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Terence Boyd - Track & Field - University of Kentucky Athletics

TerenceBoyd

  • class Senior
  • High school Mansfield Timberview

Collegiate Bests
LJ: 7.43M | TJ: 15.25

2014 (Junior)
Outdoor – NCAA East Preliminary Championships qualifier in the long jump, having jumped 7.38m/24’2.5″ for 11th place at the SEC Championships.
Indoor – Season best jump of 7.29/23’11” came at the Hoosier Open, where he won … Just missed scoring at the SEC Championships, placing ninth.

2013 (Sophomore)

Outdoor – Competed in four events at the Southeastern Conference Champions … Season-best triple jump 14.96 meters / 49 feet 1 inch came in a 13th-place showing at SEC’s, missing the final by one spot … Top long jump 7.19m / 23′ 7.25″ came in third-place showing at Kentuckiana Border Battle … Triple Jump Champion (14.66m / 48′ 1.25″) at home meet Heart of the Bluegrass Classic.

Indoor – UK’s lone male competitor in horizontal jumps … top long jump 7.13 meters / 23′ 4.75″came in second-place performance at Kentucky Invitational … Top triple jump 13.49 meters / 44′ 3.25″ came at Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark.

2012 (Freshman)
Indoor – Had Kentucky’s best long jump mark (7.28m/23-10.75) at Rod McCravy Memorial meet … Posted team-leading triple jump (15.23m/49-11.75) at McCravy Memorial as well … Gained ownership of the program’s seventh-best long Jjump (23-10.75), which came on home track … Mark of 49-11.75 registered as eight-longest triple jump in school history.

Outdoor – Posted the team’s best mark in long jump and triple jump in 2012 … Started season with a career-best triple jump mark of 50-00.50/15.25m at the Kentuckiana Border Battle … Long jump mark of 7.43m/24-04.50 at same meet was best on the team during season.

High School
Represented Team Texas in New Mexico at the Great SouthWest Meet as a senior … Earned a bronze medal in the triple jump at regionals in Texas 5A competition as a senior … Set the school record as a senior in the high jump and long jump … Also as a senior, Boyd was the TAAF State Champpion and TAAF triple jump record holder … Texas 5A state finalist in the triple jump as a senior … Broke the TAAF triple jump state record by one foot and nine inches … Member of district championship and regional championship in the 4×1 as a senior … Track coach was Rayford Ross … Played football as a freshman, sophomore and senior … Played basketball as a freshman and sophomore.

Personal
Son of Terence Boyd and Shannon Jenkins … Has three sisters, Teona Baily, Monica Jenkins and Makayla Boyd … Father played football at UTA.

Outdoor – Competed in four events at the Southeastern Conference Champions … Season-best triple jump 14.96 meters / 49 feet 1 inch came in a 13th-place showing at SEC’s, missing the final by one spot … Top long jump 7.19m / 23′ 7.25″ came in third-place showing at Kentuckiana Border Battle … Triple Jump Champion (14.66m / 48′ 1.25″) at home meet Heart of the Bluegrass Classic.

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