Tanner Stepp
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- Hometown:
- Jefferson City, Tenn.
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- Year:
- Junior
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- Events:
- Jumper
Bio
2015-2016 (Sophomore): The most decorated track and field athlete in Carson-Newman history continued the pace during his sophomore campaign for the Eagles with two more All-American honors. Stepp reset both indoor and outdoor school records in the high jump on the year after posting the previous-highs as a true freshman the year before. The high jumper leaped a career indoor-high at the Camel City Classic on January 29 with a 2.14 mark. In the outdoor campaign, the Jefferson City, Tenn. native hit the 2.13 meter mark on two occasions, one being at the 2016 NCAA Division II Outdoor track & Field Championships on May 27.
Stepp placed sixth-overall in the event at the 2016 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships and fourth a few months later in the Outdoor Championships. The high jumper was named the Southeast Region Field Athlete of the Year by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association for the indoor season and was another Southeast region recipient during the outdoor sector.
During the indoor season, Stepp’s 2.14 meters was the highest in all of the Southeast Region. The sophomore finished second in the outdoor campaign at the South Atlantic Conference Championships with a 2.11 meter leap.
Indoor School Records
High Jump: 2.14 meters
Outdoor School Records
High Jump: 2.13 meters
2016 NCAA Division II Indoor Championships
High Jump: 6th-place (2.06 meters)
2016 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships
High Jump: 4th-place (2.13 meters)
2014-2015: A two-time All-American in the high jump for the indoor and outdoor slates, Stepp owns both C-N school records in the event...Also named an All-Southeast Regional seltee in his rookie season...Accumulated six top-five finishes and two first-place showings overall in his debut season for the Eagles...
Power Sox Invitational
Long jump: 4th- 6.55m
High jump: 1st- 2.21m
Buccaneer Invitational
High jump: 2nd- 2.07m
Shorter Invitational
Long jump: 4th- 6.82m
Sewanee Invitational
High jump: 1st- 2.10m
Outdoor Nationals
High jump: 9th- 2.10m
Indoor Nationals
High jump: 5th- 2.05m
High School: Graduted from Jefferson County High School in 2014... Five-time All-State, two-time Regional Champion, six-time IMAC Champion, two-time All-Prepxtra... Holds the school record in the Triple Jump with a jump of 45'7"... Set personal best in the: High Jump (6'9" andLong Jump (22'9.5")... Also played basketball for the Patriots... Coached by father, Mark Stepp.
Personal: Son of Mark and Mary Stepp... Native of Talbot, Tenn... Undecided on a major...Brother of C-N track and field's jumping coach Tyler Stepp...
News mentions
AUSTIN, Texas - Carson-Newman junior high jumper Tanner Stepp (Jefferson City, Tenn.) closed out his third year at Mossy Creek with Academic All-America honors from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Carson-Newman junior, Tanner Stepp (Jefferson City, Tenn.) is the national runner-up in the men's high jump competition, with a jump of 2.13 meters at the 2017 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday evening.
AUSTIN, Texas – Carson-Newman’s track and field teams placed three athletes on the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team, the College Sports Information Directors of America announced Thursday at noon.
In day one of the 2017 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Carson-Newman long jumper Kristofer Potts-Howard (Tullahoma, Tenn.) finished 13th with a jump of 6.99 meters.
The Carson-Newman track and field team will send a pair of Eagles to participate in the 2017 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships located in Bradenton, Fla. May 25-27.
NEW ORLEANS – For the fourth time in his career, Carson-Newman assistant track and field coach Tyler Stepp has been lauded as the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Southeast Region Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year.
NEW ORLEANS—Carson-Newman was well represented once again as six athletes were tabbed to the 2017 All-Southeast Region squad in six different events to cap off a successful outdoor campaign the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced Tuesday afternoon.
INDIANAPOLIS— For the second-consecutive season, the Carson-Newman track and field program will send multiple representatives to the national stage as both Tanner Stepp (Jefferson City, Tenn.) and Kristofer Potts-Howard (Tullahoma, Tenn.) were selected to participate in the 2017 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Bradenton, Fla. on May 25-27, Tuesday evening.
GREENSBORO, N.C.—The Carson-Newman track and field team put a bow on the 2017 regular season as seven Eagles pitched their final cases for the 2017 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships with the North Carolina A&T Last Chance Meet Sunday afternoon.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.—Representatives from the Carson-Newman track and field team will have one final chance to solidify their cases for the 2017 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships as seven Eagles are set to compete in the North Carolina A&T Last Chance Meet Sunday afternoon in Greensboro, N.C.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.—The Carson-Newman outdoor track and field team will resume activates Saturday, May 6, at the Tennessee Challenge as coach David Needs again sends a select number of individuals to the nearby Division I powerhouse with hopes of improving national qualifying marks in preparation for the 2017 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships that is set to take place at the tail end of May in Bradenton, Fla.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.— A select few from the Carson-Newman track and field team wrapped up competition at the historic 123rd annual running of the Penn Relays over the weekend that featured two top-10 marks for Kristofer Potts-Howard (Tullahoma, Tenn.) and a third-place finish from Tanner Stepp (Jefferson City, Tenn.).
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.—The Carson-Newman track and field team will send a program-best nine athletes to the historic running of the Penn Relays this weekend, April 27-29, with hopes of improving and picking up national-qualifying marks and times in the latter portion of the 2017 outdoor season.
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.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.—Following three outdoor meets to begin the 2017 track and field season, the Carson-Newman track and field team is prepped and ready for the 2017 South Atlantic Conference Track & Field Championships that is set to begin on Friday, April 14, on the campus of Lenoir-Rhyne in Hickory, N.C.
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.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.—The Carson-Newman track and field team was picked to finish fourth and sixth in the league by the coaches in the South Atlantic Conference as the preseason polls were released late Thursday night and just prior to the start of the outdoor campaign as the Eagles open the sector Saturday morning at the Power Sox Invitational.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.—Five days removed from the finale of the 2017 indoor campaign, Carson-Newman track and field coach David Needs has revealed the slate for the Eagles in the outdoor campaign that features two meets at the nearby Volunteer campus with another voyage to the legendary Penn Relays.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--- For the first time in his career, Carson-Newman high jumper Tanner Stepp (Jefferson City, Tenn.) comes home empty handed as the junior failed to surpass the 2.02 meter opening-height bar in the event to wrap up the 2017 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships for the Eagles.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— For the second year in-a-row, Carson-Newman sprinter Kevin Snead (Richmond, Va.) nets All-American honors in the men’s 60 meter dash following an 11th-place time of 6.81 seconds in the event to begin day one of the 2017 NCAA Division II Track & Field Championships for the Eagles.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.—For the third consecutive season, the Carson-Newman track and field team will have representatives at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships as sprinter Kevin Snead (Richmond, Va.) and high jumper Tanner Stepp (Jefferson City, Tenn.) prepare to make the voyage to Birmingham, Ala. for competition beginning Thursday morning.
NEW ORLEANS—Tyler Stepp was named the Southeast Region’s Indoor Track & Field Assistant Coach of the Year for the third consecutive season when the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced the awards Tuesday afternoon.
INDIANAPOLIS—Carson-Newman received word Tuesday evening that sprinter Kevin Snead (Richmond, Va.) and high jumper Tanner Stepp (Jefferson City, Tenn.) will be representing the Eagles at the 2017 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships in Birmingham, Ala. throughout the weekend of March 9-11.
NEW ORLEANS—The Carson-Newman indoor track and field team bolstered eight athletes who appeared on the 2017 Southeast Regional Indoor team when the United Stated Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced the sections Monday morning.
FAIRFAX, Va.— With the 2017 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships approaching in the coming weeks, Carson-Newman sent six athletes to the George Mason Last Chance Meet Sunday afternoon with the hope that they could improve their national rankings.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.—Carson-Newman will send six athletes to the George Mason Last Chance Meet Sunday afternoon in the nation’s capital with the hopes of improving their national rankings in the last week of competition before the 2017 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships kickoff on the weekend of March 2-5 in Birmingham, Ala.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.—Carson-Newman University is an institution for many as hundreds of incoming freshman flee to the nation’s premiere Christian University of the South every year, but for the Stepp family, Carson-Newman is almost a rite of passage from one family member to the next.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.— The Carson-Newman track and field team will begin to ramp up individual efforts with hopes of improving national rankings and picking up more provisional qualifications as the Eagles send sprinter Kevin Snead (Richmond, Va.) to Clemson for the Tiger Paw Invitational and 10 more athletes to Roanoke College for the Finn Pincus Invitational for competition Friday and Saturday.
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.— In day one of a split-squad weekend, the Carson-Newman track and field team sent representatives to both the ETSU David E Walker Invitational and the JDL Camel City Classic with hopes of garnering more national qualifiers.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.— Following a two-week layoff, the Carson-Newman indoor track and field team will be in action Friday as the Eagles split their squad between both the JDL Camel City Invitational and the East Tennessee State Invitational for competition over the weekend.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn.— Three more Carson-Newman track and field athletes provisionally qualified for the 2017 NCAA Division II Indoor Championships as the Eagles exit the East Tennessee State University Invitational following a successful day two of competition.
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.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.—The Carson-Newman track and field team is set to begin the 2016-17 indoor campaign with a trip to Winston Salem, N.C. for the JDL Kickoff Classic that will consist for entirety of Saturday, Dec. 3
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.— Carson-Newman track and field coach David Needs released his team’s 2016-17 indoor season slate earlier Monday morning which featured five treks to the Tar Heel State with three more to The Old Dominion.
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