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2024-25 Men's Track and Field Roster

Atlantic 10

DaRon Elam

  • Position Hurdles/Jumps
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Los Angeles, Calif.
  • Highschool Loyola

Biography

ElamVertical252024-25: Indoor: Scored sixth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.49) at the Atlantic 10 Championship, while tying for ninth in the high jump (6' 5") (2/28-3/1)... Metropolitan champion in the high jump (6' 4 1/2"), while scoring seventh in the 60-meter hurdles (8.60) (1/31)... Was ninth in the high jump (6' 4") at the IC4A Championship (3/7-9)... Tied for 21st in the high jump (6' 3 1/4") at the Riverhawk Invitational (1/24)... Took sixth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.92) at the Ramapo Season Opener (1/17)... Outdoor: Scored third in the high jump (6' 2 3/4") and fifth in the 110-meter hurdles (15.23) at the Metropolitan Championship (4/4)... Was second in the high jump (6' 4 3/4") and fifth in the 110-meter hurdles (15.47) at the Rider 5-Way Invitational (3/29)... Tied for fourth in the high jump (6' 4 3/4") and seventh in the 110-meter hurdles (16.10) at the Fred Hardy Invitational (3/21)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2023-24: Indoor: Finished fourth in the high jump, clearing 6' 1 1/2" at the Ramapo Season Opener (1/19)... Placed fifth in the high jump (6' 3 1/2") and 15th in the 60-meter hurdles (9.37) at the Lions Indoor Invitational (1/12)... Outdoor: Tied for fifth in the high jump (6' 4 3/4") at the Atlantic 10 Championship (5/5)... Scored third in the high jump (6' 2 3/4") at the Metropolitan Championship (4/6)... Won the high jump event at the Mark Young Invitational, clearing 6' 1 1/4" (4/20)... Took seventh in the high jump at the Larry Ellis Invitational (6' 4 3/4") (4/13)... Placed fifth in the high jump (6' 2 3/4") at the Sam Howell Invitational (3/30)... Was second in the high jump (6' 2 3/4") at the Rider 5-Way Invitational (3/22).

Before Fordham: Member of the varsity track and football teams at Loyola High School in Los Angeles... Team captain for track... All-State selection... Three-time All-Mission League performer... Ran club for the Los Angeles Cubs, where he was a Nike Nationals runner up... Member of the National Honor Society... African American National Scholar.

Major: Business Administration.
 
CAREER BEST TIMES/MARKS
Indoor 60mH: 8.49 (2025)
Indoor high jump: 6' 5" (2025)
Outdoor 110mH: 15.23 (2025)
Outdoor high jump: 6' 4 3/4" (2024)

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    Hurdles/Jumps
    6'1"
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Hurdles/Jumps
    6'1"