The two-day Victor Cruz Invitational in Houston, Texas
AS A FRESHMAN: Competed in 13 meets during the indoor/outdoor track and field season ... was a top finisher in the long jump at Polytan Invitational with a 7.28m score ... recorded his best long jump of the year at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships (7.33m), earning him four points and a fifth place finish ... ran a season high in the 60m (7.07) at the GVSU Bob Eubanks Open ... ran his best 200m at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational with a 22.33 mark ... competed at the USA Junior Track and Field Championships in June, finishing ninth in the long jump (7.17m) ... earned a monogram.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Keith Paulin Mesidor graduated from Xavier High School in the spring of 2011 ... lettered four times in track and field, specializing in jumps ... enjoyed conference and sectional championships as a senior in indoor and outdoor track and field ... nationally ranked as a senior ... also earned all-city and all-state honors ... named team MVP all four years, and was a team captain as a junior and senior ... has career bests of 22-11.75 in the long jump, 40-9.25 in the triple jump, 21.7 split in the 4x200-meter relay and 10.95 in the 100- meter dash ... was a member of the African American Culture Club, where he was President ... volunteered at the Strong Place Day Care Center and at The Caring Community ... wrote for the newspaper Lexicon ... born to Ketelie and Polynice Mesidor in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti ... has a sister, Jenny ... enrolled in the College of Science and ismajoring in science preprofessional studies.