Class of 2025
BRIAN ELLIS
NORTH ROWAN HIGH SCHOOL
The best triple jumper/long jumper, combined, in North Carolina history (still has the No. 2 long jump and No. 3 triple jump all-time – 25-6.5 and 53-2.75)
2-time Track & Field News All-American
1991 U.S. Junior Pan Am Team
1991 N.C. Gatorade Boys’ Athlete of the Year
Led nation in 1991 in the triple jump (53-2.75), at the time was the 2nd-best in N.C. history (it is still No. 3 all-time in N.C. history), and was 3rd in the nation in the long jump (25-6.5)
1991 NC Indoor Championships Meet MVP
5-time state champion (all jumps), setting state meet record 4 of those 5 times
3-time Indoor All-Class State Champion
1991 Long Jump state champion, setting state meet record of 23-9.75
1990, 1991 Triple Jump state champion, setting state meet record of 49-8.25
2-time Outdoor 3A State Champion
1990 & 1991 Triple Jump state champion, setting a state meet record each time with the last, 52-1.5, which still stands today.
2 golds at prestigious Golden West Invitational (California), winning the long jump (25-6.5) and triple jump (50-5), 1991
1 gold (long jump, 24-6), 1 bronze (triple jump, 49-3) at prestigious Keebler International Track & Field Invitational, Elmhurst, Illinois
Gold in triple jump (59-9.5) at TAC International Track & Field Invitational, Spokane, WA
Silver in triple jump (53-2) at Eight Nationals Invitational, Salamanca, Spain
1991 Rowan County Male Athlete of the Year
IN COLLEGE, ARIZONA STATE
2-time NCAA All-American, long jump (1993 indoor) triple jump (1993 indoor)
Gold at U.S. Junior Track & Field Championships, triple jump (53-2.25)
Silver, long jump; bronze, triple jump at 1992 PAC-10 Championships
OTHER
Inducted into the Salisbury-Rowan Hall of Fame, 2012