Fraquan Gaines

Year (Indoor/Outdoor):
R-Jr./Sr.
Position:
Jumps
Hometown:
Champaign, Ill.
High school:
Champaign Central
Prev. School:
Southern Illinois

TFRRS Bio

2019 Outdoor (Senior)

2019 Indoor (Senior)
Competed in one meet during the indoor season … Placed third in the triple jump at the Don DeNoon Invite (13.82m, 45-4.25).

2018 Outdoor (Junior)
USATFCCA All-Academic Team
Competed in six outdoor meets for the Rebels ... Finished 12th in the triple jump at the SEC Outdoor Championships at an outdoor season-best 14.84m (48-08.25) ... Jumped a career-best 7.15m (23-05.50) to finish third at the War Eagle Invite.

2018 Indoor (Redshirt Sophomore)
Competed in four indoor meets for the Rebels ... Just missed the triple jump final at the SEC Indoor Championships, finishing 10th at 14.94m (49-00.25) ... Jumped a career-best 15.38m (50-05.50) to finish third at the Music City Challenge

AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

2017 Outdoor (Sophomore)
All-MVC (Triple Jump, 2nd Place)
Earned runner-up honors in the triple jump at the MVC Outdoor Championships (5/14) with a personal-best jump of 49’-5.5” (15.07m) ... His PR at the MVC Outdoor Championships was almost two feet better than his previous personal-best ... Also finished ninth in the long jump at the conference meet with a season-best mark of 23’-0” (7.01m) ... Placed in the top-five of the triple jump at all four meets that he recorded a legal jump ... Helped the Saluki 4x200 relay team finish third at the Tennessee Relays (4/8) ... Competed at seven outdoor meets.

2017 Indoor (Redshirt Freshman)
Scored team points at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/25) after he set an indoor PR in the triple jump to finish seventh ... Also placed 14th in the long jump at the indoor conference meet ... Finished second in the long jump with a PR jump of 23’-5.25” (7.14m) at the Don DeNoon Invitational (2/3) and added a fifth place finish in the triple jump ... Finished second in the triple jump and sixth in the long jump at the Illini Classic (1/14) ... Took third in the triple jump and fourth in the long jump at the Saluki Fast Start (12/10) ... Competed at seven indoor meets.

2016 Outdoor (Freshman)
Competed in seven outdoor meets ... Set a PR in the long jump at the Alabama Relays ... Set a personal-best in the triple jump at the MVC Outdoor Championships ... Placed fourth in the triple jump and 11th in the long jump at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic.

2016 Indoor (Freshman)
Redshirted.

High School
Lettered in football and track & field at Champaign Central High School ... Broke the school triple jump record at 46-5 ... All-State his senior year after finishing third in the triple jump ... Two-time sectional champion in the triple jump ... Finished 10th at the state meet in the triple jump in 2014 as a junior ... Athletic Director's Choice Male Athlete of the Year his senior year in 2015 ... Also was a standout for the Champaign Central football team, where he was the only defensive back to allow zero touchdowns his senior year.

Personal
Born on Feb. 8, 1997, to Frazier Gaines and Crystal Elmore ... Has five siblings ... Majoring in exercise science.