Milton Harrell Season 2025
Events: High Jump (IN: 6-9 3/4; OUT: 7-2)
2017
The 12th-place finisher in the high jump at the SEC Championships during both the indoor and outdoor seasons … Cleared 6 feet, 8 1/4 inches to tie for 12th place in his conference debut at the SEC Indoor Championships … Later cleared the bar at 6-8 3/4 for 12th place in the high jump at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Won his first career high jump title with an indoor personal best of 6-9 3/4 in his collegiate debut at the Auburn Indoor Invitational … Jumped 6-9 at both the LSU Twilight for second place and Razorback Invitational for a tie for seventh place during the indoor season … Tied for ninth place at the Beach Invitational while setting an outdoor seasonal best of 6-10 3/4 … Placed third at LSU’s Battle on the Bayou with a leap of 6-7 1/2 … Tied for sixth place at the inaugural SEC Relays with a clearance of 6-9 … Also jumped 6-7 to tie for 10th place at the LSU Alumni Gold and 6-6 3/4 to tie for 11th place at the Mt. SAC Relays during the outdoor season.
PRIOR TO LSU
One of the leading high jumpers in the United States at the high school level during the 2015 season … Soared to a lifetime personal best of 7-2 to defend his Region 4-3A crown and establish himself as one of the top high jumpers in the country … Ended the 2015 outdoor season as the No. 2-ranked high jumper nationally at the high school level with his personal best of 7-2 … Followed his win at the regional meet by sweeping 3A South State and Class 3A state championships in the high jump to highlight his junior season in 2015 … Cleared 6-10 to defend his 3A South State title before defending his Mississippi Class 3A state championship with a clearance of 7-0 at the state meet … A four-time Mississippi state champion in the high jump during his prep career at Tylertown High School … Also won the Class 4A state title as a freshman in 2013 with a jump of 6-8 and the Class 3A state title as both a sophomore in 2014 with a mark of 6-10 and as a senior in 2016 with a mark of 6-8 … Also a three-time regional champion and three-time South State champion in the high jump during his prep career … Cleared a seasonal-best mark of 6-11 ¾ during the 2014 outdoor season to rank No. 21 nationally among all classifications in the event as a sophomore … Also ranked No. 2 nationally among the Class of 2016 during his sophomore season in 2014 … Winner of the high jump at the prestigious 2014 Sugar Bowl Track & Field Classic at Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans with his winning jump of 6-6 … First appeared at the Mississippi Class 4A state meet as an eighth grader in 2012, finishing fourth overall … Also swept high jump bronze medals at the Region 4-4A and 4A South State meets as the third-place finisher as an eighth grader in 2012.
PERSONAL
Full name is Milton Jermaine Harrell, Jr. … Born on Jan. 22, 1998 … Parents are Milton Harrell, Sr. and the late Debra Harrell … Has four siblings: Tomekia, Jasmine, Terry and Demario … Currently undecided on what major he will pursue at LSU.