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  George Fields
George Fields

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Columbia, SC

Height:
5-11

Event:
Jumps

Major:
Pre-Business

2007 Honors: NCAA Qualifier, Outdoor Long Jump; All-East Region, Long Jump; NCAA Provisional Qualifier, Indoor Long Jump; ACC Champion, Indoor Long Jump; NCAA East Region Qualifier, Long Jump; All-ACC, Outdoor Long Jump.

2006 Honors: NCAA East Region Qualifier, Long Jump; All-ACC, Outdoor Long Jump.

Clemson Highlights
2006-07
Outdoor: Earned automatic bid to the NCAA Championships, his first-ever appearance...placed fourth at the East Region Championships with a season-best jump of 24'7"...tied for 15th in the qualifying round at NCAAs, with a jump of 24'5.75"...qualified for regionals with a runner-up finish in the long jump at the ACC Championships...it marked his second straight All-ACC honor outdoors...had a mark of 24'6.5"...won the long jump at the Clemson Relays, Western Carolina Invitational, Georgia Relays, and Clemson Invitational. Indoor: Earned his first-ever ACC crown with a long jump of 24'5.5" in the meet held at Clemson...actually had three marks better than that over the course of the season...top effort of the year came in the Virginia Tech Qualifier, as he jumped 24'9.25"...just missed an invitation to the NCAA Indoor Championships with that jump...that mark was an indoor personal best...jumped 24'7.75" at the Clemson Invitational and 24'6.25" at the Clemson Opener.

2005-06
Outdoor: Just missed All-Region honors and a chance at the NCAA Championships after finishing sixth at regionals with a long jump of 24'9.25"...earned All-ACC honors after runner-up finish in the long jump at ACC Championships...hit a mark of 24'9.75", which was his season-best, at that meet...regional qualifier for the Tigers...won the long jump title at the Western Carolina Invitational and set the school's facility record. Indoor: Posted three of the Tigers' top four marks in the long jump...season best came at the ACC Championships when he finished fifth with a leap of 23'10"...recorded a mark of 23'9.5" at Notre Dame...also competed in the high jump at ACCs and cleared 6'6.75".

Ridge View High School Highlights
Two-time state champion in long jump...2005 Coaches Classic MVP...three-time All-American...four-time varsity letterwinner in track & field and once in football.

Personal
Born 12/29/86.

Best Collegiate Marks
60m - 7.21
100m - 11.27
Long Jump - 24'9.75"
High Jump - 6'6.75"


 
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