2007-08 Track & Field Roster
Roster

Barrett Saunders
- Position:
- Horizontal Jumps/Sprints
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
- High School:
- The Benjamin School
2008 Indoor: Placed fifth at the Big 12 Championships in the long jump with a jump of 7.36m (24-01.75) … Won the Kansas Invitational with a jump of 7.35m (24.01.50) … Ran the 200 meters at the Kansas Invitational and placed seventh with a time of 23.09 … In the 60 meters, set a season-best at KSU All-Comers and placed 20th. 2007 Outdoor: Led the Jayhawks in the long jump in his junior season … Won the Big 12 Championship with a long jump of 7.82 meters (25-08 ft.) to become the first Kansas long jump champion since 1983 … All-American in the long jump after finishing fifth at the NCAA Championships … Part of the only long jump duo to win All-America honors in school history with Eric Babb … Set regional marks in each meet in which he competed … Won the Midwest Regional in the long jump … Had a season-best long jump of 7.87 meters (25-10 ft.) at the Texas Relays and was named the Big 12 Male Co-Athlete of the Week for his efforts … Also ran on the team[apos]s 400-meter relay team. 2007 Indoor: Participated in the 60-meter dash and the long jump … Had his best and the team[apos]s season-best time of 7.02 in the 60-meter dash at the K-State All-Comers meet … Had the team[apos]s best long jump of the season at the Dan DeHart Invitational with a jump of 7.32 meters (24-00.25 ft.) … Provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships in four consecutive meets. 2006 Indoor and Outdoor: Did not compete. 2005 Outdoor: A member of the 400-meter relay team that finished fifth at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships in a time of 41.08 … Finished sixth in the long jump at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships with a leap of 7.45 meters (24-05.50 ft.). 2005 Indoor: Finished fifth in the long jump at the Big 12 Indoor Championships with a leap of 7.35 meters (24-01.50 ft.) … Had a sixth place result at the Alex Wilson Invitational in the long jump and finished seventh at the Husker Invitational with a long jump of 7.06 meters (23-02 ft.). 2004 Outdoor: Placed fifth in the long jump at the Hurricane Invitational. 2004 Indoor: Placed second in the long jump and fifth in the triple jump at the KU/KSU/MU Triangular … Placed eighth in the long jump at the K-State All-Comers meet. High School: Earned four letters in football and three in track … Had personal best jumps of 1.98 meters (6-06 ft.) in the high jump, 14.50 meters (47-07 ft.) in the triple jump and 7.34 meters (24-01 ft.) in the long jump … Won the long jump and triple jump at the district meet in 2003 … Placed first in the long jump and triple jump at the regional meet … Broke the school record in the triple jump at 13.84 meters (45-05 ft.). Personal: Parents are Stanley Saunders and Rhoda Rolle-Saunders … Majoring in sociology.