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2012 Outdoor: Placed fourth in the triple jump at the NCAA Championship with a school record jump of 54-1.25 (16.49m) … Garnered first team All-America honors … Bettered Phil Saunders’ triple jump record that had stood since 1986 … Earned All-ACC honors in the triple jump with a third place finish at the ACC Championship (53-1, 16.18m) ... Also turned in a fifth place showing in the long jump at the ACC Meet (24-4.25, 7.42m) ... Notched a mark of 51-3.5 (15.63m) in the triple jump at the NCAA East Prelims to place eighth and qualify for nationals ... Won the triple jump at the NC A&T Aggie Classic (51-6.5, 15.71m) ... Took fifth in the triple jump at the Florida Relays (51-10, 15.80m) ... Won the long jump with a personal best leap of 24-5 (7.44m) and led off the then school record setting 4x100 meter relay (40.11) at the UCF Invitational … Earned the team’s Coaches Award.

2012 Indoor: Finished third in the triple jump at the NCAA Championship with a double PR and school record 53-6.5 (16.32m), earning first team All-America honors ... Reset his own triple jump school record on four different occasions at three meets during the season ... Set the triple jump school record for the second time during the season at the ACC Championship, earning runner-up honors (52-10.75, 16.12m) to become a four-time All-ACC triple jumper indoors ... Initially reset his own school record in the triple jump at the Hokie Invitational with a winning leap of 52-8.75 (16.07m) … Placed seventh at the ACC Championship in the long jump (23-7.5, 7.20m) … Set a personal best in the long jump at the VT Invitational (23-11, 7.29m) ... Named Academic All-ACC for the third time for indoor track & field.

2011 Outdoor: Earned first team All-America honors in the triple jump, posting a career-best 53-3.75 (16.25m) at the national meet to finish fourth … Earned his first career ACC title in the triple jump, clinching the victory with his final jump of 52-10 (16.10m) … Finished at least fourth in every triple jump competition on the season … Set a season best in the long jump, earning team points at the ACC Championships with a sixth-place finish (23-1.75, 7.05m) ... Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

2011 Indoor: Placed 15th in the triple jump at the NCAA Championships (49-7.75, 15.13m) earning second team All-America honors … Earned the silver medal at the ACC Championships in the triple jump (51-10, 15.80m) … Led the team in the triple jump with a season-best distance of 52-3.75 (15.94m), winning the event at the Virginia Tech Challenge … Won the triple jump at Penn State (50-11, 15.52m) … Set a season-best in the long jump at the ACC Championships (23-7.5, 7.20m).

2010 Outdoor: Earned points for Tech in the triple jump at the ACC Championships, placing fifth with a season-best mark of 51-5 (15.67m) … Placed ninth at the ACC Championships in the long jump with a season-high 22-7 (6.88m) … Took fourth place at the Florida Relays in the Triple Jump (50-0.75, 15.26m) ... Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

2010 Indoor: Set the then school triple jump record, earning All-ACC honors after placing second at the ACC Championships (52-8.25, 16.06m) … Provisionally qualified in the triple jump, earning a bid to the NCAA Championships where he placed 10th (51-7, 15.72m) … Also competed in the long jump and 400-meter dash.

2009 Outdoor: Earned a season-best triple jump of 50-10 at the Georgia Tech Invite, placing sixth ... Qualified for the NCAA East Regional meet in the triple jump ... Scored points for the Hokies in the triple jump at the ACC Championships with a seventh-place effort, jumping 49-7.75 ... Finished runner-up at the Sea Ray Relays’ triple jump with a leap of 49-8.50 ... Also competed in the long jump and 100-meter dash on the season.

2009 Indoor: Finished in third place in the triple jump at the ACC Championships with a mark of 49-11.75 to earn All-ACC honors... Jumped a season-best 22-10 in the long jump at the VT Challenge, tying for ninth ... Earned third place at the Penn State National’s triple jump, leaping 50-1.75 ... Recorded six top-five finishes in the triple jump on the season.

High School: Named Gwinnett County Field Athlete of the Year in 2008 ... Received first-team All-County honors as a senior, and honorable mention All-County honors as a junior ... Holds prep bests of 48-3 and 22-3 in the triple jump and long jump, respectively ... Lettered four times, three in track and one in football ... Earned Scholar-Athlete Award in 2007 and 2008.

Personal: Born Feb. 12, 1990 in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands ... Son of Ayesha and Abubakr Saddique ... Brother, Kamau, jumped for the University at Buffalo and brother, Muhammad, jumped at Cornell University ... Majoring in architecture.