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Marquis Barnes

  • Position Jumps/Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Carrollton, Ga.
  • Previous School Carrollton High School

Biography

Accomplishments
 
  • 2015 SoCon Outdoor Long Jump Champion
  • 2015 SoCon Indoor All-Freshman Teams: 60 Meter Hurdles, Triple Jump, Heptathlon
  • 2015 USATF Junior Outdoor Championships - 400 meter hurdles
  • 2016 SoCon Indoor Long Jump Runner-up
  • 2016 SoCon Outdoor Long Jump Runner-up
  • 2017 SoCon Indoor Long Jump Runner-up
  • 2017 SoCon Outdoor Long Jump Champion - Samford School Record – 7.57m (24' 10")
  • 2017 SoCon 4x100 Champion - Samford School Record - 40.79
  • 2015-17 NCAA D-I East Region Qualifier - Long Jump
School Records
Indoor LJ: 24' 2"
Outdoor LJ: 24' 10"

4x100 Meter Relay (Outdoor) 40.79

 
 2017 | Junior

60 Meters
Indoor: 7.02 (PR) - UAB Blazer Invitational

100 Meters 
Outdoor: 10.98 (PR) - Samford's Alabama Track Challenge 

200 Meters
Outdoor: 22.55 (PR) - Buccaneer Track & Field Invitational

Long Jump
Indoor: 7.38 - Buccaneer Track & Field Invitational
Outdoor: 7.57 (PR) - 2017 Southern Conference Outdoor Championships

Triple Jump
Indoor: 14.05 (PR) - 2017 Southern Conference Indoor Championships
Outdoor: 13.00 - 2017 Southern Conference Outdoor Championships


2016 | Sophomore
 
Season Best
200 Meters
Indoor: 22.73 – Samford Invitational (February 12, 2016) 
 
400 Meters
Indoor: 57.58 – SoCon Championships (February 26, 2016) 
 
60 Meter Hurdles
Indoor: 8.61 – Samford Invitational (February 12, 2016)
 
400 Meter Hurdles
Outdoor: 54.39 – SoCon Championships (May 12, 2016)
 
Long Jump
Outdoor: 7.28m – SoCon Championships (May 12, 2016)
Indoor: 7.26 – SoCon Championships (February 26, 2016)
 
 
2015 | Freshman
 
Season Best
60 Meters
Indoor: 7.07 – SoCon Championships (February 27, 2015) 
 
1,000 Meters
Indoor: 3:00.02 – Samford Multi’s (January 21, 2015) Personal Best
 
60 Meter Hurdles
Indoor: 8.60 – Auburn Invitational (January 17, 2015) Personal Best
 
110 Meter Hurdles
Outdoor: 16.85 – Battle of I-65 (March 14, 2015) Personal Best
 
400 Meter Hurdles
Outdoor: 53.37 – SoCon Championships (April 25, 2015) Personal Best
 
High Jump
Indoor: 1.78m – SoCon Championships (February 27, 2015) Personal Best
 
Pole Vault
Indoor: 3.75 – SoCon Championships (February 27, 2015) Personal Best
 
Long Jump
Outdoor: 7.40m – SoCon Championships (April 25, 2015) 
Indoor: 6.88m – SoCon Championships (February 27, 2015)
 
Triple Jump
Outdoor: 13.78 – SoCon Championships (April 25, 2015) 
Indoor: 13.38 – SoCon Championships (February 27, 2015)
 
Shot Put
Indoor: 10.16m – SoCon Championships (February 27, 2015) Personal Best
 
Heptathlon
Indoor: 4,688 Points – SoCon Championships (February 27, 2015) Personal Best
 

High School 

Competed at Carrollton High School under head coach Craig Musslewhite…brings personal bests in the 100 meters (11.00), 400 meters (49.46), 110-meter hurdles (14.50), long jump (23’8”), triple jump (46’8”), pole vault (12’) and javelin (101’).
 

Personal 

Full name is Marquis Elias Barnes…born on January 9, 1996…son of Bernice Scott and Gregory Barnes…has one sister, Danyeal Scott…majoring journalism and mass communications.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

    Multi
  • 2016Sophomore

    Multi
  • 2017Junior

    Multi
  • 2018Senior

    Jumps/Sprints