AS A FRESHMAN: Competed in six indoor and outdoor track and field events on the year ... finished third and set a personal-best throw in the javelin (42.85m) at the EIU Big Blue Classic & Multi's meet ... personal bests as a freshman: 60m (7.48), 100m (11.60), 400m (52.66), 500m (1:10.66), 110 hurdles (20.38), and 4x400m relay (3:31.90) running events ... racked up season best in pole vault (3.40m), long jump (6.63m), shot put (10.04m), discus and javelin (42.85m) ... finished 11th in the decathlon at the EIU Big Blue Classic & Multi's gathering together 5,343 points.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Carson James Barnes graduated from Baldwin High School in the spring of 2011 ... lettered four times each in cross country and track and field and once in basketball ... helped 4x400m relay team to state title as a freshman ... finished third at state in the 300m dash in a personal best 40.42 ... also finished third in the long jump with a leap of 21-11.75 and third in the 4x400m relay ... placed seventh at nationals in the intermediate division of the decathlon as a sophomore ... earned all-state honors as a freshman and senior ... earned conference, sectional, regional and state championships throughout career ... helped team finish second, third and fourth at state as a freshman, sophomore and junior, respectively ... team won state as a senior ... also participated in FCA, 4-H and the engineering team ... was the President of his high school senior class ... earned the Principles Leadership award ... helped RWDC Engineering team win national championship as a junior and finish third as a senior ... born to Mark and Sandy Barnes in Olathe, Kan. ... has an older sister, Lauren, and a younger sister, Kaitlyn ... sister, Lauren, also attends Notre Dame ... mother, Sandy, played college volleyball ... enrolled in the College of Engineering and is majoring in mechanical engineering.
