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2019-2020 Men's Track Roster

Mark Sutton
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Kequan Henley

  • Event Jumps/Multis
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Richmond, Va.
  • Last School Armstrong HS

Biography

Personal Records
Indoor
High Jump: 6-7.5 (2020 MEAC Indoor)
Long Jump: 22-9 (2020 MEAC Indoor)
Heptathlon: 4,323 points (2020 MEAC Indoor)
Outdoor
High Jump: 6-7 (2x, Last: 2019 Florida Relays) 
Long Jump: 22-1.75 (2019 Virginia Grand Prix)

Career Statistics

2019-20: NSU AD Honor Roll member for the spring semester. Indoor: Competed in the jumps and multi-events … Matched his PR in the high jump with a clearance of 6-7 at the Penn State National, good for 12th place … Finish fourth in the high jump at George Mason (6-3.25) and sixth at Albany (6-4.75) … Placed ninth in the long jump at the VMI Team Challenge (22-1.5) … Posted a score of 4,011 points in the heptathlon at the VMI Winter Relays, good for fifth place … Set a new PR in the high jump by clearing 6-7.5 at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational … Also claimed fifth place in the long jump (22-7.25) in the same meet) … Set a new PR in the heptathlon with 4,323 points at the MEAC Indoor Championships … Established a new PR with a long jump of 22-9 in the heptathlon at the conference meet … Placed eighth in the long jump at the conference indoor meet (21-11.5). Outdoor: Season was canceled due to COVID-19.

2018-19: Indoor: Competed in both the long jump and high jump … Opened the season with a pair of fourth-place finishes in both events, with top marks of 22-0.25 in the long jump and 6-5 in the high jump at the Virginia Tech Invitational … Cleared an indoor PR of 6-7 in the high jump at the MEAC Indoor Championships, good for an eighth-place finish. Outdoor: Matched his PR of 6-7 to open outdoor season with a 13th-place showing at the Florida Relays … Was fifth in the high jump (6-5) and ninth in the long jump (22-1.75, a PR) at the Virginia Grand Prix … Earned sixth place in the high jump with a top height of 6-6 at the MEAC Outdoor Championships.

2017-18: Indoor: Registered four top-10 showings in the high jump during indoor season … Opened the season with a third-place effort at the Jack Pyrah Invitational (6-2.75) … Also placed sixth at the VMI Winter Relays (6-2.75), seventh at the Darius Dixon Invitational (6-4.25) and ninth at the VMI Keydet Invitational (6-4.75) … Cleared 6-5 at the Penn State National, where he was 14th, and at the MEAC Outdoor Championship, where he finished 11th. Outdoor: Places second at the Fred Hardy Invitational and Colonial Relays in his first two meets of the outdoor season, clearing just over 6-2 in each competition … Took fourth (6-6) at the Charlotte Invitational and first at the VSU Trojan Invitational (6-6.75) … Set a new personal record by clearing 6-7 at the MEAC Outdoor Championships, good for sixth place.

2016-17: Indoor: Cleared an indoor season-best 6-2.75 in his first meet, taking fifth place at the CNU Holiday Open … Took 10th place at the Art & Linda Maillet UNC Open (6-0.75). Outdoor: Cleared a height of 6-2.75 twice, in a fourth-place finish at the Fred Hardy Invitational and in an eighth-place showing at the Charlotte Invitational.

High School: Ran three years of track … Also played two years each of volleyball and basketball … Won the state 3A outdoor championship in the high jump his senior year with a PR of 6-6 … Also won the conference and regional championships in the event as a senior … Was also an all-state performer in the triple jump and 4x100 relay … Track and volleyball team MVP in his final prep year … Earned all-state recognition in the long jump and 300m hurdles as a junior.

Personal: Kequan Dashawn-Shabazz Henley was born on March 31, 1998 … Son of Jimaris Jennings and Chaquita Henley … Majoring in psychology … Uncle, Taj, played football at Ohio University and was invited to Miami Dolphins training camp … Another uncle, Jesse Pellot-Rosa, played basketball VCU and now plays overseas.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-2017Freshman

    High Jump
    6'1"
  • 2017-2018Sophomore

    High Jump
    6'1"
  • 2018-2019Junior

    High Jump
    6'1"
  • 2019-2020Senior

    Jumps/Multis
    6'1"