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2011-12 Track and Field

Quintin Turner

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 260
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mount Pleasant, S.C.
  • Highschool Wando HS

Biography

2011…  Did not participate due to amedical redshirt.

2010… Finished the SoCon OutdoorChampionships (4/25) with a second-place finish in the discus witha mark of 158’ 2”… received All-Conferencehonors for the top-three finish… logged a first-place finishin the discus at the Palmetto Classic (3/12) with a throw of138’ 3”… also finished first in the 35lb. weightthrow at the Battle of the Beaches (3/6) with a mark of 148’0”… while at the SoCon Outdoor Championships (4/25),registered a career-best in the hammer with a mark of 160’1” coming in eighth place… the mark propelled him intothe fourth all-time slot in The Citadel’s top-10 list…recorded personal bests in the shot put (48’ 5.50”) andthe 35lb. weight throw (52’ 10.25”) during the SoConIndoor Champions (2/25)… best finish of the indoor seasonwas when he earned a top-three finish in the weight throw at theCarolina Classic (1/29).

2009… Placed first in the discus twice during the outdoorseason… first at the Tiger Open (3/7) when he threw a markof 147’01.00” and then at the Robert Jet Johnson Relays(3/14) when he threw 148’00.00”… placed fourthin the discus at the SoCon Outdoor Championships with a mark of151’09.00”… recorded his personal-best mark inthe discus when he finished fourth at the Duke Invitational (4/4)with a mark of 158’03.00”… finished third in the35lb. weight throw with a mark of 44’09.00” at the UNCDick Taylor Invitational (2/13)… placed fourth in the 35lb.weight throw at the UNC Classic (1/24) with a mark of43’00.25”… threw his personal-best mark of49’11.25” for seventh place at the SoCon IndoorChampionships… threw for second place in the hammer atCharleston Southern (4/1) when he recorded a mark of142’04.00”, which set a new personal-bestrecord… posted best indoor mark of the season in the shotput at the SoCon Indoor Championships with a mark of46’09.00”… finished first in the shot put at theVMI Winter Relays with a mark of 46’02.50”…broke his outdoor personal-best record in the shot put at the SoConOutdoor Championships when he threw 48’00.50”.

2008… Finished10th in the shot put marking 46’ 5.25” at the ClemsonOpener… marked 40’ 7” in the shot put for a 14thplace at the Eddie & Joe Smith UNC Classic… at the TomJones Memorial Classic finished 15th in the shot put marking45’ 3” for 15th place… finished 11th in the shotput marking 45’ 5.25” at the ThomsonInvitational… recorded 47’ 1.50” in the shot putfor 11th finish and 42’ 6” for 35 lb. weight throw for13th place all at the Tiger Invitational… first place finishat the Furman Invitational in the discus with a mark of128’… recorded a second first place finish in the shotput with a mark of 46’ 11.5” at the FurmanInvitational… fifth finish in the hammer at the FurmanInvitational with a mark of 117’ 4”… anotherfifth finish in the shot put at the Buccaneer Invitational marking44’ .75”… at the Pepsi Florida Relays marked46’ 10.75” for ninth place in shot put… placedfifth overall in the shot put marking 47’ 9.25” andeighth in the 35 lb. weight throw recording 43’ 8” atthe SoCon Indoor Championship… finished seventh in thediscus with a mark of 143’ 11” and marked 47’5.25” in the shot put for seventh place at the SoCon OutdoorChampionships.

High School… A2007 graduate from Wando High School… lettered in track andfootball… 2007 South Carolina State Champion in shot put anddiscus... Wando Male Track Athlete of the Year… three-timeAthlete of the Week… scored 372 points during career atWando… coached by Bob Hayes.

Personal… Son of Sonia Clark and CraigTurner… born on Aug. 20, 1989… also plays footballfor The Citadel… majoring in biology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11Senior

    Throws
    6'0" 260 lbs
  • 2011-12Senior

    Throws
    6'0" 260 lbs

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