2021 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Clarke, Leon

Leon Clarke
- Position:
- Sprints
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class (Indoor):
- Jr.
- Class (Outdoor):
- So.^
- Hometown:
- St. Ann, Jamaica
- High School/Previous School:
- St. Jago HS / Essex CC
Bio
2022 Outdoor Season
Completed the 400m at the LSU Battle on the Bayou to come in fifth place and earn a new personal best time of 46.45 (4/2).
2022 Indoor Season
Finished second in the 500m at the UAB Blazer Invitational, with a new personal best time of 1:01.76 (1/14)... At the Tiger Paw Invite, placed fourth and achieved a new personal best time at 3:08.34 in the 4x400 and placed sixth with a new personal best time of 1:48.88 in the 800m (2/11-12).
2021 Outdoor Season
Won the 400m with a new PR of 47.50 and was the rabbit in the 800m at the Bulldog Relays (3/26) ... At the Florida Relays, he finished second in the 800m at a personal-best time of 1:48.55 (4/3) ... Came in fourth with a personal-best 47.01 time in the 400m at the War Eagle Invitational (4/17) ... Ran to a sixth-place finish in the 800m invite with a personal-best of 1:48.35 as well as ran a leg of the winning 4x400m relay at the Maroon & White Invitational (5/1) ... At the SEC Championships, he competed in the 800m prelim, finishing in 11th at 1:49.94 (5/13) ... Competed in the 800m at the NCAA East Prelims, finishing in seventh in the first round to qualify for the quarterfinals where he came in 13th, also ran a leg of the 4x400m (5/28).Completed the 400m at the LSU Battle on the Bayou to come in fifth place and earn a new personal best time of 46.45 (4/2).
2022 Indoor Season
Finished second in the 500m at the UAB Blazer Invitational, with a new personal best time of 1:01.76 (1/14)... At the Tiger Paw Invite, placed fourth and achieved a new personal best time at 3:08.34 in the 4x400 and placed sixth with a new personal best time of 1:48.88 in the 800m (2/11-12).
2021 Outdoor Season
2021 Indoor Season
Competed in the 800m at the Music City Challenge with a personal-best time of 1:51.49, finishing in 10th (2/13) ... Ran in the 800m semifinals at the SEC Indoor Championships, finishing in 20th (2/26).2020 Outdoor Season (at Essex CC)
Season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.2020 Indoor Season (at Essex CC)
Competed in nine meets overall, including the NJCAA Indoor Championships ... Had top-10 finishes in every meet he competed in ... Had a first-place finish in the 400m at the Spartan Invite (1/10) ... Placed first in the 500m at 1:03.71, a personal-best, and first in the 4x400m relay at the Towson Tiger Invitational (1/19) ... Finished second in the 200m with a personal-best 22.85 time and fourth in the DMR at the Coach I Open (1/25) ... Had a second-place finish in the 400m at the Villanova Invitational (2/1) at a personal-best of 48.33 ... Finished in first in the 500m and the 4x400m relay at Monmouth's Winter Collegiate Invitational (2/15) ... Finished second in the 400m at the Armory Last Chance (2/21) ... At the Princeton Indoor Invitational, he finished in second in the 800m which was a PR at 1:55.95 and first in the 4x400m (2/23) ... At the NJCAA Championships, he earned silver in the 600m at 1:18.34, a personal-best.2019 Outdoor Season (at Essex CC)
Finished second in the 400m at the Monmouth Season Opener meet and seventh in the 200m (3/30) ... Had a second-place finish in the 200m and third-place finish in the 800m at the Bill Butler Invitational (4/6) ... Competed in the 800m at the Peacocks and Brick City Classic where he finished third (4/28).2019 Indoor Season (at Essex CC)
Finished third in the 400m and seventh in the 800m in his first meet at the Coach I Open at Franklin and Marshall (1/12) ... Had a first-place finish at the Frank Colden Invitational in the 400m and placed fifth in the 200m (2/2) ... Crossed the line in first in the 500m at Monmouth's Winter Collegiate Invitational (2/9) ... Finished in third and fourth in the 200m and 400m, respectively, at the Princeton Indoor Invite (2/16) ... Finished eighth overall in the 600m at the NJCAA Indoor Championships (3/2).Academics
Named USTFCCCA All-Academic in 2021 ... Named a President's Scholar in the fall of 2020 ... Named to the Bulldog Honor Roll in fall 2020 and spring 2021.Before the Bulldogs
Personal
Collegiate Bests:
Indoor
200m – 22.85^ (Coach I Open – 1/25/2020)400m – 48.33^ (Villanova Invitational – 2/1/2020)
500m – 1:03.71^ (Towson Tiger Invitational – 1/19/2020)
600m – 1:18.34^ (NJCAA Championships – 3/6-7/2020)
800m – 1:51.49 (Music City Challenge – 2/13/2021)
Outdoor
200m – 22.43^ (Monmouth Season Opener – 3/29-30/2019)400m – 47.01 (War Eagle Invitational – 4/17/2021)
800m – 1:48.35 (Maroon & White Invite – 4/30/2021)
^set at prior school
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