Kwame Som-Pimpong

Position:
Jumps/Sprints
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Greensboro, N.C.
High School:
Woodberry Forest
Major:
TBA

Track & Field
School record-holder in the indoor triple jump with a mark of 14.06 meters (2008).

2008: Advanced to the finals and set a new school record in the indoor triple jump with a mark of 14.06 meters (46-01.5, seventh) at the Tiger Invitational ... also advanced to the finals and ran a season-best 7.13 (6th) in the indoor 60-meters at the Patriot Games ... jumped a season-best 6.14 meters in the long jump at the Indoor SoCon championships ... also ran a season-best 11.45 (fourth) in the outdoor 100-meters at the Irwin Belk Invitational and 23.33 (26th) in the outdoor 200-meters (26th) at the Tony Waldrop Invitational ... jumped season-bests of 6.01 meters in the long jump at the Irwin Belk Invitational and 14.02 meters in the triple jump (fourth) at the Tony Waldrop Invitational.

2007: Recorded a seventh-place showing in the triple jump with a school-best 13.30 meters at the Indoor SoCons ... set a new school record in the triple jump with a mark of 43’ 4 /14” at the Emory Invitational, good for fourth place … won the triple jump event with a jump of 12.89 meters at the Radford Invite … scored for the Wildcats in the triple jump at the outdoor SoCons with a jump of 44’ 2.5” for a sixth place finish.

2006: Jumped a personal best 19’ 8.25” in the long jump at the Wake Forest Open ... at the SoCon outdoor Championships, earned all-conference honors as part of the 4x100-meter relay team ... had a season-best jump, 44’ 8.75”, in the triple jump at the SoCon Outdoor Championships ... also a member of the Wildcat football team.

Prep / Personal: Captured the league championship in the indoor triple jump while finishing second at the outdoor league meet as a prepster ... his personal record in the triple jump is 42' 3" ... team MVP for his high school's outdoor track and field squad as a senior and won the Athletic Director's award ... winner of the Davidson Presidential Scholarship and is a Bonner Scholar.