Jason Richardson

* Six-Time All-American *

2008: USTFCCCA Scholar Athlete of the Year … two All-America honors in 60mH and 110mH … Outdoor hat trick with SEC, NCAA East Region and NCAA Championship in 110mH … Indoor SEC Second Team … Outdoor SEC First Team … NCAA Indoor runner-up in 60mH … competed at US Olympic Trials before a hamstring injury took him out of the preliminary round … NCAA qualifier in 60mH, 110mH and 400mH … South Carolina Indoor and Outdoor MVP … competed for team USA at the 2008 NACAC Under-23 Track and Field Championships in Toluca, Mexico … indoors tied a personal best in the 55mH at 7.18 at the Tom Jones Memorial … opened season in 60mH with a win at the UNC Classic at 7.84 … took second at the Millrose Games at 7.85 … silver medalist at the Tyson Invitational at 7.73 … ran a 7.83 in the SEC Indoor prelims before finishing in second at 7.74 … won Last Chance meet at 7.75 … ran a 7.65 at NCAA Indoor Championship prelims before taking the silver medal at a personal best 7.53, missing the title by .003 seconds in a photo finish … outdoors, opened the season with a win in the 110m hurdles with a 13.47 at the Shamrock Invitational … set an Auburn facility record at 13.45 with a win at the Auburn Tiger Classic … took second at the Spec Towns Invitational at 13.58 … ran the second best time in school history in a wind-aided 13.21 to win the SEC Outdoor Championship in the 110mH … made the time legal with a win at the NCAA East Regional at 13.21 … ran a 13.26 in the NCAA Championship prelims before winning his first national championship with a 13.40 in the final … in the 400mH, took third at Spec Towns Invitational at 50.64 … scored at the SEC Outdoor Championships with an eighth place finish at 51.75 after running a 50.38 in the prelims.

2007: Ran in four meets indoors before injury hit, preventing a chance at outdoor competition … won the 55-meter hurdle preliminaries at the Virginia Tech Invite in 7.29 before placing second with a time of 7.26 … recorded a time of 7.28 in the Diet Pepsi Invitational prelims before hitting a new personal best 7.18 to finish second in the finals … competed at the New Balance Collegiate and the Millrose Games in the 60-meter hurdles to finish his season … had a 7.79 at the New Balance Collegiate to win the preliminary round … injury hit at Millrose Games when he pulled up with a hamstring injury after clearing the final hurdle.

2006: Injury struck early in the indoor season keeping competitions at bay until the Tyson Invitational where he clocked an 8.08 as a season opener … in the 55m hurdles, ran a 7.59 to place fourth at the USC Invitational … began coming into form with a 7.49 run in the prelims of the SEC Championships … going into the finals in ninth place, surged through the finish line in a time of 7.34 for a fourth-place SEC Championship finish … on the road to the NCAA Indoor Championships, raced to a 7.89 in the prelims of the Last Chance Meet, eventually winning with his clocking of 7.83 and earned a spot to nationals … becoming an All-American at the NCAA Championships with his 7.83 preliminary run, a tumble over hurdle two made the race go uncompleted and a time not recorded … ran both the 110 and 400 hurdles during the outdoor season … began his 400-hurdle campaign with a bang at the Weems Baskins Relays where he broke the tape in 51.70 and followed up with a 13.80 effort in the short hurdles … concentrating on the short hurdles, ran 13.67 followed by a 13.52 for two fine weeks of running at the Walt Disney World Invitational and the Florida Relays … finished the Penn Relays as the 110 hurdle champion with a modest 13.73 … completed the SEC Outdoor Championships with two second-place finishes in times of 13.51 and 50.45 … with momentum built, continued on to win the NCAA East Regional meet in a personal record of 13.36w and placed second in the 400 hurdles breaking the tape at 49.90 … in addition to individual efforts, ran a strong anchor leg of the region championship 4x400m relay team … added another NCAA All-America honor with a third-place finish in the 110 hurdles at natoinals … though not making the finals, a collegiate PR was produced in the 400 hurdle semis with a time of 49.82 … went head-to-head with professionals at the USA Outdoor Championships where a 13.63 sent him through preliminary rounds to run another 13.63 for a sixth-place finish in the semis … went on to compete in Dominican Republic at the NACAC Under-23 meet placing second with a time of 13.87 in the 110m hurdles.

2005: Focused on the 60-meter hurdles during the indoor season during his freshman campaign … posted his first win at the Clemson Invitational with a time of 7.81 … finished fourth in the 60m hurdles at the Meet of Champions and came back with a third-place finish at the USC Invitational … ran a 7.75 in the prelims at the SEC Championships to earn a trip to the finals, where he finished third, breaking the tape in 7.77 seconds … won the Last Chance Meet with a time of 7.83 seconds … ran 7.73 in the 60m hurdles in the prelims of the NCAA Indoor Championships to earn a spot in the national finals … took the bronze medal and earned his first All-America certificate with a season-best time of 7.70 … ran both the 110-meter and 400-meter hurdles during the outdoor season … finished second in the 110m hurdles at the Penn Relays with a time of 13.76 and was third in the 400m hurdles with a time of 51.57 … turned in a time of 13.73 in the 110m hurdles at the NCAA East Regional meet … qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 110m hurdles … had the sixth-fastest time (13.79) in the prelims and the third-fastest clocking in the semis (13.68) to earn a spot in the finals … garnered his second All-America certificate with a personal-best time of 13.50 in the finals to take the bronze medal behind Florida[apos]s Josh Walker (13.39) and Ole Miss[apos]s Antwon Hicks (13.42).

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Cedar Hill High School … lettered four years in track and field … ran the third-fastest time ever by a high school athlete in the 400-meter hurdles … was the Gatorade National Athlete of the Year, Verizon Youth Athlete of the Year and a 2004 High School All-American … was a two-time World Youth Champion … named the Great Southwest Top Performer … best times were 13.38 in the 110m hurdles, 36.05 in the 300m hurdles and 49.79 in the 400m hurdles … served as captain of the Cedar Hill debate team.

PERSONAL: Jason Alexander Richardson was born April 4, 1986, in Houston, Texas … parents are Charles and Sandra Richardson … pursuing a degree in sport and entertainment management … is a McKissick Scholar and enrolled in the Honors College at South Carolina … favorite athlete is Allen Johnson … chose South Carolina over Tennessee and Southern California.