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Saint Joseph's University

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Saint Joseph's Hawks

2017 Men's Track & Field Roster

Prince Charles Yakubu

  • Position Jumps/Short Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Saint Louis, Mo.
  • High School Saint Louis University High

Biography

Personal Records    
                  
                                                                      
Event Time/Mark Meet Host School Year
Indoor 60m 7.37 Giegengack Invitational Yale 2014
Outdoor High Jump 1.74m Lehigh Games Lehigh 2016
Indoor Long Jump
6.13m Jack Pyrah Invitational  Villanova 2013
Outdoor Long Jump 5.66m Lehigh Games Lehigh 2014
Indoor Triple Jump 13.02m Monmouth Winter Open Monmouth 2015
Outdoor Triple Jump 13.46m Rider Invitational Rider 2016

    
2014 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships Scoring Performance: Triple Jump, 7th

Outdoor 2017: Competed in the triple jump four times... Opened season with a 14th-place finish (12.72m) at the Monmouth Season Opener... Went on to jump for 13.11m(w) at the Rider Invitational and 12.73m at the Widener Invitational... Capped collegiate career with a season-best triple jump mark (13.39m) at the Lehigh Games... Named to SJU Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Indoor 2016-17: Competed once, taking 10th in the triple jump (12.26m) at the Lehigh Angry Birds Meet.

Outdoor 2016: Competed in the triple jump five times... Placed 14th in the triple jump (13.11m) at the Atlantic 10 Championships... Turned in collegiate-best triple jump mark (13.46m) at the Rider Invitational for seventh overall... Added marks in the triple jump at the Lehigh Games (13.20m), Widener Invitational (12.91m), and Monmouth Season Opener (12.17m)... Turned in high jump mark (1.74m) for 11th at the Lehigh Games.

Indoor 2015-16: Competed in the triple jump four times and long jump twice... Placed fifth in the triple jump (12.50m) at the Ursinus Collegeville Classic... Turned in sixth-place finish in the triple jump (season-best 12.68m) and 10th-place finish in the long jump (5.56m) at Yale's Giegengack Invitational... Earned ninth in the triple jump (12.22m) and 18th in the long jump (season-best 5.71m) at the Lehigh Angry Birds Invitational... Added 18th-place triple jump finish (12.66m) at the Monmouth Winter Open.

Outdoor 2015: Posted collegiate-best triple jump (13.30m) for 13th overall at the Atlantic 10 Championships... In the triple jump, placed fifth (13.14m) at the Widener Invitational, seventh (12.71m) at the Rider Invitational, 10th (12.88m) at the Lehigh Games, and 11th (11.94m) at the Monmouth Season Opener... Also posted long jump performance (5.64m) at Rider... Named to SJU Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Indoor 2014-15: Competed in the triple jump twice... Placed sixth at both the season-opening Jack Pyrah Invitational (12.36m) and Monmouth Winter Collegiate Open (13.02m).

Outdoor 2014: Led SJU in triple jump (13.08m)... Placed seventh in triple jump (13.08m PR) at A-10s... Competed in the triple jump five times on season and placed in top 10 all five times... Took third at Lafayette 8-Way Invitational, fifth at Widener Invitational, sixth at Lehigh Games, seventh at A-10s, and eighth at Rider Invitational... Also long jumped for 12th place (5.66m) at Lehigh... Named to SJU Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Indoor 2013-14:
Led team in the triple jump (12.95m)... Competed in the long jump six times and triple jump five times on season... Posted PRs in both the long jump (6.13m PR) and triple jump (12.95m) to take fifth- and sixth-place respective finishes in collegiate debut at the season-opening Jack Pyrah Invitational... Took sixth in long jump (5.74m) at Ursinus Collegeville Classic... Ran season-best 60m (7.37 PR) at the Giegengack Invitational... Also took fifth in triple jump (12.74m) at Giegengack.

High School/Personal: 2013 state qualifier and sectionals bronze medalist in the long jump... AAU national qualifier in both the triple and long jump... Three-year letterwinner... Also lettered in football... Majoring in psychology and minoring in political science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

    Jumps
    5'11" 145 lbs
  • 2015Sophomore

    Jumps
    5'11" 155 lbs
  • 2016Junior

    Jumps/Sprints
    5'11" 155 lbs
  • 2017Senior

    Jumps/Short Sprints
    0 lbs