| Clarence Smith |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Coatesville, Pa.
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| High School:
Coastesville
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| Height / Weight:
5-10 / 150
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| Event:
Jumps
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| Experience:
SR
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Smith's Nittany Lion Resume ...
* NCAA Provisional Qualifier
* NCAA Regional Qualifier
* Big Ten Medalist
* Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Winner
Personal Bests
Indoor
Long Jump: 21-11 (6.68)
Triple Jump: 51-5 (15.67)
Outdoor
Long Jump: 22-9.75 (6.95)
Triple Jump: 53-1.50 (16.19)
On the National Stage ...
|| 2008 Outdoor || Earned All-America honors with a ninth-place finish in the triple jump at the NCAA Championships ... Earned a bid to the NCAA Championships thanks to a third-place effort at the NCAA East Regional ... Competed at the 2008 US Olympic Trials, earning a 24th place finish among the nation's best. || 2007 Outdoors || Placed 21st in the triple jump at the NCAA East Regional.
At the Big Ten Championships ...
|| 2008 Outdoor || Took silver medal honors in the triple jump, leading a 2-3-4 finish by the Nittany Lion jumps crew. || 2008 Indoor || Jumped 51-5 (15.67) to earn his first career Big Ten title. || 2007 Outdoors || Placed 10th in the triple jump at the conference meet. || 2007 Indoors || Took bronze medal honors in the triple jump with a career-best and NCAA provisional-qualifying leap of 50-10.75 (15.51). || 2006 Outdoors || Posted a leap of 49-03.50 (15.02) to finish eighth in the triple jump ... also finished 12th in the long jump ... Was named Penn State's recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship award. || 2006 Indoors || Placed 13th in the triple jump and 15th in the long jump.
In the Field ...
|| 2008 Outdoor || Led a Penn State 1-2-3 sweep in the Penn Relays Eastern triple jump ... Won the triple jump at the Oregon Pepsi Challenge and took fourth at the Sun Angel Classic. || 2008 Indoor || Finished second at the Penn State Relays and Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup ... Placed third at the Virginia Tech Elite meet ... Jumped a PR and provisional qualifying 51-8.25 (15.75) to win the Virginia Tech Last Chance. || 2007 Outdoors || Bettered the regional standard on six occasions, including a jump of 49-4.50 (15.05) to take fifth at the Stanford Invitational - the first meet of the season ... Posted a personal-best 50-4.75 (15.36) to take third in the college section at Penn Relays ... Finished second at the Auburn Tiger Classic, Bucknell Team Challenge, and Penn State Open. || 2007 Indoors || Placed second at both the Penn State Relays and Penn State Open ... Finished third at the Penn State National and fourth at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup. || 2006 Outdoors || Jumped a then personal-best 49-09.25 (15.17) to finish fourth at the USATF Junior National Championships ... Finished second at the Penn Invitational ... Won the triple jump at the Nittany Lion Relays and Penn State Open. || 2006 Indoors || Took fifth in the triple jump at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup with a season-best leap of 47-08 (14.53) ... Finished sixth in the triple jump at the Penn State National.
|| High School ||
Four-year letter winner ... Named team captain during junior and senior years ... PIAA state qualifier in both the long and triple jumps ... A member of the fifth-place 4x100 relay at the 2005 state meet.
|| Personal ||
Son of Clarence Smith ... Born February 11, 1987 ... Majoring in Material Science and Engineering.
