Austin Twomey

Mid-Distance
Sophomore
Monmouth, Ill. (Monmouth-Roseville)

2008:  Finished eighth in the triple jump (42-9 ¾) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 17th in the 800-meter run (2:09.11) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.

High School:  Set a school record in the triple jump his senior year…part of sectional-championship and state-qualifying 3,200-meter relay team as a junior…coached by Chad McKenna…three-year cross country letterwinner…member of the basketball team his freshman and sophomore years and played golf his freshman year…honor student.

Personal:  Business administration major…his grandfather, John Edward Twomey, was an NCAA All-American in track and field at the University of Illinois… member of the 2007 Carthage men’s cross country team…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and a two-time member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Nov. 20, 1988.