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2018 Men's Track & Field Roster

Brenton Foster

Brenton Foster

  • Position:
    Jumps
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-3 /
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Townsville, Australia
  • High School:
    William Ross

Summary

Biography

2018 Manhattan Male Student-Athlete of the Year
2018 NCAA Outdoor East Preliminary Qualifier (High Jump)
2018 ECAC/IC4A Outdoor Champion (High Jump)
2018 MAAC Outdoor Champion (High Jump)
2018 Metropolitan Outdoor Champion (High Jump)
2018 NCAA Indoor Championships Qualifier (High Jump)
2018 ECAC/IC4A Indoor Champion (High Jump)
2018 MAAC Indoor Champion (High Jump)
2018 Metropolitan Indoor Champion (High Jump, Long Jump)
2018 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team

2018 Outdoors:
Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team and the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team...Won the high jump with a leap of 2.17 meters at the 2018 Metropolitan Outdoor Championships...Won the event again at the 2018 MAAC Outdoor Championships on May 6, hitting 2.15 meters, a MAAC Championships record...Also competed in the triple jump at MAACs, setting a personal best distance of 14.05 meters, good for fourth place...Was named the MAAC's Most Outstanding Field Performer of the meet...Won the ECAC/IC4A high jump championship with a height of 2.18 meters...Finished the season at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor East Preliminaries, ranking 25th overall in the high jump with a leap of 2.06 meters.

2017-18 Indoors: Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team...Opened the season by setting the school record in the indoor high jump, hitting 2.24 meters at the Manhattan Opener on December 1...Won the event at the Yale Opener on December 9 with a jump of 2.14 meters...Named the 2018 Metropolitan champion in both the high jump (2.09 meters) and long jump (6.96 meters), setting a personal best in the long jump...Won the high jump at the 2018 MAAC Indoor Championships at The Armory with a height of 2.18 meters...Also set a personal best in the triple jump at the meet, hitting 13.73 meters...Earned fourth-place in the long jump at MAACs with a distance of 6.89 meters...Was named the MAAC's Most Outstanding Field Performer at the meet...Won the high jump at the 2018 ECAC/IC4A Indoor Championships on March 2 with a height of 2.10 meters...Earned 10th overall at the 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships on March 10 with a height of 2.15 meters.

2017 Outdoors: Finished third in the triple jump (43’9) at the Dennis Craddock Carolina Relays on March 17…Took sixth in the high jump (6’2¼) at the Mark Young Invitatioanl on April 1…Secured fifth place in the high jump with a clearance of 6’3½ at the Metropolitan Outdoor Championships on April 14…Had a season-best clearance of 6’6¼, which was good for seventh place in the high jump at the Larry Ellis Invitational on April 21…Competed in the men’s college long jump at the Penn Relays on April 27, capturing 25th place with a leap of 21’10…Selected as Field Rookie of the Meet at the MAAC Outdoor Championships (May 6) after placing third in the long jump (23’2) and tying for fourth in the high jump (6’5½)…Got out to a distance of 22’1½ in the long jump at the IC4A Outdoor Championships on May 12.

2016-17 Indoors: Made Manhattan debut at the Crowell Open on Dec. 3 and took third in the high jump with a leap of 6’3½…Placed second in the long jump (22’1) and third in the high jump (6’2¼) at the Seahawk Shootout on Dec. 9…Registered a leap of 21’8 to capture seventh place in the long jump at the Tiger Invitational on Jan. 14…Ended up fourth in the triple jump (42’9½) and fifth in the high jump (6’4¾) at the Penn 8-Team Select on Jan. 21…Secured third place in the high jump (6’4¼) at the Metropolitan Indoor Championships on Feb. 2…Finished third in the high jump (6’6¼), sixth in the long jump (23’2¾) and 11th in the triple jump (43’10¾) at the MAAC Indoor Championships on Feb. 18…Qualified for the IC4A Indoor Championships in the long jump.

Before Manhattan: Tied for eighth in the high jump at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia…Holds the Australian freshman high jump record (2.09 m, 6’10¼)…Selected as the Athletics North Queensland Athlete of the Year…Also competed in the long jump and triple jump at William Ross State High School.

Personal: Son of Graham and Kathryn…Has one sister, Miranda…Majoring in economics and finance…Born on February 26, 1998.

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  • 2017Freshman

    Jumps
    6'3"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Jumps
    6'3"
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