Wesley Smith

Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Oscar F. Frommel Smith
Hometown:
Chesapeake, Va.

Career Bests
Indoor
60m - 6.99
Long Jump - 7.82m/25-8

Outdoor
Long Jump - 7.63m/25-0.5

2010-11: Earned indoor All-America honors in the long jump ... won the long jump titles at the BIG EAST Indoor and BIG EAST Outdoor Championships ... competed in two outdoor (long jump, 200m) and three indoor events (long jump, 60m, 4x400m) ... won the BIG EAST outdoor long jump title on a career-best 7.63m/25-0.5 ... placed second in the event at the Border Battle ... reached the NCAA Indoor Championships in the long jump ... placed 16th in the event ... had a second-place finish in the event at the VT Final Qualifier after winning first career BIG EAST indoor title ... also won the long jump competition at the Saluki Fast Start Invitational.

2009-10: Competed in three outdoor and two indoor events ... qualified for the NCAA East Region Preliminary in the long jump ... placed third in the event at the Cardinal Classic ... had a fifth-place showing at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships in the long jump ... had an impressive third-place finish at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships in the long jump ... also took third in the long jump at the Indiana Hoosier Hills Invite ... placed second in the event at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational ... had a pair of first-place finishes early in the season in the long jump: Indiana Open and Kentucky Invitational.

2008-09: Competed in four outdoor and three indoor events ... took eighth in the long jump at the NCAA Mideast Regional ... placed fourth in the same event at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships ... also ran in the 4x100m relay and the 4x400m relay at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships ... finished first in the long jump at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational and the Baldy Castillo Invite ... was second in the long jump at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships.

Prep: Lettered three years in track at Oscar F. Frommel Smith High under coach Chris Lolagne ... earned Nike Indoor All-America honors in 2008 ... crowned the 2008 AAU Junior Olympic national champion in the young men's long jump ... was the 2007 and 2008 Virginia High School League (VHSL) outdoor long jump champion ... top prep long jump was 24-7.

Personal: Son of John and Maple Smith ... birthday is Nov. 25 ... has one sister ... majoring in sport administration.