2023-24 Men's Track and Field Roster

James Bell

James Bell

  • Position:
    Jumps
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Newark, N.J.
  • Highschool:
    West Side HS

Summary

Biography

2024 Outdoor: Won the high jump at MEAC Championships by clearing 2.06m (6’ 9”)… Cleared the bar at 2.01m (6’ 7”) at Penn Relays… Also victorious in the high jump at Morgan State Legacy (2.00m | 6’ 6.75”), DSU Invitational (2.01m | 6’ 7”), Towson Invitational (1.98m | 6’ 6”) and Maryland Invitational (1.95m | 6’ 4.75”).
 
2023-24 Indoor: Finished third at the MEAC Championships in the high jump, clearing 1.96m (6’ 5”)… Sailed over the bar at 2.01m (6’ 7”) at the BU Scarlet & White Invitational.

2022-23 – (Outdoor): Finished 23rd in the high jump at the NCAA East Preliminaries, clearing 2.04m (6’ 8.25”)… Took 2nd in the high jump at the IC4A Championships (2.04m)… Finished 2nd in the high jump (2.01m) and 12th in the long jump (6.53m) at the MEAC Championships… Won the high jump in a season-best (2.07m), clearing 6’ 9.5” at the Kehoe Twilight Meet… Leaped 6.83m (22’ 5”) in the long jump at the Morgan State Legacy… Won the high jump (2.02m) and traveled 6.57m (21’ 6.75”) in the long jump at the NSU Invitational… Finished 4th in the high jump at the South Florida Invitational (2.02m)… Won the high jump (2.01m), took 9th in the long jump (6.60m) and clocked a 23.32 in the 200m at the Towson Spring Open… Opened the season by clearing 1.93m at the Weems Baskin Relays. (Indoor): Took 2nd in the high jump (2.05m) and 13th in the long jump (6.74m) at the MEAC Championships… Won the high jump (2.06m) and leaped 6.41m in the long jump at the Fastrack National Invitational… Cleared 2.00m in the high jump at the BU Scarlet & White Invite… Took 2nd in the high jump (2.06m) at the Penn State National Open… Finished 4th at the Carolina Challenge in the high jump (2.00m)… Made his CSU debut by taking 3rd in the high jump (2.02m) while leaping 6.22m in the long jump at the HBCU Showcase.
 
Prior to Coppin: Competed at Essex CC from 2020-22 and Coffeyville CC during the 2020 Indoor season… Took 7th in the 2022 NJCAA Outdoor Championships in the high jump (2.02m) and 11th at the 2022 NJCAA Indoor Championships (1.99m)… Recorded a personal-record 2.13m (6’ 11.75”) in the high jump at the Saint Peter’s Invite #2 on April 14, 2021, and a 6.93m (22’ 9”) in the long jump at the Saint Peter’s Invite on April 7, 2021… Scored 4,695 points in the decathlon at the Osprey Open on April 8-9, 2022… Finished 8th in the high jump (2.00m) at the 2020 NJCAA Indoor Championships.

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