Dallas Robinson
Originally from Winterhaven, Florida, Dallas grew up in Kentucky where he graduated from Oldham County High School. Following High School, Dallas went to Morehead State University where he started 7 games at Free Safety for the football team and placed 3rd in the Ohio Valley Conference Championship in both the indoor 60m and outdoor 100m dashes.
After his freshman year at Morehead, Dallas transferred to Eastern Kentucky where he gave up the gridiron to focus on track. While at EKU, Dallas placed in the top 3 in the conference championship 23 times, won the indoor 60m and 200m, and outdoor 100m and 200m dashes, two times each for a total of 8 conference championship crowns. Additionally, he qualified for the NCAA Regional meet all three of his years at EKU, garnered 3 conference ‘Athlete of the Week’ nominations, and was recognized as the “Athlete of the Year” by the coaches of the OVC. Dallas also holds the EKU indoor 200m record and ranks amongst the top three all-time performers in school history in two other events.
Following graduation, Dallas took 18 months away from the sport only to return to competition at a local track meet called the Bluegrass State games. Despite very little training leading up to the meet, Dallas broke the all time meet record running a 10.33 into a strong headwind. Dallas joined the HPC Elite Team in the winter of 2007. He quickly improved his performances to world class status, earning himself the leading story of the New York Times sports section on March 6, 2008. Under the guidance of HPC coaching and management, Dallas produced the world's fastest 55m in 2008 (6.10) and world ranked indoor performances in the 60m (6.64) and 200m (21.10) races.
* Personal Bests: 55m- 6.10 (2008); 60m- 6.64 (2008); 100m- 10.33 (2007); 200m- 20.90 (2005) / 21.10i (2008)
James Jenkins
James Jenkins is a promising young jumper who joined the HPC Elite Team following a dominant collegiate career at the Junior College, NAIA and NCAA levels. In 2003, James was a National Junior College All-American both indoors and outdoors. Indoors, he placed 4th with a best of 15.04m and outdoors he improved to the silver medal position with a best jump of 15.46m. In 2004, James moved to the NAIA level where he won individual national championships in 2004 (indoors) and 2006 (indoors and outdoors) with jumps of 15.46, 15.65, and 15.94m respectively. Between those two championship campaigns, James did not compete collegiately but did travel overseas where he jumped a wind-aided PR of 16.38m in Italy. Following his stint at the NAIA level, James joined the Arkansas State University Indians where he continued to excel. In 2007, James placed 4th at the outdoor NCAA National Championships with a best of 16.08m and later went on to take 8th at the USATF outdoor national championships with a leap of 15.88m. James joined the HPC Elite team in the winter of 2008. In his first meet competing as a member for the HPC Elite team, James jumped 15.65m in the triple jump to place second at the Vanderbilt Invitational. Later in 2008, James won the triple jump at the USATF High Performance Invite at BYU and jumped 16.28m in the qualification round to make the finals of the triple jump at the Olympic Trials. He eventually finished 12th in the 2008 Olympic trials triple jump.
* Personal Bests: HJ- 2.16m (2007); LJ- 7.65m (2003); TJ- 16.08m (2007) / 16.38w (2005); 100m- 10.57 (2004); 200m- 21.70 (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)
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 his first competition of the winter 2010 campaign, Nick produced a personal best jump of 7.77m.
* Personal Bests: LJ- 7.77m (2010)