CAREER RESULTS

2019-20 INDOOR (So.): Competed at six meets as a sophomore, including the MVC Indoor Championships...Scored a point for the 'Birds with an eighth-place finish in the triple jump...Opened the season with two second-place finishes in the triple jump (EIU Early Bird, Coughlan-Malloy Cup)...Recorded a personal-best mark of 6.74 meters (22-1.5 ft.) in the long jump to place third at the EIU Early Bird.

2018-19 OUTDOOR (Fr.): Competed in the long jump and the triple jump at the MVC Outdoor Championships (5/10-12), scoring points in the long jump with an eighth-place finish and coming in ninth in the triple jump...Placed fifth in the triple jump with a mark of 14.14 meters(w) (46-4.75 ft.) and finished sixth in the long jump with a mark of 6.75 meters(w) (22-1.75 ft.) at the Lenny Lyles-Clark Wood Invitational (4/26-27)...Finished fourth in the long jump with a mark of 6.70 meters(w) (21-11.75 ft.) and second in the triple jump with a mark of 13.93 meters(w) (45-8.5 ft.) at the Pacesetter Sports Invitational (4/19-20)...Opened the outdoor campaign at the Ole Miss Classic (3/30), placing fourth in the long jump and fifth in the triple jump.

2018-19 INDOOR (Fr.): Competed in the long jump and the triple jump at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/23-24), placing 10th in the triple jump with a mark of 13.72 meters (45-0.25 ft.) and finishing 12th in the long jump...Notched a seventh-place finish in the triple jump with a mark of 13.53 meters (44-4.75 ft.) at the Music City Challenge (2/8-9)...Posted seventh-place finishes in both the long jump and the triple jump at the Illini Invitational (1/25-26)...Recorded a personal-best mark of 14.25 meters (46-9 ft.) in the triple jump to place third at the Notre Dame Invitational (1/19)...Earned the silver in the triple jump with a mark of 13.51 meters (44-4 ft.) and finished fifth in the long jump at the Coughlan-Malloy Cup (1/12)...Opened the season with a second-place finish in the triple jump with a leap of 14.20 meters (46-7.25 ft) and placed ninth in the long jump at the Jimmy Grant Invitational (12/8).

SAINT LAURENCE HIGH SCHOOL: Crowned the 2018 Illinois Top Times Champion in the long jump and triple jump...placed fourth in the long jump at the 2018 IHSA Class 2A State Track & Field Championships...also earned All-State honors in the triple jump in 2018 after placing eighth at the state finals...won the 2018 Glebard South Sectional in both the long jump and triple jump to advance to the IHSA State Championships in both events...holds school records in the long jump (7.00m/22-11.75) and the triple jump (13.98m/45-10.50)...also ran a leg on Saint Laurence's school-record holding 4x100-meter and 4x200-meter relays...team captain during junior and senior seasons...also a four-year starter on the football team...Honors Student.

PERSONAL: Born December 14, 1999, in Harvey, Illinois...son of Allen and Sandra Saunders...has two older siblings, Allen Jr. and Kennedy...plans to major in biology with career aspirations of becoming an orthopedic surgeon or nurse.