Jamal Currica

Position:
Multi Event
Class:
Senior
High School:
Damascus
Hometown:
Ames, Iowa

2011-2012: OUTDOOR: Flaced seventh in the decathlon with a total of 6,924 points at the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships ... finished fourth in the decathlon at the Mt. SAC Relays with a personal best of 6,766 points ... recorded 6,519 points finishing 9th at the Jim Click Invite ... cleared a personal best mark of 13-09.25 in the pole vault at the Mt. SAC Relays ... jumped a personal best mark of 6-05.00 in the high jump at the Jim Click Invite ... INDOOR: Clocked a personal best 8.13 in the 60-meter hurdles at the Holiday Preview ... cleared 6-04.25 in the high jump at the Holiday Preview.

2010-2011: OUTDOOR: Competed in the first-round of the 110-meter hurdles at the NCAA West Regional ... earned All-Big 12 honors as part of the eighth-place finishing 4x400-meter relay team and competed in the decathlon at the Big 12 Championships ... finished as the runner-up in the decathlon (6,577 points) at the Kansas Relays ... recorded a third-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles (14.38)at the Missouri Relays ... was a member of the 4x400-meter relay team at the Drake Relays ... competed in the decathlon at the California Multi-Events meet ... competed in the long jump at the Drake Relays and the Sun Angel Classic ... competed in the javelin and discus at the Mesa Classic ... competed in the discus and shot put at the Missouri Relays INDOOR: Earned All-Big 12 honors for the first time after finishing seventh in the heptathlon (5,324) at the Big 12 Indoor Championships … also finished 15^th in the long jump at the Big 12 Indoor Championships … set personal bests in the 60-meter dash (7.03) and the pole vault (13-01.50) in the Big 12 Indoor Championship heptathlon … set a personal best in the 60-meter hurdles (8.22) and the high jump (6-07) at the ISU Classic …ran a personal best time (2:50.96) and shot put (42-09.50) at the Bill Bergan Multi-Event … set a personal best mark in the long jump (23-11.75) at the ISU Open … competed in the heptathlon at the Bill Bergan Multi-Event … competed in the 60- meter dash at the ISU Open, Husker Invite and the Holiday Preview … competed in the shot put at the Holiday Preview and the ISU Open … competed in the long jump at the ISU Open.

2009-2010: Redshirted the indoor and outdoor seasons.

Before Iowa State: As a senior two-time state champion in the high jump. Third-place finish in the heptathlon and fifth-place finish in the decathlon at the 2009 NJCAA Outdoor Championships ... member of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished second at the 2009 NJCAA Outdoor Championships ... finished fourth in the high jump at the 2008 NJCAA Indoor Championships ... personal records in the decathlon (6404), heptathlon (4499), high jump (6-9) and long jump (23-8).

Personal: Born November 20, 1989...son of John and Jennifer Currica... history / religion major.