Tiina Magi
Tiina is a triple jumper hailing from Estonia. She joins the HPC Elite Team following a dominant collegiate career at Manhattan College where she was a teammate of fellow HPC Elite Team member Nick Newman. While at Manhattan College, Tiina was a talented all-around performer who earned points in a variety of events for the Jaspers, including the javelin, and all four jumping events.
Tiina broke the indoor and outdoor school records in the triple jump at Manhattan College on multiple occasions and won numerous accolades for her all-around athletic ability. Among her many achievements, Tiina was named Co-Field Performer of the Meet at the 2006 MAAC Indoor Championships, was a three-time NCAA Regional Championship Qualifier, and six-time conference champion (3 indoors, 3 outdoors) in the triple jump.
Prior to competing for the Jaspers, Tiina had a successful career competing at the national level in Estonia. She won two outdoor National Championships and one indoor National Championship in the high jump. At the youth, junior and 20+ age groups, Tiina won titles in the high jump, triple jump, and the 100m hurdles. She was also the Youth Baltic match Champion in the triple jump. Tiina joined the HPC Elite Team in the fall of 2007 and in her first competition representing HPC she jumped a personal best 13.04m in the triple jump at the Manhattan College Opener. She has since gone on to up her indoor personal best to 13.25m and in 2009 set a new outdoor personal best of 13.19m.
* Personal Bests: TJ- 13.25m (2008i); 13.19m (2009)
Lamont Dagen
Lamont Dagen is the most senior member of the HPC Elite Team and the most decorated of all its athletes. A multiple USATF Indoor and Outdoor Finalist, Dagen is emerging as one of the top triple jumper's in the U.S. Dagen turned in a solid season in 2006 highlighted by his top 5 U.S. performance and his 8th place finish at the Outdoor Championships. Prior to that, Dagen competed in at the 2004 Olympic Trials, but fouled out of the competition. During his collegiate career, Dagen set the school record in the triple jump 11 times and set 5 field house and 4 stadium records that remain atop the university performance list. Also, during his final collegiate season, Dagen became the first person in the history of the Mid-Continent Conference to win an event all four years Indoor & Outdoor. Lamont is an assistant track and field coach at Carthage College. Dagen joined the HPC Elite Team in the fall of 2007. Since joining the HPC Elite Team, Lamont represented the team at the USATF Indoor National Championships and 2008 Olympic trials and jumped an indoor personal best of 16.39m at the Carthage College Gill Athletics Last Chance Meet.
* Personal Bests: TJ- 16.39m (2008i); 16.63m (2006); LJ- 7.47 / 7.57w (2001)
* Visit Lamont's personal website
Brandon Roulhac
Brandon is a promising triple jumper from Marianna, FL. He won the 2009 USA indoor national championships with a jump of 16.94, ranking him 15th in the world for the 2009 indoor season. In his first meet in an HPC uniform, Brandon won the Florida Relays with a jump of 16.70m and established a new HPC Elite club record. Only one week later, Brandon one again shattered the club record by jumping 17.14m. He continued to dominate the 2009 season, capped by a win at the USATF National Championships where he produced the 5 longest jumps including a wind legal 17.26m attempt and a 17.44m wind aided jump. Prior to joining HPC, Brandon placed 5th at the 2008 Olympic trials with a leap of 17.16. Finishing outdoor season ranked #42 in the world. Brandon has finished in the top five at every USA Championship that he competed in since 2006.
Brandon is a former Albany State University Golden Ram, who was the 2005 Outdoor Division 2 triple jump champion and a 5-time All-American. He led the Golden Rams to 3 consecutive conference titles. He also holds the S.I.A.C. and school record in the triple jump. He held the highest GPA in his graduating class of 2007 and earned a BS in computer science. Prior to attending Albany State University, Brandon graduated from Marianna high school where he won the Florida state triple jump championship in 2002.
* Personal Bests: TJ- 16.94m (2009i); 17.26m (2009); 17.44m wind aided (2009); 100m- 10.80 (2009)
* Visit Brandon's personal website
Alie Israel
Israel joined the HPC Elite Team following a successful career as a Carthage College Lady Red. While at Carthage, she earned NCAA All-America citations in 17 events over her four-year career. As a freshman in 2002, she won the NCAA Division III national title in the outdoor 100-meter dash, while finishing fifth in the 200-meter dash, seventh as part of a 400-meter relay team, fifth in the indoor 55-meter dash and fourth on the indoor 1,600-meter relay team.
In 2003, she was third in the 100-meter dash, eighth in the 200-meter dash, a member of a national-championship 400-meter relay team, fourth in the indoor 55-meter dash and fifth as a member of the indoor 1,600-meter relay team. In 2004, Israel was the national runner-up in the 100-meter dash while finishing fifth in the 200-meter dash, seventh as part of a 400-meter relay team and second in the indoor 55-meter dash.
As a senior in 2005, she finished fifth in the 100-meter dash, second as a member of the 400-meter relay team and fifth in the indoor 55-meter dash. Israel also won 16 individual CCIW titles, including four-straight titles in the outdoor 100-meter dash, four-straight titles in the outdoor 200-meter dash, four titles in the indoor 55-meter dash and three indoor titles in the 200-meter dash. She was named the “most valuable performer” at the 2005 CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship. In her first meet competing as a member for the HPC Elite team, Alie set a new personal best in the 60m dash at the Iowa State Classic. Alie tied her personal best in the 100m and set a new personal record in the 200m at the Jim Bush Invitational with marks of 11.71 and 24.19. In 2009, Alie continued to improve, opening up the season with 3 consecutive personal bests and topping off her season with a 7.38 seconds in the semi-final of the USATF Indoor National Championships. She opened her 2009 outdoor campaign with a new personal best of 11.62 in the 100m at the International Friendship and Freedom Games. Later in the season, Alie established new personal bests and broke her own club records at the Seminole Twilight Invitational by running 11.57 and 23.72 seconds respectively and then went on to run an 11.53 at the UCF Fast Times Invitational.
* Personal Bests: 55m- 6.94 (2009); 60m-7.38 (2009); 100m-11.53 (2009); 200m- 23.72 (2009)
Alonzo Moore
Alonzo is a former Wisconsin Badger who earned three All-American titles and two Big Ten titles in the triple jump while competing for the Badgers. His top finish at the NCAA Championships was a 3rd place in 2005. Alonzo is also a four time finalist at the USATF Championships and in 2005 was ranked 9th in the U.S. by Track and Field News. His best finish at the USATF championships is a 6th place finish at the U.S. outdoor national championships in 2005 and a 4th place finish at the indoor championships in 2007. Also in 2007, Alonzo won the triple jump at the University of Tennessee's Sea Ray Relays and was 2nd at the USA Outdoor Club Championships. Moore joined the HPC Elite Team in the winter of 2007. Since joining the HPC Elite Team, Moore represented the team at the 2008 USATF Indoor National Championships and Olympic Trials and jumped a seasonal best of 16.28m at the Meyo Invitational.
* Personal Bests: LJ- 7.47m (2005); TJ- 16.28m (2008i); 16.40m (2005)
Nick Newman
Nick is a promising young long jumper from the UK. Nick recently finished a great collegiate career at Manhattan College. While at Manhattan, Nick won the Metropolitan Atlantic Athletic Conference long jump 4 times (twice outdoors and twice outdoors) in a row. Nick also won a MAAC championship while competing for the Jaspers.
Not without international experience, Nick recently competed at the 2006 Norwich Union AAA Championships where he claimed fifth place in all of Great Britain. Prior to jumping for Manhattan College, Nick competed for Tiffin college in Ohio and attended Durham Academy in the UK where he primarily was a basketball player averaging over 17 points per game. Newman joined the HPC Elite Team in the fall of 2007. Since joining the HPC Elite Team, Nick has made tremendous improvements in speed and in his first competition of the indoor 2009 campaign, Nick produced a personal best jump of 7.60m.
* Personal Bests: LJ- 7.60m (2009)
Babatunde Ridley
Babatunde Ridley is a successful sprinter and long jumper originally hailing from Chicago, IL. Tunde enjoyed success early in his track career, achieving individual Illinois state championships in the long jump and triple jump in 1995. He came back a year later to lead his team to the team championship by winning the long jump, triple jump, 100m, and 200m at the Illinois state championships. Following high school, Tunde attended the University of Illinois where he earned a BS in Tourism Management and an MS in Recreation Management. While competing for the Fighting Illini, Tunde was a three time Big Ten Champion, three time NCAA All-American, and set Big Ten Conference records in the 60m and University of Illinois school records in the 60m and 200m. Following his collegiate career, Tunde continued to jump and sprint. In 2003, Tunde was a USATF Indoor National Championships Qualifier in the 60m and 200m. The following year, he competed in the Olympic Trials in the long jump. More recently, Tunde again qualified for the Indoor National Championships in the 60m (2005, 2007, 2008) and long jump (2005).Babatunde joined the HPC Elite Team in the winter of 2008. In his first meet in an HPC uniform he jumped 7.52m in the long jump at the Triton Invitational. Tunde currently resides in San Diego, CA.
* Personal Bests: LJ- 7.84m (2004); 60m- 6.67 (2007); 100m- 10.33w (2001); 200m- 20.81 (2001); 400m- 47.34 (2004)
Tomika Ferguson
Tomika Ferguson joined the HPC Elite Team following a successful career at the University of Virginia. Tomika is a triple jumper originally from Appomattox, Virginia. She placed 12th at the 2008 Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon with a leap of 13.47 meters. A 2007 graduate of the University of Virginia, she was a Two-Time All-American in the women’s triple jump. She placed sixth at the 2006 NCAA Indoor National Championship with a jump of 13.32 meters. During the 2007 Indoor season, she was ranked 2nd with a leap of 13.53 meters and earned her second All-American title by placing eighth at the NCAA Indoor Championships. In 2006, she broke the Penn Relays Eastern Division Long Jump Record. Tomika holds both the indoor and outdoor women’s triple jump records for the University of Virginia. While at UVA, she was a double major in American Studies and African-American/African studies and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Higher Education and Student Affairs at Indiana University. Since joining the HPC Elite Team, Tomika placed 6th at the USATF 2009 Indoor National Championships.
* Personal Bests: TJ- 13.53m (2007i); 13.47 (2008); LJ- 6.33m (2006)
Eric Broadbent
Eric Broadbent is an up and coming Multi-Eventer from West Grove, PA. He is an extremely talented, but raw athlete who has just recently converted to the Multi-Events from being a collegiate jumper. Broadbent represented HPC for the first time at the 2009 USA Indoor Combined Event Championships where he placed 5th overall in less than two years training for the multis. While competing for West Chester University Broadbent was a 3 Time All-American: once Indoors for Triple Jump and Outdoors for both Long Jump and High Jump. He also set 4 School Records, won 8 Conference Titles, 17 All-Conference honors, and was Male Athlete of the Year during his senior year. Broadbent was also named USTFCCCA Men’s East Region Field Athlete of the Year 3 times and hit 11 provisional national qualifiers in 4 different events.
* Personal Bests: Heptathlon- 5542 (2009); Decathlon- 6662 (2008); Long Jump- 7.34 (2006); Triple Jump- 15.20m (2006); High Jump- 2.11m (2007); 200m- 21.93 (2009); 110H- 14.91 (2009); Discus Throw- 38.84m (2009)