2013-2014 Men's Track & Field Roster

Edgar Panford

  • Event Jumps
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 172
  • Indoor/Outdoor -/Sr.
  • Hometown San Bernardino, CA
  • Prev School Northern Arizona University
  • Major Music Production & Sound Design for Visual Media

Biography

Long Jump - 24-3
Triple Jump - 52-4

2013:
Panford jumped 50 feet 3 inches to win the Big Sky Indoor Championships ... jumped 52 feet 4 inches at the NCAA prelimminaries meet and was second on NAU's all time list in outdoor ... continued on to the NCAA championships and became Second Team All-American with a jump of 51 feet 11 inches.

2011: Panford ended his second season at Northern Arizona University with a third-place finish in the triple jump with a wind-aided mark of 48 feet, 6.25 inches (14.79m) in his first-ever Big Sky Outdoor Championships … also competed in the long jump at the championship event … only competed in one indoor meet due to injury, recording a leap of 47 feet, 11 inches in the triple jump at the New Mexico Cherry and Silver Invitational.

2010: Competed during the indoor season and redshirted the outdoor campaign … saw action in four meets for the Lumberjacks, excelling in the triple jump … at the Big Sky Indoor Championships, leaped 49 feet, 1.25 inches to secure a third place finish, joining teammate Charles White on the podium … Was also a competitor in the long jump at the conference championships … turned in best long jump-mark at the NAU Tune Up (6.95m/22-9.5).

High School: Graduated from Cajon High School in 2009 ... three-year letter winner in track and field and basketball ... SAL long jump champion ... SAL triple jump champion ... Cajon High School triple jump record holder ... broke the triple jump record at the Chino Relays.

Personal: Edgar Panford was born on February 14, 1991 ... parents are Ernest Panford and Felicia Acheampong ... has one older brother, Gad, and two older sisters, Arabena and Eygihmah ... Music Production & Sound Design for Visual Media major.