University of Massachusets Athletics
2017 Men's Track & Field Roster
Kris Horn
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Pembroke, Mass.
- High School:
- Pembroke HS
- Prev School:
- University of Connecticut
As a Redshirt Senior in 2016-2017: Outdoor: Won gold in the decathlon at Atlantic 10 Championships (5/7) by scoring a meet, facility and program record 7,295 points and earned bronze in long jump at 23 feet, 3.25 inches… Came in first in long jump with a leap of 23 feet, 11 inches that earned him the third-best jump in program history at the UMass Pre-Conference Meet (4/29) and qualified for IC4As… Placed 12th in the high jump at the Larry Ellis Invitational (4/22) with a 6-foot, 4.25-inch leap… Won first place in the SCSU Decathlon (4/14) with 6,810 points… Finished second in long jump with a 22-foot, 7-inch leap, third in the 100m dash at 11.44 seconds and came in fourth in discus at an even 129 feet vs. Vermont (4/7).
As a Senior in 2015-2016: Outdoor: Won first place in the decathlon at Atlantic 10 Championships (5/8) with 7061 points… Came in fifth in the pole vault (14 feet, 5.5 inches) at the UNH Pre-Conference Meet (4/30)… Placed second in the discus with a throw of 135 feet, 2 inches and third in the javelin with a 179 foot, 9 inch toss at the Minuteman Invitational (4/16) ... Placed fourth in the javelin at the Leap Year Tri-Meet (4/9) with a throw of 156 feet, 2 inches. Indoor: Competed in three events at New England’s (2/27) and placed ninth in the high jump (6 feet, 4.25 inches)… Selected as the Most Outstanding Field Performer at the A-10 Championships (2/21) by winning the heptathlon with a school-record breaking 5318 points, and a sixth place finish in the high jump at 6 feet, 6.25 inches ... Finished fourth in the 60m hurdles and sixth in the 400m at the Giegengack Invitational (2/6) with times of 8.90 seconds and 51.22 seconds respectively ... Placed seventh in the high jump at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/29) at 6 feet, 4.75 inches .... Placed second at the URI Heptathlon (1/15) with 4922 points, setting a new UMass record, and also qualified for IC4A in the high jump at 6 feet, 8.25 inches ... Placed eighth in the long jump at 20 feet 9 inches at the Yale Invite (1/9)
As a Junior in 2014-2015: Outdoor: Runner-up in the decathlon at the IC4A Outdoor Championships with a score of 6,681-points (5/15) ... In the decathlon, took first in discus (129-2), first in high jump (6-7.5), fourth in long jump (21-8.75) and fifth in the 100-meter dash (11.49)(5/15) ... At NEICAAA Outdoor Championships, competed in high jump clearing 6-feet, 6.25-inhces (5/7) ... Also competed in long jump with a jump of 20-feet, 11.75-inches (5/7) ... Competed in four events at the Atlantic 10 Championships taking fourth in high jump (6-6.25) and ninth in long jump (22-0.75) (5/2) ... Competed in shot put a the Holy Cross Meet placing third with a throw of 44-feet, 11.75-inches (4/18) ... Won the Holy Cross Multi-Event Meet in the decathlon with 6,623-points (4/15) ... Threw a personal best in the javelin (158-8) to take second, won discus with 130-feet, 10-inches, and jumped 22-feet, 6.5-inches to win long jump (4/15) ... Took sixth in shot put at the UMass Invitational (44-11)(4/11) ... At the Yellow Jacket invitational, saw action in the 400-meter relay placing seventh with a time of 44.94-seconds (4/4). Indoor: Competed in men's shot put finishing ninth at the Atlantic 10 Championships with a distance of 43-feet, 11.25-inches (2/21) ... Also competed in weight throw placing tenth with mark of 43-feet, 05-inches (2/21) ... Competed in shot put at the Coaches Invitational with a throw of 40-feet, 3.25-inches (2/7) ... Competed in shot put at the Joe Donahue Games throwing 38-feet, 10.5-inches (1/23) ... At the Yale Invitational, placed third in the 200-meter dash (23.05) and long jump (21-8)(1/10) ... Also competed in shot put, throwing 42-feet, 11-incehs (1/10) ... Took sixth in high jump with a height of 6-feet, 0.5-inches (1/10) ... Ran the 60-meter hurdles (8.84)(1/10).
As a Sophomore in 2013-2014 (Connecticut): Outdoor: Placed second in the 4x400m Relay at the UConn Spring Invite (3:25.66) ... Finished sixth in the decathlon with a total of 6,859 points at the Spec Towns Invitational ... Placed tenth in shot put (12.89m) and eleventh in discus (36.08m) at the UConn Challenge. Indoor: Finished second with 5,266 points in the heptathlon at the American Athletic Conference Championship ... Placed ninth in long jump (6.80m) at Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup
As a Freshman in 2012-2013 (Connecticut): Outdoor: Did Not Compete. Indoor: Placed fifth in the heptathlon (5,199 points) at the IC4A Championships ... Took fifth with 4,965 points in the heptathlon at the Big East Championships ... Finished eighth in high jump (1.99m) at the New England Championships ... Also competed in long jump (6.42m) at the New England Championships.
Before UMass: A 2012 graduate of Pembroke High School ... Coached under James Roovey ... Was an All-American in the pentathlon, decathlon and distance medley relay ... In 2012 was Decathlon National Champion ... He was indoor and outdoor captain his senior year.
Personal: Kristopher Kenneth Horn ... Born in Weymouth, Mass. ... Son of Ken Horn and Kathy Delong ... Brother to Kyle and Kory ... Majoring in Mechanical Engineering.
