2024-2025 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Houston, Nahshon

Nahshon Houston
- Position:
- Long Jump/Sprints
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Kansas City, Kan.
- High School:
- Sumner Academy
Bio
2024-25 (Senior): Earned a bid to the Summit League All-League team in both the indoor and outdoor season ... Won the men's long jump gold medal at the Summit League Indoor Championships sporting a conference-best jump of 7.39 meters ... Took home the men's long jump gold medal at the Summit League Outdoor Championships with a career-best leap of 7.67 meters ... Set multiple career-best marks at the KT Woodman Classic, including a 10.65 time in the 100-meter dash and a 14.67 meter triple jump mark ... Ran a career-best 200-meter dash time of 22.12 at the Jayhawk Spring Fling.
2022-23 (Junior): Indoor ... Finished second in the long jump at 7.14m at Bob Timmons Classic ... Placed third in triple jump with season-best 14.27m at Crimson & Gold Invitational ... Finished third in long jump at Graduate Classic with 7.13m jump ... Went for 7.34m long jump at Washburn Rust Buster to finish second ... Jumped 7.26m at Arkansas Qualifier for fifth-place finish ... Finished third in long jump (7.20m) and ninth in triple jump (13.59m) at Summit Championships
2021-22 (Navy): Second Team All-Patriot League (Long Jump – Outdoor) … Second Team All-Patriot League (Long Jump – Indoor) … Earned Second Team All-Patriot League honors in the long jump with a distance of 7.33m (24-00.75), while notching a season-best jump in the event of 7.35m (24-01.50) at the Darius Dixon Invitational … Earned points for the team with a sixth-place finish in the triple jump with a season-best distance of 13.78m (45-02.50) … Took second place in the long jump at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship with a distance of 7.15m (23-05.50 / +0.4 – top wind-legal jump of season) … Registered a season-best mark of 7.23m (23-08.75 / +3.3) at the Army-Navy Outdoor Star Meet … Also competed in the triple jump at the conference meet.
2020-21 (Navy): Posted season-best performances in the 60m (7.04) and long jump (7.18m / 23-06.75) at the Patriot League Indoor Challenge … Clocked a season-best time of 10.88 (+2.0) in the 100m at the Navy Invitational III … Registered a season-best distance of 7.21m (23-08.00 / +2.9) in the long jump at the Navy Twilight Meet, while recording a season-best wind-legal performance in the long jump of 7.03m (23-00.75 / +1.3) at the Navy Spring Invitational … Took part in the 4x100m relay in a pair of home meets.
High School: Participated in track, football and basketball at Sumner Academy ... Two-time Kansas Long Jump State Champion (2018, 19) ... Holds school record in long jump ... Was a team captain on the football team ... Ran AAU Track, coached by Milton Henry
Personal: Born September 2, 2000 in Austin, Texas ... Son of Eugenia Houston ... Has two siblings, David and Joshua ... Favorite TV show is Mob Psycho 100 ... Would like to live in LA ... Intended major is liberal arts
Why Kansas City?: "It's a good environment and it's close to home."
2022-23 (Junior): Indoor ... Finished second in the long jump at 7.14m at Bob Timmons Classic ... Placed third in triple jump with season-best 14.27m at Crimson & Gold Invitational ... Finished third in long jump at Graduate Classic with 7.13m jump ... Went for 7.34m long jump at Washburn Rust Buster to finish second ... Jumped 7.26m at Arkansas Qualifier for fifth-place finish ... Finished third in long jump (7.20m) and ninth in triple jump (13.59m) at Summit Championships
2021-22 (Navy): Second Team All-Patriot League (Long Jump – Outdoor) … Second Team All-Patriot League (Long Jump – Indoor) … Earned Second Team All-Patriot League honors in the long jump with a distance of 7.33m (24-00.75), while notching a season-best jump in the event of 7.35m (24-01.50) at the Darius Dixon Invitational … Earned points for the team with a sixth-place finish in the triple jump with a season-best distance of 13.78m (45-02.50) … Took second place in the long jump at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship with a distance of 7.15m (23-05.50 / +0.4 – top wind-legal jump of season) … Registered a season-best mark of 7.23m (23-08.75 / +3.3) at the Army-Navy Outdoor Star Meet … Also competed in the triple jump at the conference meet.
2020-21 (Navy): Posted season-best performances in the 60m (7.04) and long jump (7.18m / 23-06.75) at the Patriot League Indoor Challenge … Clocked a season-best time of 10.88 (+2.0) in the 100m at the Navy Invitational III … Registered a season-best distance of 7.21m (23-08.00 / +2.9) in the long jump at the Navy Twilight Meet, while recording a season-best wind-legal performance in the long jump of 7.03m (23-00.75 / +1.3) at the Navy Spring Invitational … Took part in the 4x100m relay in a pair of home meets.
High School: Participated in track, football and basketball at Sumner Academy ... Two-time Kansas Long Jump State Champion (2018, 19) ... Holds school record in long jump ... Was a team captain on the football team ... Ran AAU Track, coached by Milton Henry
Personal: Born September 2, 2000 in Austin, Texas ... Son of Eugenia Houston ... Has two siblings, David and Joshua ... Favorite TV show is Mob Psycho 100 ... Would like to live in LA ... Intended major is liberal arts
Why Kansas City?: "It's a good environment and it's close to home."
T&F Highlights: Summit League Outdoor Championships Day Three
Saturday, May 17
T&F Highlights: Men's 4x400 Full Race
Saturday, May 17
T&F Highlights: Summit League Outdoor Championships Day One
Thursday, May 15
T&F Highlights at Summit League Indoor Championships Day Two
Saturday, March 01