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AT ILLINOIS ...
2003 Outdoors
- Runner up in the triple jump at the Big Ten Championships ... Jumped a career best 5208.75to finish second at the Conference meet ... That distance is the second-longest jump in Illinois history and the longest since 1974 ... USTAF Championships and NCAA Regional qualifier in the triple jump ... Is also a member of the 4x100 meter relay team that ranked fourth in the Big Ten with a time of 40.78.
2002 Outdoors
- Finished seventh for the Illini at the Big Ten Championships in the triple jump with a leap of 5001.75 ... Had a season best triple jump at the Drake Relays, 5003.25 to finish fourth ... Had a season-best long jump of 2300.75 to finish third at the Southern Illinois Classic.
Indoors
- Had a season-best jump of 5008.75 to finish third in the triple jump at the Wisconsin Elite Invitational ... Also finished second in the long jump at the Wisconsin Elite with a season-best leap of 2309.00 ... Earned second-place finishes in the triple jump at both the Illinois Invitational and the Carle/Heath Illini Classic.
2001 Outdoors
Did not compete.
2001 Indoors
Qualified for NCAA Championships in the triple jump
Finished seventh in the long jump at the Big Ten Championships (2/24/01)
Placed sixth in the triple jump at the Big Ten Championships (2/25/01)
Won the triple jump at the Illinois Invitational (1/13/01)
Won the long jump at the Stan Lyons with a season best jump of 23-5 1/4 (1/20/01).
2000 Outdoors -
Provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships in the triple jump ... Placed fourth at the Big Ten Championships in the triple jump (52-2 1/2), recording the sixth best jump in school history ... Placed fifth in the long jump at the Big Ten Championships ... Ran third leg of the 4x100m relay that placed second at Big Tens ... Won the triple jump at the Houston Dedication meet and the SIU Quadrangular ... Ran the 200m leg on the victorious Sprint Medley Relay team at the Drake Relays. 1999 Indoors - Was Illinois' top triple jumper . . . Scored in the triple at the Big Ten Championships . . . Top mark (49-11 1/4) came at the Illinois Invite.
Indoors
Provisionally qualified for NCAA Championships in the triple jump ... Popped the seventh longest triple jump in school history, leaping 51 feet, 10-1/2 inches ... Placed third in the triple jump at the Big Ten Championships ... Finished fifth at the Big Ten Championships in the long jump ... Won both the triple jump and long jump at the Illinois Invitational, while placing second in the 60m dash.
1999 Outdoors
Scored for the Illini in the triple jump.
HIGH SCHOOL
Won the Kentucky state triple jump title three years in a row
.. State long jump champion in 1995 and 1997 ... Ran on the 4x400 relay which won the state title all four years ... Helped Male High School win the state track title in 1994, '95 and '97 ... Four-year first-team all-state selection ... Earned four letters in track and one in football.
PERSONAL
Son of Charles and Karen Burton ... Majoring in kinesiology ... Hopes to compete in track internationally after college.
Burton's Personal Bests:
Indoor: 60m: 6.93; LJ: 24-1 1/2 (7.35m); TJ: 51-10 1/2 (15.81m)
Outdoor: 200m: 22.93; LJ: 24-2 3/4 (7.38m); TJ: 52-8 3/4 (16.07m)
