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2025 Track and Field Roster

Southland Conference
Michael Wade
Michael Wade
Michael Wade
Michael Wade
Michael Wade

Kenson Tate

  • Position Sprints/Jumps
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Zachary, La.
  • Highschool Zachary HS

Biography

Career Stats

Career Accolades

INDOOR

  • Southland Conference Indoor First Team - Long Jump (2023, 2024, 2025)
  • Southland Conference Indoor Third Team - 4x400m (2023)
  • Southland Conference Tri-Outstanding Field Athlete Performer of the Year (2024)
  • Southland Field Athlete of the Week (1/31/24)
  • NCAA Indoor Qualifier (2024)
  • NCAA All-American Second Team (2024)

OUTDOOR

  • NCAA All-American Second Team (2022, 2024)
  • NCAA Regional Outdoor Qualifier - Long Jump (2022, 2024)
  • NCAA National Outdoor Qualifier - Long Jump (2022, 2024)
  • Southland Conference Field Athlete of the Week (4/24/24)
  • Southland Conference Men's Athlete of the Year (2024)
  • Southland Conference First Team - Long Jump (2024)
  • U.S Olympic Trial Qualifier - Long Jump (2024)


CONFERENCE MEDALS
INDOOR

  • Southland Gold Medalist - Long Jump (2023, 2024, 2025)
  • Southland Bronze Medalist - 4x400m (2023)
  • Western Athletic Conference Silver Medalist - Long Jump (2022)

OUTDOOR

  • Southland Gold Medalist - Long Jump (2024)
  • Western Athletic Conference Bronze Medalist - Long Jump (2022)


2025 (Outdoor Track & Field)
Competed in the long jump, 4x100m, 100m, and 200m in six events with 11 top-10s...Set 100m PR (10.43) at the Texas A&M 44 Farms Team Invitational

2025 (Indoor Track & Field)

Competed in the long jump, 60m, and 200m in five events with one first and five top three's...Won the long jump event (7.72m-25'4") in the SLC Indoor Championships

2024 (Outdoor Track & Field)

Competed in the long jump, 100m, 200m, 4x100m with 14 top-10's...Won the long jump in the John McDonnell Invitational (7.79m-25'6.75") and the SLC Outdoor Meet (7.85m-25'9.25")...Was part of the first place 4x100m teams in the Carl Kight Invitational (40.79) and the Tom Tellez Invitational (42.16)...Set PR's in the 100m (10.53) and 200m (20.92) at the Carl Kight Invitational for which he finished second and first respectively...Qualified for the NCAA West Regionals in the Long Jump...Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the long jump...Named Men's Athlete of the Year...Qualified for the U.S Olympic Trials in the long jump

2024 (Indoor Track & Field)

Competed in the long jump, 60m, and 200m with six top-10's...Broke the school record and Robert Platt meet record in the long jump (8.02m-26'3.75") to earn second in the meet...Finished second in the long jump (7.43m-24'4.5") at the Leonard Hilton Invitational...Won the long jump (7.87m-25'10") at the Southland Conference Indoor Championships...Qualified for the NCAA National Indoor Championships in the long jump

2023 (Outdoor Track & Field)

Competed in the 4x100m, 4x400m, and long jump in three events...Was part of the fifth place 4x100m relay (42.21) and second place 4x400m relay (3:20.00) at the Louisiana Classic...Best long jump finish was eighth (7.17m-23'6.25") at the Victor Lopez Classic

2023 (Indoor Track & Field)
Ran the 60m, 300m, 4x400m relay, and did the long jump with nine top-10 finishes including two win..Set a new PR in the long jump (7.69m-25’2.75”) at the Robert Platt Invitational…Won the long jump (7.11m-23’4”) at the McNeese Invitational…Southland Conference champion in the long jump (7.53m-24’8.5”)

2022 (Outdoor Track & Field)
Qualified for the NCAA Nationals in the Long Jump…Named an All-American…Ran the 100m, 4x100m, 200m, and did the long jump with 16 top-10 finishes including three first place finishes…Won the long jump (7.26m-23’10”) at the Louisiana Classic…Set a new PR in the 200m (21.58)…Won the long jump (7.46m-24’5.75”) at the Earl Milner Invitational…Won the long jump (7.60m-24’11.25”) at the J Fred Duckett Invitational…Set a new PR in the 100m (10.68) in the Alumni Muster…Took third in the long jump (7.38m-24’2.5”) at the Western Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships…Placed sixth in the long jump (7.77m-25’6”) in the NCAA West Preliminary Round.

2022 (Indoor Track & Field)
Ran the 60m, 200m, 4x400m, and did the long jump with 13 top-10 finishes and two first place finishes…Won the long jump (7.49m-24’7”) at the Fastrak Collegiate Opener…Won the long jump (7.23m-23’8.75”) at the Howie Ryan Invitational…Set a new PR in the 60m prelims (8th; 6.83) at the Western Athletic Conference Indoor Championships…Finished second in the long jump (7.49m-24’7”), and fourth in the 4x400 (3:15.69) at the WAC Indoor Championships.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

    Sprints/Jumps
  • 2023Sophomore

    Sprints/Jumps
  • 2024Redshirt Sophomore

    Sprints/Jumps
  • 2025Redshirt Junior

    Sprints/Jumps
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