Neelon Greenwood (Fairfield HS, Sacramento City College, Oklahoma)

Neelon Greenwood

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Suisun, Calif.

High School:
Fairfield

Last College:
Sacramento City College

Event:
Horizontal Jumps

• 2009 All-Big 12 Outdoor Conference (Long Jump)
• 2008 California Junior College Triple Jump Champion


Personal: Full name is Neelon Thaddeus Greenwood ... Son of Esteben and Pam Greenwood ... Has one brother, Esteben Jr., and one sister,Destiny ... Brother played collegiate basketball at Solano Community College.

2009: (Indoor) Ran the 200-meter dash at the Arkansas Invitational and finished eighth with a time of 22.89 ... Reeled off an NCAA provisional qualifying mark, 24-7.25 (7.50),in his first jump of the season in the long jump to finish fourth at the Razorback Invitational ... Claimed first event title as a Sooner with a win in the long jump at the J.D. Martin Invitatoinal, leaping a distance of 24-4.25 (7.50). (Outdoor) Finished second in his first long jump competition of the year with a jump of 23-9.50 (7.25) at the John Jacobs Invitational ... Leapt a regional qualifying distance of 49-5.00 (15.06) in the triple jump at the Sooner Invitational ... Also finished fourth in the long jump with a top jump of 25-1.25 (7.65), but had all four regional marks wiped out due to high winds ... Leapt to regional qualifying distances in both the long jump (24-3.50/7.40) and the triple jump (50-6.00/15.39), finishing fifth in both at the Steve Scott Invitational ... Earned All-Big 12 honors with an eighth-place finish in the long jump at the Big 12 Championships, clearing a distance of 24-5.75 (7.46).

At Sacramento City College: Leapt a personal best 51-6 (15.69) in the triple jump to claim a state title at the 2008 California State Championships ... swept the long (24-10/7.56) and triple (49-10/15.18) jumps at the 2008 Nor-Cal Championships, defending his 2007 titles in both ... named 2008 Big 8 Conference Field Athlete of the Year after winning the long jump and triple jump with distances of 23-6 (7.16) and 47-11 (14.60), respectively ... named 2007 SCC Freshman of the Year and 2007 Big 8 Conference Field Athlete of the Year ... leapt a personal best 25-1 (7.64) in the long jump at the 2008 Mt. Sac Relays ... finished fourth in the long jump (22-8.50/6.92) and fifth in the triple jump (47-5.00/14.45) at the 2007 California State Championships ... claimed Nor-Cal Championship titles in both the long jump (23-4.50/7.12) and triple jump (48-9.25/14.86) ... helped lead team to 2007 and 2008 Nor-Cal Championships and 2007 California State Championships ... also played played basketball at Sacramento City College.

High School: Competed at Fairfield High School (Fairfield, Calif.) ... recorded a 50-foot triple jump during his high school career ... took fifth in the triple jump at the 2006 California State Championships with a distance of 49-3.50 (15.02) ... finished second in the triple jump at the 2006 Stanford Invitational with a distance of 46-4.25 (14.12) ... holds the CIF-San Joaquin Section Division II meet record in the triple jump with a distance of 48-7.50 (14.82) ... also competed in basketball for Fairfield High School.

Courtesy Oklahoma