| Richard Swaby |
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Personal Bests
Outdoor
100m 10.90
110m Hurdles 14.60
Long Jump 23-01.25
Triple Jump 47-04.00
2006-07: INDOOR - At the Rod McCravy Invitational leaped to a distance of 13.15 meters in the triple jump ... Took eighth in the long jump at the McDonald's Invitational with a jump of 6.34 meters and sixth in the triple jump with a distance of 12.43 meters ... At the C-USA Championships had a distance of 6.41 meters in the long jump. OUTDOOR - At the Rhodes Invitational placed seventh in the long jump with a distance of 6.40 meters and had a leap of 12.76 meters in the triple jump ... Placed third at the Lynx Invitational in the long jump with a leap of 6.50 and eighth in the triple jump with a distance of 12.40 ... Placed fourth in the long jump with a leap of 7.04 meters at the Mississippi State Bulldog Classic ... At the C-USA Championships jumped 6.55 meters in the long jump and placed 7th in the triple jump with a leap of 13.25 meters.
2005-06 INDOOR- Redshirted the indoor season. OUTDOOR- Finished in the top-five at the Rhodes Open in both the long and triple jumps ... Jumped a season high 21-02.75 in the long jump at the ASU High Performance.
PREP: Attended Wolmer's Boys' School where he earned four letters each in basketball and track and field...Helped his team to a fourth-place finish in 2004 and a third-place finish in 2005 at the Jamaican Boys and Girls National Championships...Received Wolmer's Athletic Award for the 2003-04 school year...Was a member of the Student Council and the Senior Project Committee.
PERSONAL: Born Dec. 8, 1985 in Kingston, Jamaica...Full name is Richard Duane Sulal Swaby...Son of John and Leleith Swaby...Majoring in accounting and hopes to be an accountant after college...Hopes to run for the Jamaican National Team in the future...Chose the U of M because it allowed him to come to America and further his education, as well as his track career.
