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blank Fred Townsend
ALL-AMERICAN Team Captain OUTLOOK: Will provide leadership in the decathlon and for the team ... Expected to compete for SEC crown and to score at the national meet this year in the decathlon ... Also should contribute team points and score in meets in the high jump and hurdles. 2003: Indoors, was third in 60m hurdles heat and finished sixth in event final while also taking sixth-place in the long jump at the George Mason Early Invitational ... Recorded third-place finishes in the pentathlon and the high jump and finished 11th in the 60m hurdles at Virginia Tech Invitational ... Placed fourth in the high jump and eighth in the 60m hurdles at SEC Four-Way Meet ... Finished in fourth place in the high jump, sixth-place in the 60m hurdles and eighth-place in the long jump at the UNC Invitational ... Placed sixth in the high jump at the Florida Invitational ... Claimed fourth-place in the high jump with a team-best season mark of 6'9" at the Meet of Champions ... Finished third in the 55m hurdles and seventh in the pole vault at the USC Invitational ... Placed third in the pentathlon with 4,014 points, and seventh in the high jump with a mark of 6'7" at the SEC Indoor Championships ... Outdoors, finished third in the 110m hurdles and second in the javelin at the Weems Baskin Relays ... At the Florida Relays, placed third in the decathlon with a season best 7,345 points ... Finished eighth in the 110m hurdles, third in the high jump, and sixth in the javelin at the SEC Quad Meet ... Ran a season best time of 14.01 in the 110m hurdles at the Sea Ray Relays ... Finished 15th in the shot put and 24th in the discus at the Orange & Purple Classic ... At the SEC Championships, finished sixth in the decathlon, fourth in his heat of the 110m hurdles, and finished seventh in the high jump with a season best mark of 6'7.5 ... Recorded SEC decathlon record time of 14.23 in the 110m hurdles at SEC Championships ... Placed third in his heat of the 110m hurdles at the NCAA East Regional at George Mason University ... Qualified for NCAA Outdoor Championships and placed ninth in the high jump ... Qualified for U.S. Outdoor Championships. 2002: During indoor season, competed in the 60m hurdles, high jump and long jump at the UNC Early Invitational ... Competed in the 55m hurdles and in the high jump at the USC Indoor Invitational ... At the SEC Championships, finished eighth in the pentathlon and 12th in the high jump ... Outdoors, at the Miami Invitational, finished fourth in the 110m hurdles, fifth in the triple jump and ninth in the javelin ... At the Spec Town Relays, finished second in the 110m hurdles, third in the long jump and fourth in the high jump ... At the Weems Baskin Sprint Relays, finished third in the 110m hurdles, 11th in the pole vault, 16th in the shot put and fourth in the javelin ... At the Four Way SEC Meet, finished seventh in the 110m hurdles and sixth in the high jump and pole vault ... Finished third in the decathlon at SEC Championships, scoring a personal best 7,157 points, moving him to No. 3 on USC's all-time decathlon list. 2001: Indoors, placed third in the triple jump at the SEC Quad with a distance of 43' 5 3/4 ... At the Virginia Tech 25 Team Meet he took fourth in the high jump and fifth on the USC Indoor Honor Roll with a height of 6' 9 3/4 ... Won the high jump at the Gamecock Indoor Invitational ... Placed ninth in the high jump at the SEC Championships with a height of 6' 8. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Baton Rouge Magnet High School ... Coached by Clarance Antoine ... Lettered in track for four years. PERSONAL: Art Studio major ... Son of Fred and Denise Townsend ... Sister, Reanna, is a freshman on the USC track and field team in 2004. Top Marks/Times- Decathlon: 7,345 pts.; 110m Hurdles: 14.01; Long Jump: 23'5"; High Jump: 6'11" |
