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2013-14 Track & Field Roster

Brandon Blanchard

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Kennedale, Texas
  • High School Kennedale

Biography

AT UT ARLINGTON
Indoor Highlights
2014
• Placed sixth in the heptathlon with a career-best point total of 5,050 at the Sun Belt Conference Championships.
• Was the top finisher in the high jump during the heptathlon with a clearance of 6-04.25 and was second in the 60m hurdles (8.59).

2013
• Took third in the heptathlon at the WAC Indoor Championships to score six team points for the Mavs.
• Finished the league meet with 4,991 points to help UTA to a 1-3-4 finish in the event.
• Placed sixth in the heptathlon at the Varsity Apartments Invitational (4,783 points).
2012
• Placed eighth in the heptathlon at the SLC Championships with a score of 4,583 points.
• Won the heptathlon[apos]s long jump competition with a mark of 6.96 meters.
• Took 10th in the heptathlon at the Varsity Apartments Invitational (4,221 points).
Outdoor Highlights
2014
• Placed fifth in the decathlon at the Sun Belt Conference Championships with a career-best 6,812 points.
• Won the discus portion of the SBC decathlon with a throw of 127-03 and was second in the pole vault (14-10.75).
• Took fifth in the Shirley Crowe Combined decathlon (6,415 points).

2013
• Placed third in the decathlon at the WAC Championships, earning first-team all-league honors after scoring 6,781 points at the league meet.
• Tied for first in the high jump portion of the decathlon (6-06.75).
• Had 6,505 points to place seventh at the Shirley Crowe Combined Meet and had 6,387 points in an eighth-place showing at the Mt. SAC Multi-Event.
2012
• Scored three points for the Mavericks by placing sixth in the decathlon at the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships.
• Totaled a personal-best 6,107 points in the conference meet.
• Also competed in the decathlon at the Shirley Crowe Multi Event and the SHSU Combined Event Meet.
HIGH SCHOOL
• Holds Kennedale High School record in the long jump (2.01 meters).
• Had personal records of 14.50 in the 110m hurdles, 6.63 in the long jump, 39.60 in the 300m hurdles and 51.80 in the 400m.
• Part of a 4x400 relay team that won its region and qualified for the state meet.
• Was a two-time first-team all-district football player.
• Named Academic All-State in football.
• Was a three-year letterwinner in track & field and a two-year letterwinner in football. PERSONAL
• Born November 26, 1992 in New Orleans, La.
• Son of Tina Calderon.