Denzel Harper

2017 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Posted a 10th-place finish in the long jump at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/12-14) with a wind-aided mark of 7.39 meters (23-3 ft.) … Won the long jump at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/28) with a wind-aided mark of 7.28 meters (23-10.75 ft.) … Recorded a season-best mark in the long jump of 7.58 meters (24-10.5 ft.), good for third-place.

2017 INDOOR (Fr.)
Finished in first place at the Jayhawk Classic (1/26-27) in the long jump with a leap of 7.09 meters (23-3.25 ft.) … Posted a seventh-place finish in the long jump with a mark measuring 6.91 meters (22-8 ft.) at the Iowa State Classic (2/10-11) … Placed sixth in the 60-meter dash at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/12) with a time of 7.13.

HIGH SCHOOL
Two-time letterwinner for Donald Sellers’ Stephenson squad … Claimed three-straight Georgia State Champion in the long jump from 2014-16 … Best long jump mark of career came in a win at the 2016 Cam Newton Relays with a mark of 24-3 … Won back-to-back 300-meter hurdle state titles in 2015 and 2016 … A 15-time All-American … Holds a personal best in the 110-meter hurdles of 14.26, posted in a win at the 2015 Georgia Junior Olympics … Named the USATF Athlete of the Week on Aug. 1, 2012 after becoming first athlete to win five individual events at the Junior Olympics … Holds school record in the indoor and outdoor long jumps … Graduated in the top-10 percent in his class.

PERSONAL
Son of Derek Harper and Antionette Tucker … Father, Derek, was a member of the Michigan track team and still holds the school’s indoor long jump record at 7.89 meters (25-10¾) …  Majoring in computer science.