Air Force Academy

James Campbell

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Class: Senior Hometown: Portage, MI High School: Portage Northern

Event: Hurdles, High Jump

2003: Mountain West Conference indoor pentathlon champion...set USAFA record in the pentathlon with 3861 points...finished third in the high jump at the MWC Indoor Championships...won the team's weekly "Clutch Performance" award after winning the pentathlon (3686 points) at the Air Force Invitational...set a season-best mark of 6'9½" in the high jump, which ranks 10th on the program's all-time list...placed fifth in the 60-meter hurdles at the conference indoor championships...ran a leg on the fourth-place Mile Relay team at the indoor conference championships...set a season-best mark of 14.31 on the 110-meter hurdles, which ranks 10th on the program's all-time list...won team's weekly "Breakthrough Performance" award for his personal-best time of 14.31 at the quadrangular with Colorado, Northern Colorado and Wyoming...posted a season-best time of 51.83 on the 400-meter hurdles to rank fifth on the team's all-time list...was a member of the shuttle-hurdle relay team that set the second fastest time in school history (57.68) at the Florida Relays...the shuttle-hurdle relay team was ranked sixth in the country...finished fourth in the 400-meter hurdles at the MWC Outdoor Championships as well as sixth in the 110-meter hurdles...ran a leg onthe fourth-place 4X400-meter relay team at the MWC Outdoor Championships...qualified for the NCAA Regionals in both the 100-meter and 400-meter hurdles...earned program's "Most Improved" award for his performances over the indoor and outdoor seasons.

2002: Earned all-MWC indoor honors by placing third in high jump at 6'6¾"…placed eighth in the 400-meter dash and eighth in the 110-meter high hurdles at the MWC outdoor meet...2001: Posted a personal-best indoor time of 50.93 in 400-meters…posted an 8.27 in the 60-meter hurdles, which is a personal-high and was the second fastest time on the team.

HIGH SCHOOL: State champion in 300-meter intermediate hurdles (38.09)...finished second in the state in the 110-meters high hurdles (14.40)...earned second place honors in the Midwest Meet of Champions (37.71)...member of a high school team that won conference, regional and state championships his senior year...National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Parents are James and Janice Campbell...enjoys reading, skiing, wake boarding, trap and skeet shooting...an aeronautical engineering major...wants to fly the F-22.