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Jorel Bellafonte Season 2016-17

PositionMiddle Distance
ClassJunior
HometownKingston, Jamaica
High SchoolCalabar HS

Career Honors• USTFCCCA First-Team All-American, Outdoor 4×400 (2016)• NCAA Qualifier, Outdoor 4×400 (2015,16)• ACC Champion, Indoor 4×400 (2015)

2016 Highlights• Earned All-America recognition with the Tigers’ 4×400 relay, helping the unit to a fifth-place effort at the NCAA Championships• Member of team’s top performing time of the season (3:03.86) at the East Preliminary Round, the third-best time on record at Clemson in the event• Competed for the first time in the 400 hurdles, finishing fifth at the ACC Championships with a time of 52.20

2015 Highlights• Mainstay with the Tigers’ 4×400 relay, helping the indoor unit to a gold medal at the ACC Championships• Improved from the indoor to the outdoor season in both the 400 and 800• Was the Tigers’ top finisher at the ACC Outdoor Championships in the 800 with a time of 1:51.72

Calabar High School Highlights• Four-time national 800-meter champion• Two-time national 1500-meter champion• 2011 Carifta Games silver medalist in the U17 division (1500)• National junior record-holder in the 800 and 1500

Personal• Born 3/2/95• Majoring in pre-business• Originally from the Cayman Islands

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Sophomore
2015

Middle Distance
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Junior
2014

Middle Distance