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  Marc Kellman

Marc Kellman

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Coram, N.Y.

High School:
Longwood

Last College:
West Virginia

Height:
6-2

Event:
Triple Jump/Long Jump

Eligibility:
In/Out

One-Time All-American
Three-Time NCAA Championships Qualifier
Three-Time NCAA East Regional Qualifier
Eight-Time IC4A Qualifier
Two-Time IC4A Champion
Two-Time CAA Champion

All-Time GMU Performers Rank: Triple Jump - (7th, 15.83m/51-11.25)

PRs: TJ(in- 16.21m/53-02.25; out- 15.83m/51-11.25); LJ (7.55m), 60 (7.09); 200 (22.11).

2005 Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the triple jump, and finished 12th in the trials with a leap of 15.82m to advance to the finals... Was 3rd in the TJ at the NCAA East Regional after posting 15.64m... Jumped an outdoor personal-best and finished second at the IC4A Championships with a mark of 15.83m...Scored points in three events at the CAA Championships, including a defense of the triple jump crown won last season... Recorded a first-place leap of 15.63m (51-03.50) in the TJ, placed 2nd in the long jump (7.32m/24-00.25), and ran a person-best 22.11 in the 200m dash, finishing fifth... Won the triple jump at the Raleigh Relays (15.24m) and was 7th in the event at the Texas Relays (15.52m/50-11.00)... Finished fourth in the long jump at the IC4A Championships with a mark of 7.51m... Posted 6.92m at the Baldy Castillo Invitational... Helped the 4X100-meter relay team to a fifth-place showing at the IC4A Championships in a time of 41.25... Unit ranked 8th following its trial run (41.49).

2005 Indoor: Earned first-ever All-America honor with an indoor personal-best mark of 16.21m (53-02.25) in the triple jump at the NCAA Championships, finishing fifth in the nation... Defended his IC4A Championship in the triple jump with a first-place finish of 15.55m (51-00.75), scoring 10 points for the Patriots... Also won the Collegiate Open with a leap of 15.89m (52-01.75)... Placed 2nd in the TJ at the Father Diamond Open after clearing 15.71m... Was fourth in the Men's Championship Division at the Armory Collegiate (15.59m) and 7th at the Tyson Invitational (15.41m)... Qualified for the IC4A Championships in the long jump, where he placed 3rd (7.13m/23-04.75)... Jumped a season-best 7.20m (23-07.50) and finished eighth in the long jump at the Tyson Invitational... Posted a 2nd-place mark of 7.17m at the Patriot Games... Ranked seventh in the Men's Championship Division at the Armory Collegiate (7.07m)... Also ran the 60m dash, posting a personal-best mark of 7.09 in the preliminary at the Patriot Games... Finished 3rd in the final (7.12)... Ran the 60 at the Collegiate Open.

2004 Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Austin, Texas in the triple jump... Finished 23rd with a jump of 14.95 meters... Was fifth at the NCAA East Regional in the triple jump with a leap of 15.54 meters... Set his personal best in the triple jump at the IC4A Championships when he finished second with a mark of 15.71... Won the triple jump, College Division at the Penn Relays with a leap of 15.48... Earned a spot in the Championship Division triple jump and finished sixth, improving to 15.53... Scored points in four events at the CAA Championships, including a title in the triple jump with a mark of 15.03... Was second at the CAA meet in the long jump with a mark of 7.27... Ran the 200 meters and was fifth with a time of 22.42... Helped the 4X100-meter relay team to third place with a time of 42.30... Ran the 200 at the Baldy Castillo and recorded a time of 22.12... Was second in the triple jump at that meet with a mark of 15.22... Had four other top-10 finishes on the season, coming in second in the long jump at the Patriot Open, fourth in the long jump at the Texas Relays, tied for seventh in the long jump at the Raleigh Relays and sixth in the triple jump, also at the Raleigh Relays.

2004 Indoor: Qualified for the IC4A in both the triple jump and long jump and took home the IC4A championship in the triple jump, with a winning leap of 15.44 meters... Was 11th in the long jump with worst jump of the season, 6.85 meters... Set a personal-best in the long jump at the Winter Open with a jump of 7.55 meters... Also jumped 15.39 in the triple jump to win that event at the Winter Open... Swept the long jump and triple jump two other times, at the Patriot Games and Collegiate Open... Jumped 7.54 and 15.38 in the long jump and triple jump, respectively, at the Patriot Games... Added a 7.24 in the long jump and 14.90 in the triple jump at the Collegiate Open... Won the triple jump at the Virginia Tech Indoor Invitational with a leap of 15.14... Also ran on the 4X100-meter relay team at that meet... Was tops in the long jump at the FasTrack Invitational with a mark of 7.11... Was second at that meet in the triple jump with a distance of 14.87... Ran the 200 meters in the season-opening Father Diamond Invitational, finishing fifth with a time of 22.77, the second-fastest of the season for the Patriots... Was third in the long jump at the season-opener with a jump of 7.03.

At West Virginia University: Was the top seed at the 2003 Outdoor Big East Championships in the triple jump... Finished sixth at the meet in the event... Finished second in the triple jump at the 2003 Indoor Big East Championships, coming up just five inches short of the championship... Seventh at that meet in the long jump.

Prep: Earned 5 letters at Longwood high school... Participated in basketball and track and field... Awarded Best Underclassmen in track and field as a junior... Was captain of the basketball and track and field teams as a senior... All Long Island and all-state in track and field as a senior.

Personal: Born on June 6, 1983... Son of Frank and Brenda Kellman... Has three siblings - Brian, Stuart, and Alex... Transferred from West Virginia University after men's track program was cut... Earned second-place in the triple jump at the Big East indoor championship... Nickname is Kobe... Hobbies include listening to music... Majoring in communication.

 

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