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ONE-TIME NCAA REGIONAL QUALIFIER 2004 Outdoor: After competing in just two meets, earned a medical redshirt... At the Baldy Castillo Invitational, jumped 2.05 meters to finish fourth... At the Raleigh Relays, failed to record a height. 2004 Indoor: Received a medical redshirt after competing just once... Competed at the Virginia Tech Invitational finishing third in the high jump with a mark of 2.01 meters. 2003 Outdoor: Tied for eighth in the high jump at the inaugural NCAA East Regional Championships at George Mason with a season-best leap of 6-feet, 9¾-inches to score for the Patriots... Entered the event seeded 28th... Won the CAA title in the high jump with a 6-foot, 6¾-inch performance... Finished runner-up in the Eastern Division at Penn Relays with a 6-foot, 9½-inch mark... Was also runner-up at Tennessee's Sea Ray Relays and the Patriot Open... Competed in the high jump at the IC4A Championships 2003 Indoor: IC4A QUALIFIER: HIGH JUMP; Jumped a personal-best 6 feet, 10¼ inches to win at the Winter Open... Posted five additional top-five finishes... Runner-up at the Patriot Games... Placed in the top 10 at the IC4A Championships... Recorded two top-five finishes in the triple jump, including a season-best 46-foot, 8-inch performance to place fifth at the Patriot Games. 2002 Outdoor: IC4A QUALIFIER: HIGH JUMP, TRIPLE JUMP; Won the high jump at the Mason Invitational with a season-best leap of 6 feet, 9 inches to tie his personal best... Also picked up a win at the Maryland Invitational... Runner up in the high jump at the CAA Championships with a 6-foot, 7-inch performance... Scored for the Patriots at the IC4A Championships, tying for eighth place with a 6-foot, 8-inch leap... Competed in the triple jump for the first time as a collegian at CAAs, placing fourth with a jump of 45 feet, 5¼ inches... Qualified for the IC4A Championships, leaping a season-best 47 feet, 7¼ inches at the James Madison Invitational to place sixth among collegians. 2002 Indoor: IC4A QUALIFIER: HIGH JUMP; Placed in the top three in the high jump in four out of six meets... Won the event with a 6-foot, 9-inch performance at the season-opening Father Diamond Invitational... Placed second at the Patriot Games and tied for second at the Virginia Tech Invitational... Placed 12th at IC4As with a 6-foot, 7-inch high jump. 2001 Highlights: Outdoors qualified for his first IC4A Championships in the high jump after jumping a personal-best and IC4A-qualifying 6 feet, 9 inches to win the high jump at the Patriot Invitational... Also won at the Terrapin Invitational... Finished fifth at the CAA Championships... Indoors, won the high jump with a season-best 6-foot, 6-inch performance at the Collegiate Invitational... Also won at the Patriot Games... Placed third at the Father Diamond Invitational. Prep Career: A multi-sport athlete, competing in cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field and football... Earned five letters... Received the Coach's Award for outdoor track & field... Earned MVP honors during the indoor season... Team captain as a senior... Competed in the Commonwealth Games, winning the silver medal in the high jump (6-0) and a bronze in both the 100 and 200 meters... Named All-Timesland in the high jump as a senior. Personal: Born November 25, 1982... Parents are Bernard and Veronica Wright... Has three siblings-Lindsey (16), Steven (12) and Samuel (8)... Nickname is Wizza Wayne... Graduated with a 3.3 GPA, earning a Booster Club Scholarship... Off the track enjoys watching movies... A 2000 graduate of Cave Spring High School... A systems engineering major. Personal PRs: High Jump (6-10¼), Triple Jump (47-7¼)
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