Elliott Haynie

2009: Qualified for NCAA East Region and NCAA Outdoor Championships … SEC Outdoor silver medalist … Indoors, did not compete – ineligible as a transfer from Gardner-Webb … outdoors, opened the season with three straight victories at the Shamrock Invitational, Weems Baskin Invite and Pepsi Florida Relays … set a South Carolina school record with his jump of 17-10 1/2 (5.45m) at the Pepsi Florida Relay, a mark that ranked No. 2 in the nation at the time … took sixth at the Penn Relays … SEC Outdoor Championship runner-up with a jump of 17-5 3/4 (5.33m) … claimed seventh at the NCAA East Region meet … finished 19th overall at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a clearance of 16-8 3/4 (5.10m).

GARDNER-WEBB (2005-08): Coached by Brian Baker at Gardner-Webb University … four-time Atlantic Sun conference champion … 2008 CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American … qualified for NCAA Indoor Championships in 2007 and 2008 … placed 10th at 2008 NCAA Indoors at 17-0 ¾ … set Atlantic Sun and Gardner Webb records in winning the heptathlon with 4,645 points at the 2008 A-Sun Indoor Championships, where he also won the pole vault … 2007 NCAA East Region Championship qualifier where he placed 11th … at 2007 A-Sun Outdoor Championships, placed second in pole vault and decathlon … won pole vault and placed second in heptathlon at 2007 A-Sun Indoor Championships.

HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Scott Vaughan at Creekside High School in Fairburn, Ga. … lettered in wrestling and football … Georgia state runner-up in the pole vault … ranked No. 2 pole vaulter in Georgia 4A division … had a best clearance of 14[apos].

PERSONAL: Elliott Haynie was born Feb. 18, 1987 … pursing degrees in accounting and management … parents are Helena Saunders and Joe Haynie … chose USC over Clemson after transferring from Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, N.C.