2008 Season: Earned all-Big Sky honors after finishing second in the triple jump…also scored in the long jump with a fifth-place showing…triple jumped 47-10.50 at the Causeway Classic…best long jump was 23-00.75 at the Aggie Twilight…indoors, scored in both the long (fifth) and triple jumps (fourth)…season highs came at the Big Sky meet where he had a long jump of 22-10.50 and a triple of 46-06.00.

High School: Graduated from Franklin HS in Elk Grove, Calif., in 2007…competed in track, basketball and football for the Wildcats…was named first team all-Delta Valley Conference and second team all-metro…helped lead the team to a pair of DVC track titles…set a PR in the 300-hurdles after running 38.6 in the Sac-Joaquin Section finals…has jumped 48-8 in the triple jump and 22-0 in the long jump…was a member of the 4x100 relay team which ran 41.6.

Personal: Born Sept. 25, 1986…majoring in mechanical engineering…parents are Gary Hammond and Natalie Brush.