Darius Carbin

Height:
6-6
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
San Jose, Calif.
High School:
Mount Pleasant

2018, 2017 NCAA First Team Indoor All-American (High Jump)
2020 NCAA All-American (High Jump)
2017 SEC Indoor Champion (High Jump)
2019 NCAA First Team Outdoor All-American (High Jump)
2022 SEC Outdoor Champion (High Jump)

2022: Outdoor – Set a school and facility record with a high jump clearance of 2.30/7-6.50 to win the Torrin Lawrence Memorial…Collected his first SEC outdoor crown and first league title since 2017 after clearing 2.24/7-4.25 at the SEC Championships…Qualified for Nationals after finishing ninth at the NCAA East Prelims with a mark of 2.15/7-0.50...…Earned a career-best silver medal in the high jump with a top mark of 2.24/7-4.25 in his final collegiate meet at the NCAA Championships.

Indoor - Did not compete for the Bulldogs.

2021: Outdoor – Attempted to compete at the Spec Towns Invitational but injured himself...Sat out the rest of the season.

Indoor - Spec Towns Men's Track Scholarship recipient...Did not compete for the Bulldogs.

2020: Indoor – Opened with a season-best high jump mark of 7 feet, 4 ½ inches to win the Orange & Purple Elite meet…Cleared 7-3.75 to win the Bob Pollock Invitational…Reached 7-3.25 for runner-up honors in the high jump at the Razorback Invitational…Finished second in the Invitational portion of the Tyson Invitational with a clearance of 7-3…Sat out the SEC Championships with a minor injury.

2019: Outdoor - Finished with First Team All-America honors in the high jump after clearing 7 feet, 3 inches for seventh at the NCAA Championships…Qualified for Nationals with a 7-2.25 clearance at the NCAA East Prelims…Hit the same height of 7-2.25 for fifth at the Mt. SAC Relays…Was ninth at the SEC Championships (6-11.50).

Indoor - Reached his third consecutive NCAA Indoor Championships, earning second team All-American status with a 12th place finish in the high jump finals (7’0.5”)...Finished in scoring position at the SEC Indoor Championships, clearing 7 feet, one inch for a seventh place showing...Moved to No. 3 in the school record books when he notched a personal-record leap of 7 feet, 5 inches at the Tyson Invitational for third place...Opened the season with a second place finish at the UAB Blazer Invitational, starting the year with a a 7’0.5” clearing...Steadily improved to 7’1.75” for third place at the Clemson Invitational and 7’3.25” for second place at the Husker Invitational.

2018: Outdoor - Opened his sophomore campaign with his best outdoor high jump to date, soaring towards a 7’3” leap towards a second-place finish at the Spec Towns Invitational, giving him the No. 9 mark in NCAA East qualifying...Recorded another second-place finish in the high jump (7’2.25”) at the Mt. SAC Relays...Registered a ninth-place finish at the SEC Outdoor Championships (7’1”)...Did not record a mark at the NCAA East Prelims.

Indoor - Earned First Team All-American honors with a seventh-place finish in the high jump (7 feet, 2 ½ inches) at the NCAA Indoor Championships, joining teammate Keenon Laine as two of only five Bulldogs in program history to earn First Team All-American honors in consecutive indoors seasons...Earned the No. 6 NCAA qualifying mark in the high jump (7-4.25)...Became No. 3 in school history with a leap of 7-4.25 at the SEC Indoor Championships, taking home second place in the event as well as Second Team All-SEC honors...Took home a high jump victory in his 2018 indoors debut at the Clemson Invite with a 7-3 leap, his first jump after missing all of the postseason in 2017...Also earned third at the Tiger Paw Invite and Razorback Invite.

2017: Outdoor – Earned runner-up honors in the high jump at the Spec Towns Invite with 7 feet, 1 inch clearance.

Indoor – Finished third at his first collegiate meet, the Orange & Purple Classic, thanks to a 7 feet, 2 ½ inches clearance in the high jump…Won the Texas A&M Quad meet, reaching 7-1.50…Took top honors at the Razorback Invite with a clearance of 7-3.25…Won the high jump at the SEC Championships after soaring over the bar at 7-1.75…Hit a mark of 7-2.50 at the NCAA Championships to earn a First Team All-America certificate by tying for seventh.

High School: Named to Track & Field News High School All-America Team as the top-ranked high jumper...Registered a personal-best effort of 7 feet, 4 ½ inches for runner-up honors in the high jump at the 2016 World Youth Championships...This performance broke a 31-year-old CSS record, tied the state high school record and was the eighth-best mark in U.S. high school history...Improved his mark of 7-3.25 to win the 2016 World Youth Trials...Reached 7-1.75 to win the 2016 New Balance Indoor Nationals...Was crowned state champion after clearing 7 feet at the California State Championships...Won the 2016 Simplot meet after reaching 7 feet in the high jump...Was second at the 2016 Arcadia Invitational...Was named Mount Pleasant’s MVP, Outstanding Male Senior Athlete of the Year, Cardinal Senior Scholar Athlete and was inducted into the Santa Clara County Youth Hall of Fame...Swept the high jump (6-3) and triple jump (46-4.50) at the 2016 CSS Trials before winning both events with marks of 6-7 and 48-1.75 at the Finals...Opened his senior season by finishing fourth at a 2016 University of Washington meet with a high jump performance of 6-11...Won the 2016 New Balance Boise Indoor Invitational after traveling 45-1...Went over the bar at a then personal-best height of 7-0.25 to win the 2015 Pacific Association Junior Olympic Championships...Improved his height to 7-1 for third-place honors at the 2015 World Youth Championships and was named his high school’s MVP in the field events and Junior Athlete of the Year...Finished first at the 2015 World Youth Trials with a mark of 6-11...Cleared 6-11 to win the K-Bell Classic in San Jose, Calif., which broke the meet record and the 37-year old high school record...Soared 6-9 to win the 2015 Cal-Berkeley All-Comers meet and the Simplot meet in Idaho...Earned runner-up honors in the high jump (6-9) at the 2015 California State Championships...Finished first at the 2015 CCS Trials in the triple jump with a mark of 45-7 and was second in the high jump (6-9) at the 2015 CSS Finals...Also won the long jump (21-11.75) and triple jump (47-4) at the Finals...Ran a 14.78 to win the high hurdles at the 2015 BVAL Finals...Named high school’s Outstanding Freshman Athlete Finalist...Earned Cum Laude Award for his academic excellence through all four years at Mount Pleasant...Named Mercury News Boys’ Track & Field Athlete of the Year...Was awarded the “Reach Higher: Achieving Beyond Expectations” as a student-athlete by the Santa Clara County Alliance of Black Educators.