2012-13 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Ramon Nelson
- Position:
- Throws
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Linstead, St. Catherine, Jamaica
- High School:
- St. Jago HS
2013 -- Indoor: Outdoor: Recorded the third best mark in the Hammer Throw in school history with a toss of 54.61 meters at The Summit League Championship to place sixth… named to the Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence and to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll as a Distinguished Scholar… recorded three top-five finishes and five top-10 finishes in the shot put, three top-10’s in the discus and five top-fives and eight top-10’s, including placing second at the Missouri Relays with a toss of 48.63 meters.
2012 -- Indoor: Recorded a personal best mark of 58-10.25 (17.94m) in the weight throws event to place first at the UCM Classic (2/17) for the second best performance in team history... Finished first in the weight throws event at the Varsity Apartments Invitational (58-01.25 - 17.68m), Bill Easton Classic (56-01.75 - 17.11m), and Bob Timmons Challenge (55-11.75 - 17.06m)... His performance at the Varsity Apartments Invitational was the fifth best in UMKC history... Took home the silver medal in the weight throws at The Summit League Championships (2/24) with a mark of 58-00.25 (17.68m)... Placed second (57-08.25 - 17.58m) in the weight throws event at the KSU Invitational (1/14)... Finished second in the weight throws event (Flight 1) with a mark of 57-02.00 (17.42m) at the Jayhawk Classic (1/27)... Took fourth (55-10.25 - 17.02m) in the weight throws event at the Holiday Preview (12/9)... Placed third at the Wildcat Invitational (1/21) with a mark of 55-07.75 (16.96m) in the weight throws event... Recorded the second best performance (52-01.75 - 15.89m) in the shot put event in UMKC history to place fourth at the UCM Classic (2/17) and third at the Varsity Apartments Invitational (2/4)... Recorded the fourth best performance in a shot put event in UMKC history with a mark of 51-11.00 (15.82m) to place sixth (Flight 1) at The Summit League Championships (2/25)... Placed third (Flight 2) in the shot put with a mark of 51-03.00 (15.62m) at the Bill Easton Classic (1/7)... Took second (50-04.50 - 15.35m) at the Wildcat Invitational (1/21) and third (50-05.25 - 15.37m) in the KSU Invitational (1/14) in the shot put... Placed third (Flight 2) in the shot put at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) with a mark of 49-04.50 (15.05m)... Took fourth (48-01.25 - 14.66m) at the Holiday Preview (12/9) in the shot put. Outdoor: Recorded the second (53-01.75) and fifth furthest throws (50-11.0) in the shot put in UMKC history at The Summit League Championships (5/11) and the Wendy's/PSU Open (3/31)... ranked No. 191 in the NCAA in the Shot Put with a UMKC personal best mark of 16.20m at The Summit League Championships (5/10), No. 229 in the Hammer with a UMKC personal best mark of 53.22 at the ESU Relays (4/7) and No. 419 in the Discus with a mark of 44.77m at the ESU Relays (4/7)... placed fourth at the Tulsa Duels (3/17), eighth at the Missouri Relays (3/23), fourth at the Wendy's/PSU Open (3/31) and fifth at The Summit League Championships (5/11) in the Shot Put and ninth at the Tulsa Duels (3/17) in the Discus... finished sixth at the Tulsa Duels (3/17) and the State Farm/ESU Relays (4/7), third at the Wendy's/PSU Open (3/31), the Track-It Buster Invitational (4/28) and the ESU Midweek Open (4/25), seventh at the K.T. Woodman Classic (4/14) and the Mule Relays (4/20) and ninth at The Summit League Championships (5/10) in the Hammer Throw... Named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic All-League Team and to the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
2011 -- Indoor: Four top-five finishes in the weight throw competitions... recorded the fourth best performance in UMKC indoor track and field history in the weight throw competition with a mark of 57-2.25 (17.43)... six top-three finishes in the shot put events... recorded the best performance in UMKC indoor track and field history in the weight throw event with a mark of 55-00.00 (16.46)... Outdoor: Placed in the top-five in each shot put event... recorded the second best performance in UMKC outdoor track and field in the shot put event with a mark of 52-00.00 (15.85)... had four top-five finishes in the discus events... recorded the second best performance in UMKC outdoor track and field history in the discus event with a mark of 160-11 (49.04).. finished in the top five once in the hammer events.
2010 -- Indoor... ranks fifth all-time in UMKC school history in the shot put... led the Kangaroos in the shot put and weight throw... recorded 13 top-10 finishes in the throws... threw a personal best 50-00 (15.24m) at the ISU Classic (2/13)... finished third at the KSU Invitational (1/16) in the shot put with a mark of 47-08.50 (14.54m)... posted a mark of 49-11.75 (15.23m) at the ISU Open (1/22) for a personal record in the weight throw... was the runner-up in the weight throw at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/5) at 49-01 (14.96m)... placed third in the weight throw at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8)... Outdoor... scored 11 points in three events for the men's team at The Summit League Championships... competed in eight meets... earned a bronze medal in the shot put at The League Championship (5/14) with a personal best throw of 50-07.50 (15.43m)... took first at the Baker Last Chance meet (5/7) in the discus throw with the personal best mark of 161-05.00 (49.20m)... finished fifth in the discus throw at The Summit League Championship (5/15) with a throw of 150-04.00 (45.82m)... threw a personal best 171-00.00 (52.13m) at The League Championship (5/13) in the hammer throw for a sixth place finish... was also the champion in the Baker Last Chance meet (5/7) in the hammer throw... recorded 18 top-ten finishes in three events... a UMKC Scholar-Athlete.
High School -- Was a Penn Relays qualifier in 2009 in the discus... placed fourth in the shot put at the Caritta Trials... threw a personal best 53-0.25 in the shot put and 162-5 in the discus... coached by Donald Hawthorne and Michael Sanderson.
Personal -- Born on Aug. 2, 1990, in Kingston, Jamaica... son of Hamlin and Thelma Nelson... has three siblings, Gail, Carlyle and Hamlin Jr... majoring in environmental science.
CAREER-BEST MARKS
INDOOR
Shot put: 54-00.00 (16.46m) at KSU Invitational, 1/15/11 (UMKC School Record)
Weight throw: 58-10.25 (17.94m) at UCM Classic, 2/17/12
Shot put: 53-01.75 (16.20m) at Summit League Championships, 5/11/12
Discus: 161-05 (49.20m) at Baker Last Chance, 5/7/10
Hammer: 54.61m at 2013 Summit League Championships, 5/9/13
