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2022-23 Men's Track and Field Roster

Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing

Dakota Abbott

  • Position Jumps
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 185
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Amherst, Neb.
  • High School Amherst
  • Major Business Administration (MBA)

Biography

Career Marks

2023 OUTDOOR: National Qualifier in Triple Jump … First Team All-America in Triple Jump (4th) … USTFCCCA All-Region in Triple Jump … RMAC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week (Apr. 5) … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC Man of the Year award nominee ... Placed fourth in the Triple Jump at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a season-best mark of 15.72m … Took first place in the Triple Jump at four separate meets during the outdoor season … Ended the outdoor qualifying period ranked seventh in the country for the Triple Jump with a mark of 15.62m … Finished seventh in Long Jump at the RMAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a season-best leap of 7.06m.

2022-23 INDOOR: USTFCCCA Second Team All-America in triple jump … All-RMAC First Team in the triple jump … USTFCCCA All-South Central Region in the triple jump … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … Placed ninth in the triple jump (14.90m) at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships on March 10-11 en route to earning Second Team All-America honors … Took home first place in the triple jump with a mark of 15.70m at the RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships on February 24 … Competed in the triple jump and long jump.

2022 OUTDOOR: USTFCCCA First Team All-America in triple jump … USTFCCCA All-Region in triple jump … Tied for top regional performer in the South Central with season-best triple jump mark of 15.66m … All-RMAC First Team for triple jump … RMAC Male Field Athlete of the Year … RMAC All-Academic First Team … CoSIDA Academic All-District 6 … CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week (3/30) … Placed first in triple jump with a mark of 15.57m at the RMAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Apr. 29-May 1 … Season best 7.18m in long jump on Mar. 25-26 at the CSU Pueblo Spank Blasing Open … Competed in triple jump and long jump.

2021-22 INDOOR: USTFCCCA First Team All-America in triple jump… USTFCCCA All-Region in triple jump… All-RMAC First Team for triple jump… RMAC All-Academic First Team… National qualifier in triple jump… PR in triple jump (15.77m) on March 11th-12th at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships placing 4th... Competed in long jump and triple jump.

2021 OUTDOOR: USTFCCCA First Team All-America in the triple jump … USTFCCCA All-Region in triple jump (Top Regional Performer) … RMAC Field Athlete of the Year … All-RMAC First Team for the long jump … All-RMAC Second Team in long jump … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … National qualifier in triple jump … PR in long jump (7.47m) on April 30 to May 2 at the RMAC Outdoor Track and Field Championship placing 4th.

2020-21 INDOOR: National Champion in the triple jump … USTFCCCA First Team All-American in triple jump … USTFCCCA All-Region in long jump and triple jump … All-RMAC First Team for long jump and triple jump … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … National qualifier in long jump and triple jump … PR in triple jump with a distance on 15.69m on May 11-13 at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championship.

2019-20 INDOOR: USTFCCCA All-American (Triple Jump) ... USTFCCCA DII All-Region ... RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll ... RMAC Field Athlete of the Week (Dec. 17, 2019 and Jan. 21, 2020) ... Competed in 8 meets for UCCS … Competed in the triple jump and long jump … Qualified for the NCAA DII Championships in the triple jump … All-American in the triple jump … Recorded a career-best distance in the triple jump of 15.30m (50-2.5) at the Mountain Lion Open on Feb. 7, the 5th longest jump in DII … He took 1st in the event and earned a provisional mark … Notched 5 other top-5 finishes and 6 total top-10 finishes in both the triple jump and long jump … Jumped a season-best distance of 7.08m (23-2.75) in the long jump at the 2019 UCCS Invitational, finished 4th in the event.

2019 OUTDOOR: All-RMAC First Team (Triple Jump) ... Season best triple jump mark of 14.70m at the WT Classic & Multi on Apr. 5-6 ... Season best long jump of 7.26m at the Loper Last Chance Twilight on May 12. 

2018-19 INDOOR: All-RMAC First Team (Long Jump) ... Recorded a season-best mark of 14.44m in the triple jump at the CRC UCCS Invite on Dec. 8 ... Season-best long jump mark of 7.19m at the CRC UCCS Invite.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2018 graduate from Amherst High School ... Stats - Triple Jump: 46'3.25, Long Jump: 22'10 ... Set the Triple Jump School Record in 2017 ... Kearney Hub All-Region Leader in Triple Jump (1017-18) ... Nebraska Class C Triple Jump State Runner-Up 2017 ... Set the Triple Jump / Long Jump School Record in 2018 ... Nebraska Class C Triple Jump Gold Medalist 2018 ... Nebraska All-Class Gold Triple Jump Medalist 2018 ... Nebraska Class C Long Jump Runner-Up 2018 ... Kearney Hub Region Track Athlete of the Year 2018 ... Fort Kearney Conference Runner-Up 2018 ... A member of FBLA and FCA. 

PARENTS: Terry and Carlene Abbott

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Jumps
    6'4" 185 lbs
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Jumps
    6'4" 185 lbs
  • 2020-21Redshirt Junior

    Jumps
    6'4" 185 lbs
  • 2021-22Redshirt Junior

    Jumps
    6'4" 185 lbs
  • 2022-23Redshirt Senior

    Jumps
    6'4" 185 lbs