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January 31, 2001 | Men's Track
Kevin
Thompson
Sophomore, Decathlon/400/HJ
6-3 195
Germantown, Tenn.
2000-Outdoor-
Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll...Took fourth at the SEC decathlon with
a career-best 7,183 points (May 12)...Strongest events at the SEC decathlon
were the high jump (a fourth-place PR of 6-6 3/4) and pole vault (second,
14-5 1/4)...Competed in the high jump (sixth, 6-4 3/4), pole vault (14-2 3/4)
and the discus (129-8) at the Knoxville Invitational...Competed in the preliminaries
of the 400M dash (50.38) and 110M hurdles (15.77) at the National Invitational
Team Championships...Took seventh in the Florida Relays decathlon with 6,798
points winning the 400M dash in the process...Started the outdoor season with
a 39-6 mark in the shot put and 158-3 mark in the javelin.
Indoor- Finished eighth with 3,536 points in the Virginia Tech Pentathlon
with a third-place, 6-5 1/2 clearance in the high jump as a strong point...Marked
a 22-5 1/4 mark (fifth) in the long jump and ran a 7.82 in the 55M hurdles
preliminaries at the UT All-Comers Meet...Took seventh in the high jump (6-6)
and shot put (42-0) at the SEC Quad...Cleared 6-6 to finish fourth in the
high jump and ran a fifth-place, 2:13.74 in the 800M run decathlete section
to open the sesaon at the Virginia Tech Invitational.
1999- Redshirted...In the summer, took third in the decathlon with 6,604 points at the USA Junior Nationals....Won James Snow Award at UT's track banquet for being the most outstanding freshman academically.
HIGH SCHOOL- Provides more strength to solid decathlon group...State runner-up in the decathlon...State champion in the 400M dash...Ranked among the world's top-100 junior decathletes...Voted Most Outstanding Track Athlete...All-Metro for track and football...Elected track team captain in senior year...Set school records in the 400M and decathlon...Part of 4x400 relay team that set school record...State runner-up in the high jump...Also played basketball...Member of 2000 Tennessee football squad.
