Javaras Thomas
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- Height:
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- Hometown:
- Miami, Fla.
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- Year:
- SR
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- High School:
- Miami Beach HS
Bio
2010: NAIA All-American by taking runner-up honors in the outdoor triple jump with a mark of 49-10...All-American in the indoor season as well, placing fourth in the triple jump with a school-record mark of 50-11.5...Also qualified in the outdoor long jump...MCC Field Athlete of the Week on April 5, April 12, April 26, and May 10 Competed in both the indoor and outdoor seasons...MCC Field Athlete of the Year at the league's outdoor meet...MCC champion in the indoor and outdoor triple jump...Also scored points by taking second in the indoor long, the outdoor long, and the outdoor high jumps...Recorded season bests of 11.67 seconds in the 100-meter dash (Dick Young Invitational, 4/17), 5-11.25 in the high jump (twice), 22-0.75 in the indoor long jump (twice), 23-3.25 in the outdoor long jump (Central Invitational, 4/3), 50-11.5 in the indoor triple jump (NAIA Indoor Nationals, 3/6), and 49-10 in the outdoor triple jump (NAIA Outdoor Nationals, 5/29)...Led Penn in the high jump, outdoor long jump, and indoor and outdoor triple jumps.2007: NAIA National Championships Qualifier in the triple jump...Placed eighth at the Championships with a school-record mark of 48-6.25...Led Penn in three other events, including the 4x100-meter relay in a time of 44.23 seconds and the high jump with a mark of 5-7.25, both at the MCC Championships on 5/3-4...Also paced Penn with a long jump of 23-0 at the Dick Young Invitational on 4/21...Competed in the dash events as well, holding personal bests of 11.40 seconds in the 100 and 23.86 seconds in the 200, both at the MCC Championships.
High School: All-American and All-Dade County pick at Miami Beach Sr. HS...Also played football...Rushed for 580 yards and passed for 490 yards on the gridiron.
Personal: Son of Gail Collins and Alan Thomas...Born February 12, 1988...Major is elementary education.
