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PRs: 100 (out - 11.87); 200 (out - 24.47); 400 (out - 53.73); TJ (out - 13.85m); HJ (out - 1.95m); LJ (out - 6.37m); Javelin Throw (out - 43.60m); Shot Put (out - 8.99m); Decathlon (out - 5496 pts) 2009 Outdoor: Competed in eight events during the season ... Finished third in the high jump (1.95m) and fifth in the decathlon (5,496) at the CAA Championships (Apr. 18) ... Four of his season-bests came at the UVA Spring Swashbuckle (Mar. 21): 100-meters (12.04), 200-meters (24.47long jump (6.37m) and javelin (43.60m) ... Set a season-best of 53.73 in the 400-meters at the Colonial Relays (Apr. 3) ... Covered a distance of 8.99 meters in the shot put at the Towson Invitational (Mar. 28). 2006 Outdoor: Finished second in the triple jump at the Mason Spring Open Invitational, bounding 13.67 meters... Placed second in the high jump at the CAA Championships, jumping 1.85 meters... Also competed in the triple jump at the CAA Championships, jumping 13.63 meters... Posted his best jump in the triple jump at the Patriot Open Invitational, leaping 13.85 meters. 2006 Indoor: Did not compete at any meets. Prep: Lettered in four sports at Mount Vernon High School - golf, swimming, baseball and track... Was named first-team Northern Region in the triple jump in 2005... Three-time MVP of the Mount Vernon High School men's team... All-Region in the high jump... Fifth in the Va. State Triple Jump senior year... Youth All-American in the decathlon as a senior... Was first in the nation in the decathlon at the 2005 Youth Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Knoxville, Tenn. Personal: Born March 25, 1987... Parents are Bradley and Marilyn Wellington... Has one sister, Anne, 25, and two brothers, Eric, 23 and Jason, 17... Eric was a member of the George Mason swimming and diving team from 2003-2006... A 2005 graduate of Mount Vernon High School... Major is undeclared. |
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