2021 Big West Champion - 110mH and 400mH 2021 Big West Co-Track Athlete of the Year
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD JUNIOR (2021) Won Big West titles in both the 110mH and 400mH ... Clocked personal-best times and set new school-records for both events in the finals of the Big West Championships to secure the wins ... 14.10 (+1.4 wind) in the 110mH and 51.23 in the 400mH ... Anchored the men's 4x400 realy to secure Big West Championship... Broke the 110mH record in consecutive meets (UCR Invitational, Big West Championships) ...Finished 39th in the 110mH at the NCAA West Prelims in 14.20 (+2.6 wind) ... Finished 26th in the 400mH at the NCAA West Preliminaries with a time of 51.29.
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD JUNIOR (2020) Clocked a personal-best time of 14.27 (1.0 wind) in the 110-meter hurdles at the RCC Invitational, the lone meet of the season ... the remainder was canceled due to COVID-19.
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD SOPHOMORE (2019) Posted a personal-bes time of 14.29 in the 110-meter hurdles at the Ben Brown Invite to win the race ... Won the 400-meter hurdles at the Rajer Johnson & Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational with a time of 52.65 ... Clocked a personal-best time of 51.95 in the event at the Big West Championships to earn a runner-up finish ... Also scored for the Titans in the 110-meter hurdles with a seventh-place finish and time of 14.47 (-0.5 wind) ... Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminaries and posted a time of 52.78.
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD FRESHMAN (2018) Began the year at the RCC Quad Meet with times of 14.87 (+2.4 wind) in the 110-meter hurdles and 56.50 in the 400-meter hurdles ... Clocked a personal-best time of 54.28 in the 400mH at the Big West Challenge to take second place overall ... Posted a PR of 14.59 (+1.4 wind) in the 110mH at the Big West Championships in the preliminary round to punch his ticket to the final where he took seveth place (14.72, -0.8 wind) ... Clocked a time of 54.93 in the 400mH to also take seventh place at the Big West Championships and score points for the men's squad that took home the team title for the second straight year.
PALMDALE HIGH SCHOOL Graduated in 2017 and earne four varsity letters on the track and field team while also competing on the basketball team as a freshman and sophomore ... Named Team MVP in 2014, 2016 and 2017 ... Won the Golden League Championship in the 110-meter hurdles in 2016 and 2017 and won the 300-meter hurdles in 2017 ... Garnered first-team all-league honors in 2017 for both the 110mH and 300mH ... Earned a 12th-place finish at the state championships in the 110-meter hurdles ... Earned the Tom Lackey Academic Excellence Award in 2017 ... Honored with the Certificate of Achievement United State Marines Male Distinguished Athlete Award in 2017.
PERSONAL Born in Lancaster, California to Kim and Rhonda Kelly ... Has four older siblings ... Pursuing a degree in communications with a minor in human services... Aspires to help people in need ... Volunteered his time helping coach the hurdlers for the SoCal Supersonics.
