University of North Carolina Athletics
2000 Track & Field Roster
Kevin Crittendon
- Position:
- Hurdles/Jumps
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 145
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- McKenney, Va.
- High School:
- Dinwiddie
In 1999: In indoor, competed in the long jump, triple jump and 60m hurdles ... Finished eighth at the ACC Championships in the triple jump with a mark of 48-6 ľ ... Made a jump of 50-10, fourth best in UNC history at the Joe Hilton Invitational ... Won the Patriot-Hoya Coalition meet with a jump of 50-9 Ľ, also had a season high in the long jump with a mark of 23-3 ˝ at that meet ... Competed in the prelims of the ACC Championships in the 60m hurdles in 8.71 ... In outdoor, won the ACC Championship in the triple jump with a leap of 51-0 Ľ, third all-time in Carolina history ... Finished 16th in the long jump at the ACCs with a mark of 22-6 ˝.
In 1998: ACC Champion in the outdoor triple jump (50-4 3/4) ... Finished second at the ACC Championships in the indoor triple jump (50-2) ... Was first on the team in the indoor and outdoor triple jump and the outdoor long jump and second in the indoor long jump ... Won the outdoor triple jump (47-9 1/4) at the UNC Invitational ... Placed eighth at the ACC Championship in the outdoor long jump with 23-0 ... Finished third in the outdoor long jump (22-5) at the Duke Invitational ... Also runs the 110m hurdles and 60m hurdles.
In 1997: Proved he could compete with the best by winning the ACC outdoor triple jump championship with a wind-aided mark of 49-5 ... Also placed seventh in the ACC long jump with a leap of 23-2 ... At the ACC Indoor Championships he was sixth in both the long jump (23-10) and triple jump (46-4 1/4) ... Season-best indoor long jump mark was 24-1 ... Best legal mark in the outdoor season was 23-0.
Prep: Team captain at Dinwiddie High School ... Won the state championship in the 55 meter hurdles ... One of the top prep triple jumpers, earning high school All-America honors ... Also earned all-district, all-region and all-state honors ... Served as Sergeant-of-Arms of his senior class ... All District and All Area in football
Personal: His sister, Shena, played volleyball for two years at Virginia Union and his brother, Darrell, played baseball one year at Norfolk State University ... Born Kevin Lamont Crittendon on May 9, 1978 ... Son of Roy and Doris Crittendon ... Majoring in communications/adverstising.
Carolina Rankings:
Indoor triple jump - 4th (50-10 in 1999) Outdoor triple jump - 3rd (51-0 1/4 in 1999) 60m hurdles - 3rd (8.36 in 1998)
