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Tawon Cannon
Tawon Cannon
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    140
  • Year:
    Fr.
  • Hometown:
    Columbus, Ohio
  • High School:
    Mifflin
  • Events:
    Sprints/Hurdles

Bio

Personal Bests: 60H: 9.23 400: 54.21 400H: 57.10 800: 2:48.34 LJ: 5.96m

TFRRS Profile (Top performances and meet-by-meet results)

Freshman (2020-21): Competed in eight meets (three indoor and five outdoor) ... Placed first in the 400-meter hurdles at the HCAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 57.10 ... Member of a 4x100 relay team that placed second at the HCAC Outdoor Championships ... Finished sixth in the 60-meter hurdles (9.23) and 400-meters (54.21) at the HCAC Indoor Championships ... Won the 60-meter hurdles at the John Hartpence Classic on Feb. 12 ... Record top 10 times in program history for the 60 and 400-meter hurdles.

Prep: Lettered in football, wrestling, and track at Mifflin ... regional qualifier for track in 2019 ... Earned Coach's Award for Track while at Mifflin ... School record holder in the 300m hurdles ... District qualifier for wrestling.

News Mentions

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Marshall leads men’s track & field to 6th-place finish at HCAC Outdoor Championship

After a slow start on day one of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship on Friday, the Defiance College...

May 1, 2021

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Marshall leads track and field at Blue & Gold Twilight

The Defiance College men's track & field team placed fourth out of five teams thanks in large part to sprinter Robert Marshall who placed...

April 9, 2021

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Track & Field competes at Kentucky Wesleyan Twilight Invitational

The Defiance College track & field teams traveled to Owensboro, Ky. on Friday to compete in the Kentucky Wesleyan Twilight Invitational....

April 2, 2021

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Men picked fifth, women ninth in HCAC outdoor track poll

The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference announced the results of its preseason coaches poll for the 2021 outdoor track and field season on...

March 31, 2021

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Defiance College 2021 outdoor track season preview

On Saturday the Defiance College men’s and women’s track and field program will begin the 2020-21 outdoor season at the Cedarville...

March 26, 2021

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Melvin wins 60m, Men's Track finishes third at HCAC Championship

Despite being picked last in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference preseason coaches polls, the Defiance College men's track and field team...

February 21, 2021

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Janvier leads Yellow Jackets at John Hartpence Invitational

DEFIANCE, Ohio - Three first-place finishes from Ja'qway Janvier set the tone for an impressive outing by the Defiance College track and field...

February 12, 2021

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