University of South Alabama Athletics

2019: Outdoor— Earned third place in the event and seventh in the all-time USA records with a 14.32m triple jump at the Jaguar Opener … Took second place in the South Alabama Invitational triple jump (14.30m), fourth in the 200m (22.15 seconds) and sixth in the 100m (11.18 seconds) … Claimed top-five finishes at Samford’s Alabama Track Challenge with a 10.91-second 100m dash and a 13.28m triple jump effort … Ran a season-best 100m time of 10.83 seconds at Auburn’s War Eagle Invitational … Was part of the Jaguar 4 x 100m relay teams which won the South Alabama Invitational (41.42 seconds), finished second at the Southern Miss Open (41.27 seconds) and Jaguar Opener (41.30 seconds) and ran a season-best time at the Sun Belt Conference Championships (41.25 seconds). Indoor— Recorded the seventh-fastest 60m time in Jaguar program history, 6.91 seconds, in the UAB Blazer Invitational preliminaries and crossed the finals line in 6.99 seconds; finished fourth in the triple jump with a personal-best 14.20m mark … Ran a career-record 200m time of 22.50 seconds and helped the Jaguar 4 x 400m relay team to a season-best time of 3:17.51 at the Vanderbilt Invitational.
 
2018: Outdoor— Had a career-best 13.68m triple jump effort at the Sun Belt Conference Championships … Entered the Jaguar record books at fourth after running the 100m dash in 10.43 seconds at the South Alabama Invitational … Was part of the 4 x 100m relay team which set a new school record of 40.29 seconds at the Jaguar Classic … Completed the 100m dash in 10.79 seconds at Samford’s Alabama Track Challenge to finish first among collegians … Won the South Alabama Invitational triple jump with a 13.64m mark and the Jaguar Opener event with a 13.11m effort. Indoor— Recorded a personal-best 13.18m triple jump effort at the Sun Belt Conference Championships … Ran the 200m in 22.77 seconds at the Samford January Invitational.
 
High School: Lettered in track and field at Brewbaker Technology Magnet High School in Montgomery, Ala. … Left the program holding records in the 100m, 200m, 400m, high jump and long jump.
 
Personal: Full name is Thaddeus Connard Porter, Jr. … Born May 2, 1998, in Montgomery, Ala. … Son of Thaddeus and LaTonage Porter … Has a younger brother, Justin … Favorite movie is “Hercules” … Favorite athlete is Andre De Grasse … Favorite class is accounting.
 
Major: Exercise Science