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Blair Brooks

  • position Jumps
  • class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • Previous School Northern Iowa
  • position Jumps
  • class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • Previous School Northern Iowa

Blair Brooks Bio

Academic Honors
2022 MVC Academic Honor Roll

Season and Career Results
Previous School(s)
Northern Iowa
2021-22

Indoor

Claimed fifth in the long jump (7.31m) at the MVC Championships … Tied for second in high jump (2.00m) and finished seventh in triple jump with a 14.05m mark at the Hawkeye Invitational (Jan. 15) … Won long jump with a jump of 7.38m at the Jack Jennett Invitational (Jan. 21) … Also claimed the high jump title at the Friday Knight Lights Invitational … Runner-up in the long jump at the ISU Classic, while also placing sixth in high jump with a mark of 1.99m … Earned first place in the men’s triple jump with a distance of 14.55m at the Badger Invitational.

Outdoor

Finished fifth at the MVC Championships in long jump (7.32m/24-0.25) … Sixth at the MCV Championships in triple jump with a mark of 14.35m (47-1) … Won long jump and placed eighth in the 4×400 (3:23.64) and seventh in the triple jump (14.09m) at South Dakota … Won long jump at KT Woodman Classic with a distance of 7.39m … Won the Jim Duncan triple jump and long jump with leaps of 14.03m and 7.21m.

2019-20
Indoor

Part of the UNI football team that made the FCS Quarterfinals … Sat out the season due to transfer rules.

Outdoor

Part of the UNI football team that made the FCS Quarterfinals … Sat out the season due to transfer rules.

Iowa
2018-19
Football

Played wide receiver for the Hawkeyes and earned the Hawk Team Leader Special Teams Award … Part of the team that won the 2019 Outback Bowl.

Pre- South Carolina
High School

State champion in high jump and long jump as a junior … Drake Relays long jump champion as a senior … Took second place in high jump, long jump and the 4×400 relay team as a senior … Was third in the 110-meter hurdles and 4×200 as a junior … Earned all-state track honors as a freshman and sophomore … Broke school records in high jump, long jump, 110-meter hurdles and the 4×400 … Also played baseball and football … In football, he broke six school career receiving records, including receptions, yards and touchdowns … Was the Iowa Shrine Bowl MVP … No. 6 in Iowa on the 24/7 Sports’ poll … Rivals’ No. 1 ranked wide receiver in the state.

Personal

Son of Susan and Robert, who is a radio sideline reporter for Iowa football … Has an older brother, Peter … His grandfather, Bob, was the voice of Iowa Athletics for 57 years and is a College Football Hall of Fame inductee … Earning his Masters in Athletic Coaching … Cousin of former Northern Iowa basketball player and coach, Brooks McKowen (2003-07) … Enjoys mixed martial arts.

Personal Records
Indoor

60m 7.05
HJ 200m/6-6.75
LJ 7.38m/24-2.50
TJ 14.55m/47-9

Outdoor

100m 10.89
HJ 1.95m/6-4.75
LJ 7.42m/24-4.25
TJ 14.35m/47-1