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2023-24 Track & Field Roster

Mekhi Abbott

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position Javelin
  • Hometown Jamesburg, NJ
  • High School Monroe Township HS
  • Prev School Howard

Biography

2023 (Howard): Named to the 2023 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Outdoor All-Academic Team … won MEAC Field Athlete of the Week (March 29) … five top 10 finishes in the javelin … earned All-MEAC First Team honors after winning the javelin (202’8”) at the MEAC Outdoor Championships (May 9-11) … finished ?rst at the Bison Classic (April 8) and Towson Spring Open (March 31-April 1), tossing 185’6” and 189’3”, respectively.

2021 (Howard)Selected to the 2021 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Commissioner's All-Academic Team ... named to the 2021 MEAC Outdoor Track & Field All-Academic Team.

2020 (Howard)Season cancelled due to COVID-19.

2019 (Howard)Won the 2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Men's Javelin title with a new personal best (56.70 meters; 186 feet).

High School: Was an All-Division, All-Conference, State Sectional Champion in the men’s javelin
 
Personal: Majored in marketing at Howard … the people he most admires are his parents because of their hard work and endless support … if he could invite three people over for dinner, they would be: 19Keys; Trey Brown and his grandfather … favorite TV show is Wild N’ Out … favorite professional sports team is the Indianapolis Colts … favorite music artist is Kendrick Lamar.