Kemar Jones

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
St. Phillip, Barbados
Prev School:
Queen's College

TFRRS Bio

2015-16
NCAA West Regional Qualifier, High Jump
NCAA West Regional Qualifier, 110m Hurdles
All-MVC, High Jump (Outdoor)
USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
MVC Men's Track Athlete of the Week (Week of 3/20)
Outdoor: Qualified for the MVC Outdoor Championships in the high jump, 110m & 400m hurdles...Finished as the runner-up in the high jump at the MVC Outdoor Championships, earning All-MVC honors despite competing in the high jump only one other time since 2014...Recorded the ninth-fastest 400m hurdles time in school history in the prelims of the MVC Outdoor Championships, running 52.37 to notch the third-fastest qualifying time...Advanced to the NCAA West Regional in both the 110m hurdles and the high jump...took home MVC Men's Track Athlete of the Week for the first time in his career after finishing second in the 110-meter hurdles at the Alabama Relays with a personal-best time of 13.99...Won the high jump and the 110m hurdles at the Billy Hayes Invitational...Posted the sixth-fastest 110m hurdles time in school history at the Billy Hayes Invitational, setting a new personal-best with a mark of 13.86...Won the 400m hurdles and helped SIU tally wins in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays at the Southern Clash...Recorded nine event titles across five different events...Competed in eight outdoor events in five different events.
Indoor: Scored team points with a fifth place finish in the 60m hurdles and helped the 4x400 relay team come in fourth at the MVC Indoor Championships...Became just the fourth Saluki to run sub-8 seconds in the 60m hurdles, finishing third at the Kentucky Invitational with a personal-best time of 7.98...Won the 60m hurdles at the Saluki Fast Start...Competed in eight meets in four different events.

2014-15
MVC Scholar Athlete
MVC Honor Roll
Competed in the 60m hurdles,, 400m, and 4x400m relays in three indoor meets...Took first in the 60m hurdles at the SIU Invitational with a mark of 8.10...Helped the 4x400m relay team take second at the Fred Wilt Invitational...Competed in the 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles in four outdoor meets...Took fourth in the 110m hurdles with a personal-best mark of 14.17 at the MVC Outdoor Championships...Also took fourth in the 400m hurdles at the MVC Outdoor Championships...Placed second in the 400m hurdles and third in the 110m hurdles at the Pacesetter Quad.

2013-14
All-MVC, High Jump (Indoor)
NCAA Regional Qualifier, 110m Hurdles (Outdoor)
MVC Scholar Athlete
Fifth All-Time at SIU for 60m Hurdles (Indoor)
10th All-Time at SIU for 110m Hurdles
USTFCCCA All-Academic recognition
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award recipient
All-MVC, High Jump (Indoor)...NCAA Regional Qualifier, 110m Hurdles (Outdoor)...MVC Scholar Athlete...Ranks fifth all-time at SIU for indoor 60m hurdles with an 8.04 finish...Ranks 10th all-time at SIU for 110m hurdles with a 14.18 finish...Finished fourth in the 60m hurdles at the MVC Indoor Championships with a 8.07 finish...Tied for second in high jump at the MVC Indoor Championships with a 2.09m mark...Finished fourth in the 110m hurdles at the MVC Outdoor Championships with a 14.27 finish...Ran the 110m hurdles in 14.36 to place 33rd at the NCAA West Region Prelims...Held SIU's second-highest mark for indoor high jump, clearing 2.09m...Held SIU's second-fastest time in the indoor 60m hurdles at 8.04...Earned first place in high jump at the Saluki Fast Start meet and Indiana Relays with 1.99m and 2.06m marks, respectively...Ran a leg of the 4x400 at the SIU Invitational to finish first with a 3:23.27 time...Held SIU's fastest time for the 110m hurdles with a 14.18 finish...Jumped 2.04m in high jump to claim SIU's second-highest outdoor high jump mark...USTFCCCA All-Academic recognition...MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award recipient...Competed in four events (high jump, 60h, 600m, 4x400) in eight indoor meets...Participated in four events (high jump, 200m, 4x400, 110m hurdles) in six outdoor meets.

2012-13
Participated in five events (60h, 400m, 4x400, high jump, triple jump) in five meets indoors and five events (110h, 200m, 400m, 4x400, high jump) in seven meets outdoors...Scored in the 110 meter hurdles (seventh place) and high jump (fifth place) at the MVC Outdoor Championships...8.30 mark in the 60 meter hurdles ranks as the seventh best time in Saluki history.

High School
Participated in the high jump, long jump, triple jump, javelin, pentathlon and 110m hurdles at Queen's College...Holds Queen's records in the high jump, long jump and triple jump...Won CARIFTA gold medals in 2009 (high jump), 2011 (heptathlon) and won a CAC Games gold medal in the high jump in 2012...Also played basketball, and was named team Most Outstanding Player...Comes from the same high school as Baltimore Ravens starting left guard Ramon Harewood.

Personal
Full name is Kemar Shaquille Jones...Born Feb. 5, 1993, to Martin Jones and Seilest Bradshaw in Barbados...Father is a police sergeant and coach, his mother is a social worker...Has five siblings...Majoring in environmental science