2014 Men's Track & Field Roster

Xzavier Killings

Xzavier Killings

  • Position:
    Jumps/Sprints
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    170
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Roebuck, S.C.
  • High School:
    Dorman
2016 Outdoor (Senior):
Earned a 10th-place finish in the triple jump (45’4.5”) and an 11th-place finish in the long jump (21’10.75”) at the Charlotte 49er Classic (March 17-19) … Took second in the long jump with a jump of 21’7.5” at the Winthrop Invitational (March 24-26) … Helped the 4x1 relay team to a 10th-place finish (43.55) at the VertKlasse Meeting (April 1-2) … Took seventh in the long jump (22’8”) and seventh in the triple jump (45’1.75”) at the Charlotte Invitational (April 15-16) ... At the Duke Invitational, helped the 4x1 relay team to an eighth-place finish with a time of 42.90 (April 22-23) ... Registered a sixth-place finish in the long jump (6.99m), while helping 4x100 team that placed seventh (43.43) at the 2016 A-10 Outdoor Championship (May 7-8).

2015-16 Indoor (Senior):
Registered a season-best jump of 22’7.25 (6.89) to take fifth in the long jump at the JDL College Kick-off Classic (Dec. 5) … Tallied a season best time in the 200 (22.86) at the ETSU Invitational (Jan. 15-16) … Recorded a season-best jump of 42’0” in the triple jump to place fifth, while racing to a ninth-place finish in the 200 (23.17) at the UNCG Team Challenge (Jan. 24) … Clocked a season-best 7.32 in the 60-meter dash at the Camel City Invitational (Jan. 29-30) … Took second in the long jump with a mark of 21.7.5” at the High Point Team Challenge (Feb. 11) … Registered a seventh-place finish in the long jump (21’9”) at the 2016 A-10 Indoor Championship (Feb. 20-21).

2015 Outdoor (Junior):
Opened the outdoor season with a personal-best 23.50 in the 200 meter at the Winthrop Invitational (March 26-28) … Registered a seventh place finish in the long jump (21’10”) at the Winthrop Invitational (March 26-28) … Earned a fifth place finish in the long jump at the High Point VertKlasse (April 3-4) … Took fifth in the long jump with a season-best mark of 22’11” at the Atlantic 10 Championship (May 2-3). 

2014-15 Indoor (Junior):
Ran a season-best 7.32 in the 60 meter dash at the Art and Linda Maillet UNC Open (Jan. 17) … Placed second in the long jump (22’1”) at the High Point Panthers Team Challenge (Feb. 12) … Took fourth in the long jump (22’2.25) at the Atlantic 10 Championship (Feb. 21-22). 

2014 Outdoor (Sophomore):
Opened the season with a personal-best 23.50 in the 200 meter and took 13th in the triple jump (43’3m) at the Charlotte 49er Classic (March 20-22) … Placed 10th in the triple jump with a mark of 21’0” at the Winthrop Invitational (March 27-29) … Picked up a pair of top-10 finishes in the triple jump and the long jump at the High point VertKlasse Meeting (April 4-5) … Registered a season-best jump of 22’6.25” in the long jump at the Carolina’s Cup (April 10) … took eighth in the long jump (22’0.25”) and seventh in the triple jump (44’4”) at the SoCon Outdoor Track and Field Championships (April 26-27).

2013-14 Indoor (Sophomore):
Took ninth in the triple jump with a mark of 42’4.25 at the USC Invitational (Feb. 14-15) … Registered a season-best 21’5.25 in the long jump and a 44’4.25” mark in the triple jump at the SoCon Indoor Track and Field Championship (March 1-2).
 
2013 Outdoor (Freshman):
primarily competed in the high jump, triple jump and 4x100m outdoors … posted season-best jumps in opening Charlotte 49er Classic of 6-2 (1.88m) in the long jump and 44-6 (13.56m) in the triple jump … member of 4x100m team that placed sixth in 43.44 seconds ... placed ninth in the triple jump (44-4 ¾, 13.53m) to earn a spot on the SoCon All-Freshman team and 11th in the high jump (6-1 ¼, 1.86m) at outdoor SoCons.

2012-13 Indoor (Freshman):
Ranks on Davidson’s top-10 performers list in the high jump, triple jump and 400-meter hurdles … competed in the short sprints and high jump indoors … cleared season-best six feet, two inches (1.88m) at the Hilton Garden Invitational … competed in the 60m dash four times with a top time of 7.27 seconds … ran a season-best 23.42 in the 200m at the indoor SoCon Championships … also competed in the high jump at SoCons, clearing 6-0 (1.83m) to earn a place on the all-freshman team.
 
Before Davidson:
Won two letters at Dorman High School, primarily participating in jumps and sprints … SC 4A State Champion … all-state in high jump (2011) and 4x400 relay (2012) … two-time all-region … all-county as a senior … Herald Journal All-Area First Team Academic … SCHSL Scholar Athlete … Region 2-4A Champion 2010-2012 … Spartanburg County Champion 2010, 2012 … Senior class president … National Honor Society president … FBLA vice president … Astra Club vice president … Beta Club Member … AP scholar … Jostens Outstanding Senior … Spirit of the Cavalier Award.
 
Personal:
Son of Jimmy and Kanett Haynes … has three siblings, Charity Haynes, Harmony Haynes and Jimmy Haynes Jr. … major is biology.
A10 4x400m champions
Wednesday, May 12
Catching Up With the 'Cats: Renny Waldron
Thursday, September 03
Davidson moves to the Atlantic 10
Sunday, August 18

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