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2021-22 Men's Track and Field Roster

Jody Huddleston

Devin Merrick

  • Position Pole Vault
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Florence, S.C.
  • Highschool West Florence HS

Biography

HONORS AND AWARDS
Gold Stars (Fall 2019)
Dean's List (Spring 2020)
All-Southern Conference Second Team (Indoor Pole Vault 2020)

All-Southern Conference Third Team (Indoor Pole Vault 2019)
Southern Conference Honor Roll (2019-20)


CAREER MARKS (TFRRS)

INDOOR CAREER BESTS
Pole Vault  4.85m (15' 11") 2019 SoCon Indoor Championships (2/23-24/2019)

OUTDOOR CAREER BESTS
Pole Vault  4.85m (15' 11")  Gamecock Invitational (4/10/2021)
Javelin Throw  51.04m (167' 5")  SoCon Championships (5/1-2/2021)

GRADUATE (2022)
INDOOR:
Finished sixth in the pole vault at SoCon Championships at 4.45m (14' 7.25").

SENIOR (2021)
INDOOR:
Opened season clearing 4.60m (15' 1") for second place in pole vault at VMI Winter Relays Jan. 29-30... Finished third in pole vault at SoCon Championships at 4.70m (15' 5").

OUTDOOR: Cleared 4.85m (15' 11") for a career best in the pole vault at Gamecock Invitational April 10... Came in sixth in pole vault at 4.70m (15' 5") at USC Open April 17... Finished third in pole vault at SoCon Championships May 1-2, clearing 4.60m (15' 1") and also threw the javelin for fifth place at 51.04m (167' 5")... Continued on at Mount Olive First Chance and Multi May 14-15, finishing fourth in pole vaulta at 4.70m (15' 5").

JUNIOR (2020)
INDOOR: Earned All-Southern Conference honors with a second-place finish in pole vault at the 2020 SoCon Indoor Championships (2/29-3/1/20) … Started the season off with a mark of 4.50m (14’ 9”) at the VMI Team Challenge (1/25/20) … Followed that up with three straight marks of 4.70m (15’ 5”) at the Carolina Challenge (1/31-2/1/20), the South Carolina Invitational (2/7-8/20) and the USC Indoor Open (2/22/20) … Finished second at the USC Indoor Open, sixth at the Carolina Challenge, and eighth at the South Carolina Invitational … Ended the indoor campaign with a second-place vault of 4.80m (15’ 9”) at the conference indoor meet.

SOPHOMORE (2019)
INDOOR: Competed in six indoor meets in his first season with the Bulldogs … Made his collegiate debut at the Gamecock Inaugural, setting a height of 4.30m (14’ 1.25”) to finish fifth … At the VMI Team Challenge (1/26/19), recorded a height of 4.20m (13’ 9.25”) … Took first with a height of 4.55m (14’ 11”) at the JDL College Team Challenge (2/7/19) … Improved his height in the next two meets, including setting his personal record with a height of 4.85m (15’ 11”) to finish third at the 2019 Southern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/23-24/19).

OUTDOOR: Competed in six outdoor meets … Set an outdoor season high with a vault of 4.70m (15’ 5”) at the ECU Bill Carson Invitational (4/5-6/19) to finish fifth … Followed that up with a mark of 4.65m (15’ 3”) at the Gamecock Invitational (4/13/19) … Concluded his first season with a mark of 4.45m (14’ 7.25”) at the 2019 Southern Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships (4/27-28/19).

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned five first-place finishes in the pole vault during 2017 outdoor season … Set a high school personal-best vault of 14 feet … Finished sixth at the Florence City Championships in the 400-meter dash with a personal-best time of 54.58 seconds.

PERSONAL: Major is mechanical engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    Jumps
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Jumps
  • 2019-20Junior

    Pole Vault
  • 2020-21Senior

    Pole Vault
  • 2021-22Graduate Student

    Pole Vault

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