Fraquan Gaines

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Champaign, Ill.
High School:
Champaign Central

TFFRS Bio

2016-17
All-MVC, Triple Jump (Outdoor)
Outdoor: Earned runner-up honors in the triple jump at the MVC Outdoor Championships (5/14) with a personal-best jump of 49’-5.5” (15.07m)…His PR at the MVC Outdoor Championships was almost two feet better than his previous personal-best…Also finished ninth in the long jump at the conference meet with a season-best mark of 23’-0” (7.01m)…Placed in the top-five of the triple jump at all four meets that he recorded a legal jump at…Helped the Saluki 4x200 relay team finish third at the Tennessee Relays (4/8)…Competed at seven outdoor meets.
Indoor: Scored team points at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/25) after he set an indoor PR in the triple jump to finish seventh…Also placed 14th in the long jump at the indoor conference meet…Finished second in the long jump with a PR jump of 23’-5.25” (7.14m) at the Don DeNoon Invitational (2/3) and added a fifth place finish in the triple jump…Finished second in the triple jump and sixth in the long jump at the Illini Classic (1/14)…Took third in the triple jump and fourth in the long jump at the Saluki Fast Start (12/10)...Competed at seven indoor meets.

2015-16
Outdoor: Competed in seven outdoor meets...Set a PR in the long jump at the Alabama Relays...Set a personal-best in the triple jump at the MVC Outdoor Championships...Placed fourth in the triple jump and 11^th in the long jump at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic.
Indoor: Did not compete.

High School
A 2015 graduate of Champaign Central HS in Champaign, Ill...Competed in the long and triple jumps...Broke the school triple jump record...All-State honors in 2015...Two-time sectional champion in the triple jump...Took 10^th at the 2014 state meet in the triple jump...Claimed third as a senior at the state meet in 2015...Also was a standout for the Champaign Central football team.

Personal
Born on February 8, 1997...Full name is Fraquan Gaines...Son of Frazier Gaines and Crystal Elmore...Has five siblings...Majoring in exercise science.