Tanner Stepp
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- Hometown:
- Jefferson City, Tenn.
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- Position:
- Jumper
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- Year:
- Senior
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- Events:
- Jumper
Bio
2017-2018 (Senior):
Bast-Cregger Invitational
High Jump: 1st - 2.08 meters (Facility Record), Qualifier for Indoor Nationals.
ETSU Invitational
High Jump: 1st - 2.11 meters
2016-2017 (Junior): As a junior, Stepp competed in both the indoor and outdoor National Championships finishing runner-up in the outdoor high jump at a height of 2.13 meters. He has made the outdoor championships in every year at C-N. Stepp collected CoSIDA Academic All-America honors and Academic All-District honors following the season as well as All-Southeast Region.
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
NEW ORLEANS - All-Academic Team honors for the 2017-18 NCAA Division II Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field seasons were announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Thursday as Carson-Newman Track & Field were given honors on both the men’s and women’s teams.
AUSTIN, Texas. – Tanner Stepp and Rebekah White have collected Google Cloud Academic All-America® honors representing Carson-Newman Track & Field as announced this afternoon.
GREENWOOD, Ind. – Tori Gaul, Tanner Stepp, and Rebekah White have earned Google Cloud Academic All-District® honors representing Carson-Newman Track & Field.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A historic career at Carson-Newman came to an end at the Irwin Belk Complex during the 2018 NCAA Championships on Friday afternoon.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – It was the final opportunity for the senior pole vaulter to get a crack at the All-America honor. Tori Gaul completed that feat in her final meet with the Eagles after garnering a 10th-place finish in the pole vault at the 2018 NCAA Division II Track & Field Championships.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – A trio of Carson-Newman Track & Field student-athletes prepare for the 2018 NCAA Championships slated to take place over a three-day period this weekend. Tori Gaul, Kieran Showler-Davis, and Tanner Stepp have each extracted invites to Charlotte, N.C. with the first set of events beginning tomorrow at the Irwin Belk Complex.
NEW ORLEANS, La. – Eight Carson-Newman Eagles were honored by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) as All-Region members for the 2018 NCAA Division II outdoor season.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Tori Gaul, Kieran Showler-Davis, and Tanner Stepp have each extracted invites to the 2018 NCAA Outdoor National Championships in Charlotte, N.C. slated for May 24-25.
MONTEVALLO, AL – Senior jumper Samantha Gudger claimed a new school record in the long jump following the team's appearance at Falcon Finale & Last Chance meet this weekend.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Carson-Newman Track & Field closed out the 2018 South Atlantic Conference Outdoor Championships with a total of six conference champions after adding three on the final day of the meet.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Carson-Newman Track & Field garnered the chance to experience the Irwin Belk Complex this weekend for the Johnson C. Smith Invitational.
MONTREAT, N.C. – Carson-Newman opened their 2018 outdoor season with a bang on Saturday at the Montreat College Invitational.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman Track & Field comes off a historic indoor season as they now turn towards its outdoor campaign with the first meet this weekend at Montreat College.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – The South Atlantic Conference released the preseason polls for the 2018 Outdoor Track & Field season this morning with Carson-Newman occupying the 4th spot on the men’s side and 6th in the women’s poll.
PITTSBURG, Kan. – Carson-Newman Track & Field has its first National Champion in the Division II era. Tanner Stepp collected the top finish in the high jump at the NCAA D2 Track & Field Championships this afternoon after clearing a height of 2.17 meters.
PITTSBURG, Kan. – A pair of Carson-Newman sprinters grabbed Second-Team All-America honors on Friday following their performances in the 60-meter dash prelims at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Three Carson-Newman Track & Field athletes set their sights on Pittsburg, Kan. this weekend, the home of the 2018 Division II Indoor Championships.
PITTSBURG, Kan. – The selection of the 2018 NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championships placed three Carson-Newman athletes across four events.
NEW ORLEANS, La. - The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) has announced the All-Region honorees for the 2018 NCAA Division II indoor track & field season.
WINSTON SALEM, N.C. – Carson-Newman Track & Field will return to the site of competition that hosted the South Atlantic Conference this Sunday.
ROCK HILL, S.C. - Following the South Atlantic Conference Indoor Championships on Monday, Devon Moore and Kirstofer Potts-Howard took home individual awards for Carson-Newman track for their performances.
WINSTON SALEM, N.C. – In the inaugural year for indoor track & field in the South Atlantic Conference, 18 different Eagles collected All-Conference marks in the league championships.
WINSTON SALEM, N.C. – The South Atlantic Conference prepares for the Indoor Track & Field Championships in its inaugural season on Monday and Carson-Newman is poised to make some noise.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – The South Atlantic Conference has named Carson-Newman’s Tanner Stepp as the AstroTurf Field Athlete of the Week for the second time this indoor season, following his performance over the weekend at the ETSU Buccaneer Invitational on Saturday.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Saturday marked another impressive day for Carson-Newman in consecutive weekends as the Eagles brought home the top two spots in the high jump, and Luke Greer broke a program indoor record at the 2018 ETSU Buccaneer Invitational.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – The weekly track and field awards continue to roll in for Carson-Newman during the indoor season after Jahvad McDermott claimed the AstroTurf South Atlantic Conference Field Athlete of the Week award as announced by the league this afternoon.
SALEM, Va. – The Carson-Newman track & field team will head back to Roanoke College for the second time during the indoor season as they get set for the Finn Pincus Invitational with events taking place on Friday and Saturday.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Carson-Newman All-American jumper Tanner Stepp has been tabbed with the AstroTurf South Atlantic Conference Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week as announced by the league this afternoon.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – On day two of the ETSU Invitational & Knoxville Youth Atletics HS Indoor Classic, Carson-Newman athletes once again proved their mettle against D1 talent.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman Track & Field and head coach David Needs have released the full 2017-18 Indoor and Outdoor Schedule which features returns to ETSU and a trip to Philadelphia, Pa.
The Carson-Newman men’s and women’s track team had a record day in day two of the Bast-Cregger Invitational on Saturday inside the Kerr-Cregger Field House.
SALEM, Va. – The first events of the 2017-18 indoor track & field season have commenced for Carson-Newman after day one of the Bast-Cregger Invitational at Roanoke College.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – The South Atlantic Conference has announced the men’s and women’s indoor track & field preseason poll and watch list Wednesday afternoon, as voted by the league’s coaches.