the Ole Miss Invite, and 13.82m for fourth at the ULM Warhawk Classic...Also recorded a long jump distance of 6.15m for sixth at the UCA Relays.

2010 Indoor Track Season:  Recorded career-high in the triple jump at the Sun Belt Championships placing sixth with a distance of 14.67m ranking him second in UALR career records...Recorded career-high in the long jump at the SBC Championships placing 13th with a jump of 6.80m ranking him fifth in UALR career records...Recorded career-high in the 55-meter dash prelims at the ASU Kickoff Klassic placing 13th in 6.63...Also recorded triple jump distances of 13.63m for fifth place at the ASU Kickoff Klassic, 13.76m for fifth place at the Arkansas State Invitational, and 13.75m for 16th place at the Iowa State Classic...Also recorded long jump distances of 6.58m for sixth place at the Arkansas State Invitational and 6.28m for 36th place at the Iowa State Classic.

High School: Recorded personal bests of 45'10'' in the triple jump, 21'3'' in the long jump and 40.50 in the 300-meter hurdles at Magnolia High School...Two-time state triple jump champion, won the 2009 conference title in the long jump and placed third at the Meet of Champs...Placed sixth in the triple jump at the 2008 Meet of Champs...Helped lead the Panthers to three straight 5A state titles.

Personal:  Son of Ronald and Diana Dunn...Has one brother, Malik, and one sister, Rebecca...Born July 16, 1991 in Dallas, Texas...Majoring in health and exercise science.

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