2007 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Allen Cassell
- Position:
- Jumps
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 160
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Port Gibson, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Porter's Chapel Academy
CAREER HIGHTLIGHTS:
- Finished third in the 2008 Outdoor SEC Championships jumping 6-08 ? earning All-SEC honors
- Personal best jump 7-00 ? qualified Cassell for 2008 Mideast Regional
HIGH SCHOOL:
Jumped for Head Coach Jim DeLaughter at Porter’s Chapel (Miss.) Academy ... Won three state championship titles in the high jump (2002, 2004 & 2005) ... Holds the North State and Mississippi Private School Association’s high jump record (6-06) ... Finished third at state in 2001 and second in 2003 ... Cleared his personal-best 6-08 at the 2004 South State meet ... Leaped personal-bests of 20-08 in the long jump and 41-01 in the triple jump ... Also played basketball, football, soccer and won a state title in baseball (2003) ... Member of the Key Club, Student Council secretary and junior and senior class president ... Named a Class Favorite, Most Athletic and Mr. Porter’s Chapel Academy.
PERSONAL:
Born James Allen Cassell on December 11 ... Son of Jimmy Cassell and Becki Boren ... Father attended MSU ... Brother, Jason, played football at Copiah-Lincoln (
