Quinten Clay

Class:
Junior
Position:
Jumps
Height:
6-2
Hometown:
Portsmouth, Va.
Prev School:
St. Thomas More School

TFRRS Profile
World Athletics Profile

ASUN Individual Titles (6)
2021 Indoor Long Jump
2021 Outdoor Long Jump
2021 Outdoor High Jump
2022 Indoor Long Jump
2022 Indoor Triple Jump
2022 Outdoor Long Jump

All-ASUN Honors (10)
2021 Indoor Long Jump - 1st
2021 Indoor Triple Jump - 3rd
2021 Indoor High Jump - 3rd
2021 Outdoor Long Jump - 1st
2021 Outdoor High Jump - 1st
2022 Indoor Long Jump - 1st
2022 Indoor Triple Jump - 1st
2022 Indoor High Jump - 2nd
2022 Outdoor Long Jump - 1st
2023 Indoor Long Jump - 2nd

2023 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Did not compete in any meets for Liberty and was redshirted

2022-23 Indoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• ASUN long jump runner-up
• Season-best 50-2.5 triple jump at the Virginia Tech Invitational ranks No. 4 in program history
• VaSID Second Team All-State honoree (jumps)

2022 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• Long jumped at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet for the second year in a row
• Repeated as ASUN long jump champion while placing fourth in the high jump (season-best 6-8.75)
• Long jumped a personal-best 25-3.5 into a headwind at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier to record one of his five first-place finishes on the season and collect ASUN Men's Field Athlete of the Week honors (May 11)
• VaSID First Team All-State honoree (jumps)

2021-22 Indoor Track & Field (R-So.)
• Named both ASUN Most Valuable Male Performer and ASUN Men’s Most Outstanding Field Performer for the second year in a row
• Scored 28 points at the ASUN meet after winning the long jump (program-record 25-0.5) and triple jump (personal-best 48-11.75) while placing second in the high jump (personal-best 7-0.5)
• ASUN Men's Field Athlete of the Week on Dec. 8 after winning the season-opening Liberty Kickoff long jump title at 25-0
• VaSID First Team All-State honoree (jumps)

2021 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Placed 22^nd in the long jump and tied for 26^th in the high jump at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet
• Swept the ASUN long jump (Liberty freshman-record 24-11) and high jump (personal-best 6-11.75) titles, while taking seventh in the triple jump (personal-best 48-0.5. As a result, he was named ASUN Men’s Most Outstanding Freshman
• Won his first three long jump competitions of the season, also including victories at the Aggie Invitational and Virginia Grand Prix
• Two-time ASUN Men’s Freshman of the Week (April 14 and May 6)
• VaSID Second Team All-State honoree (jumps)

2021 Indoor Track & Field (So.)
• Named both Co-ASUN Most Valuable Male Performer and Co-ASUN Men’s Most Outstanding Field Performer
• Scored 22 points at the ASUN meet after winning the long jump at 23-7.5 in the first long jump competition of his career while placing third in the high jump and triple jump
• Twice high jumped 6-10.75 (Liberty Elite Invitational and Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational), a mark which ranked No. 47 nationally
• VaSID Second Team All-State honoree (jumps)

2020 Outdoor Track & Field
• Season was cancelled due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 virus

2020 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Came in fourth in the high jump in his ASUN meet debut
• High jumped 6-8.75 at each of his first two collegiate competitions (Virginia Tech Invitational and Liberty Kickoff), moving into the Flames' all-time top 10 for the event
• South Carolina Invitational high jump runner-up

Prep
• Graduated from St. Thomas More School after spending the previous three years at Yorktown High School
• Primary sport was basketball

Personal
• Son of John Clay and Allison Taylor
• Uncle Kennie Taylor Sr. competed in football and track at Adrian
• Cousin Kennie Taylor Jr. played baseball at Duke
• Birthday is March 27
• Aviation major