Anthony Jackson
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- Hometown:
- Manchester, Tenn.
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- Year:
- Junior
Bio
2016: Competed in all five meets on the season with a year’s best finish of seventh at the Tusculum Open…Jackson also tallied his best time at the season’s opening meet with a 17:59.9 time in the five-kilometer run… In his first three years apart of the Carson-Newman cross country team, Jackson has yet to miss a meet…
Tusculum Open: 7th- 17:59.9
Maryville College Invitational: 11th- 31:18.01
Royals Challenge: 175th- 27:32.3
SAC Championships: 48th- 29:00.6
Southeast Regionals: 125th- 35:06.31
2014-2015: Competed in distance events, including trials in the 1500m, 800m and 4 X 400m runs... Had a season-best2:00.74 time and third-place finish in the 800m run at the Shorter and Sewanee Invitaional Meets...
Power Sox Invitational
1500m run: 27th- 4:35.43
Appalachian Indoor Open
800m run: 9th- 2:07.33
Sewanee Invitational
800m run: 3rd- 2:04.96
Shorter Invitational
800m run: 14th- 2:00.74
Buccaneer Invitational
34th- 2:05.74
High School: Graduated from Coffee County Central High School... Played basketball and ran track for the Raiders... Placed fifth and achieved personal record of 2:04 in the 800m at TSSAA-AAA Section 2 Sub-Sectional meet... Named Defensive Player of the Year in basketball from 2012 to 2014... A member of the Beta Club, National Honors Society, Future Business Leaders of America, Interact, President of the Teen Council and won the Army Award for Student-Athlete Academics.
Personal: Son of Anthony and Karen Jackson... Sister, Sandra Adams, played basketball at Penn State University... Plans to major in Accounting... Born on March 20th, 1996...Also runs cross country at Carson-Newman...
News mentions
HICKORY, N.C.— Day one of the South Atlantic Conference Track & Field Championships was a successful showing for the Eagles Friday afternoon as the club sported three wins on the day with a number of other top-tier performances on the Irwin-Belk Track on the campus of Lenoir-Rhyne University.
WILLIAMSBURG, Ky.— The Carson-Newman track and field team wrapped up competition at the Cumberlands Invitational Saturday afternoon after two days of events as the meet served as the final tune up before the South Atlantic Conference Championship Meet takes place next week on April 13.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.— The Carson-Newman track and field team posted four provisional qualifications Saturday afternoon as the Tennessee Rust Buster featured a number of highly competitive Division I schools that many C-N athletes benefited from.
HICKORY, N.C.— The Carson-Newman track and field team kicked off the outdoor season in style with five first-place finishes at the Lenoir-Rhyne Southside Power & Fitness Invitational Saturday afternoon as the meet in Hickory, N.C. served as the lid-lifter to the new campaign.
WINSTON SALEM, N.C.— The Carson-Newman indoor track and field team concluded competition on the weekend at the JDL Fast track’s UCS Invitational Saturday afternoon with two top-five finishes on the men’s side on a day that sits just two weeks away from the 2017 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn.— The Carson-Newman track and field team wrapped up a busy week of competition Saturday afternoon as five Eagles competed in the 200 meter dash at the Camel City Invitational in Winston Salem, N.C. while the rest took part in events at the David E. Walker Kickoff Classic in the Tri-Cities.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn.—Saturday marked the first meet of the 2017 year as the Carson-Newman track and field team took part in day one of activities at the East Tennessee State University Track & Field Invitational in the Mini-Dome.
WINSTON SALEM, N.C.—Carson-Newman began the 2016-17 indoor track and field season with a bang as four Eagles reeled in top-10 finishes on Saturday when C-N wrapped up competition at the JDL Kickoff Classic.
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