Event: Long Jump
Height: 6-6
Weight: 200
PR: 8.22m/26-11.75 (2007)
Current Residence: Sacramento, Calif.
High School: Merrill F. West HS (Tracy, Calif.) ‘01
College: Arizona State ‘05
Coach: Self
Agent: Mark Hayes
Club: Unattached

Career Highlights: 2008 USA Indoor champ; 3rd at 2007 USA Outdoors; 2-time NCAA All-American; 2002 World Junior Championships bronze medalist

After finishing fourth at the 2006 AT&T USA Outdoor Championships in Indianapolis, Quinley returned to Indy in 2007 and finished one place higher to earn a spot on the Team USA roster for the 2007 World Track & Field Championships. Quinley picked that time for his career best leap of 8.24m/27-0.50. The Pac-10 Conference outdoor runner-up in 2002 and 2004, Quinley captured the conference crown in his senior season in 2005. His highest placing at the NCAA Outdoor Championships was when he placed fourth in 2005. A 2001 graduate of Merrill F. West High School (Tracy, Calif.), Quinley earned three letters in track, two in basketball...long jump state champion as a senior (24-6)...state finalist in the 300m hurdles...section champion in the long jump and runner-up in the 110m and 300m hurdles...league champion in the long jump and both hurdle races...placed second in the long jump at the Arcadia Invitational with personal-best 24-7.5...Tri-Valley Herald Athlete of the Year...set school records in the long jump (24-7.5) and 300m hurdles (38.1)...a Business major while at Arizona State.

Competition Results:
2008: USA Indoor champ (7.82m/25-8)
2007: 3rd at USA Outdoors (8.24m/27-0.5w)... 7th in qual. at World Outdoors (7.99m/26-2.75), NM in final...set PR of 8.22m/26-11.75 during qualifying at USA Outdoors...2nd at Athens (8.13m/26-8.25)...2nd at Zaragoza (8.26m/27-1.25)...ranked #4 in U.S. by T&FN...best of 8.22m/26-11.75.
2006: 4th at USA Outdoors (7.89m/25-10.75)...ranked #5 in U.S. by T&FN...best of 8.15m/26-9.
2005: 9th at USA Outdoors (7.67m/25-2)...4th at NCAA Outdoors (7.69m/25-02.75)...PAC-10 Outdoor champion (7.77m/25-06.00)...ranked #8 in U.S. by T&FN...best of 8.17m/26-9.75.
2004: 20th at NCAA Outdoors (7.35m/24-1.50)...2nd at Pac-10 Outdoors (7.72m/25-4).

Olympic Experience

1-time Olympian;

Olympic Games Beijing 2008, 18th (Long Jump - Men)

World Championships Experience

Most recent: 2008 – 13th (Long Jump - Men)
Years of participation: Long Jump - Men 2007, 2008;
Top finish: 12th – 2007 (Long Jump - Men)

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