Tahj Whitfield

Position:
Hurdles
Height:
6-1
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Clarksville, Tenn.
High School:
Northeast
Prev School:
Barton County CC

• Sun Belt Conference Athlete of the Week (Jan. 15, 2020)

2019-20: Indoor - Set a personal-best in the 60-meter hurdles (8.09) at the Houston G5/Super 22 Invitational ... earned Sun Belt Conference Male Track Athlete of the Week honors after setting a then PR in the men's 60-meter hurdles (8.16) in the preliminaries of the season-opening LSU Purple Tiger Invitational ... came back in the finals with a time of 8.17 to finish fourth overall ... his preliminary time was the third-fastest on the Sun Belt Indoor Performance list during official opening week of action among league schools ... placed third in the 60-meter hurdles at the Ted Nelson Invitational (8.11) and fourth at the FasTrak Collegiate Invitational (8.14).

Junior College: A 2019 NJCAA All-American in the heptathlon at Barton Community College ... earned a third-place finish at the national meet with 4,649 points and helped BCC to a national runner-up finish ... was third overall in the heptathlon at the 2019 NJCAA Region VI Indoor Championships ... placed 10th overall in the 110-meter hurdles at the 2018 NJCAA Division I Outdoor Championships.

High School: Finished seventh in the triple jump at the 2017 TSSAA Class 3A State Championships ... the current Northeast High school-record holder in both the 110-meter (15.19) and 300-meter hurdles (39.79) ... also set a NHS record in the triple jump (45-6) ... was first in the 300-meter hurdles and second in the triple jump at the 2017 TSSAA AAA Section 3 AAA North Sub-Sectionals.

Personal: Born August 9, 1999 in Fort Bragg, N.C. ... the son of Latarsha and Charlie Kelley ... has two brothers ... majoring in moving image arts.