2025 Track and Field Roster
TJ Funches
- Position:
- Jumps
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Major:
- Hospitality Management
- Hometown:
- Birmingham, Ala.
- Prev School:
- Auburn
TJ Funches Career/Season Statistics
2025 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (High Jump)Â
2025 (5th Year)
Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA West First round in the high jump when he cleared 6-11 at the Beach Opener to finish second ... Cleared the opening height of 6-8 1/4 at regionals before bowing out of the competition ... Entered seven high jump competitions during the regular season ... Placed third at the Big West Challenge Cup (6-9), third at the Battle at the Beach (6-9), and third at the Pacific Coast Invitational (6-7 1/2) ... Charted ninth at the Texas Relays (6-7 1/2) ... Finished seventh at the Big West Championships (6-7) ... Saw action in four triple jump competitions, posting a career-best 46-5 1/2 at the Big West Challenge Cup to finish sixth ... Named Academic All-Conference ... Awarded USTFCCA All-Academic honors.
Indoor: Finished sixth in the high jump (6-8 1/4) and seventh in the triple jump (45-10 3/4) at the MPSF Championships ... Opened season by placing third in the high jump and seventh in the triple jump at the Nevada Invitational ... Named as an MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete.
2024 (Senior)
Outdoor: Did not compete.
Indoor: Finished third in the high jump at the MPSF Championships (6-7) ... Season-best in the high jump of 6-8 3/4 came at the Air Force Lindeman Classic to begin the season ... Entered the Don Kirby Invitational, but did not clear a height.
Prior to LBSU: Transferred to Long Beach State from Auburn with one season of eligibility remaining … Competed in the indoor and outdoor high jump for three seasons with the Tigers … A two-time NCAA regional qualifier in the outdoor high jump … Set a new best with a clearance of 7-0 1/4 at the Texas Tech Open where he claimed the meet championship in 2023 … A two-time member of the Athletic Directors Honor Roll and a SEC Academic Team selection.
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High School: Competed for four years in track and field at Helena High School … Won the Alabama state championship in the high jump.
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Personal:Â AÂ Hospitality Management major.
2025 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (High Jump)Â
2025 (5th Year)
Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA West First round in the high jump when he cleared 6-11 at the Beach Opener to finish second ... Cleared the opening height of 6-8 1/4 at regionals before bowing out of the competition ... Entered seven high jump competitions during the regular season ... Placed third at the Big West Challenge Cup (6-9), third at the Battle at the Beach (6-9), and third at the Pacific Coast Invitational (6-7 1/2) ... Charted ninth at the Texas Relays (6-7 1/2) ... Finished seventh at the Big West Championships (6-7) ... Saw action in four triple jump competitions, posting a career-best 46-5 1/2 at the Big West Challenge Cup to finish sixth ... Named Academic All-Conference ... Awarded USTFCCA All-Academic honors.
Indoor: Finished sixth in the high jump (6-8 1/4) and seventh in the triple jump (45-10 3/4) at the MPSF Championships ... Opened season by placing third in the high jump and seventh in the triple jump at the Nevada Invitational ... Named as an MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete.
2024 (Senior)
Outdoor: Did not compete.
Indoor: Finished third in the high jump at the MPSF Championships (6-7) ... Season-best in the high jump of 6-8 3/4 came at the Air Force Lindeman Classic to begin the season ... Entered the Don Kirby Invitational, but did not clear a height.
Prior to LBSU: Transferred to Long Beach State from Auburn with one season of eligibility remaining … Competed in the indoor and outdoor high jump for three seasons with the Tigers … A two-time NCAA regional qualifier in the outdoor high jump … Set a new best with a clearance of 7-0 1/4 at the Texas Tech Open where he claimed the meet championship in 2023 … A two-time member of the Athletic Directors Honor Roll and a SEC Academic Team selection.
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High School: Competed for four years in track and field at Helena High School … Won the Alabama state championship in the high jump.
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Personal:Â AÂ Hospitality Management major.
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