Career Awards at SLU:
2025 Southland Conference Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll
2024 Southland Conference Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll
2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor National Championship East First Round Qualifier (Triple Jump)
2024 Southland Conference Indoor Triple Jump Champion
2024 All-Southland Conference First Team (Indoor, Triple Jump)
2023 Southland Conference Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll
Senior Season (2025):
Competed in five meets during the season, taking part in the triple jump... Longest triple jump of the season was 15.09 meters (49'6.25") at the SLC Outdoor Championships which made him a point scorer for the Lions in the team competition as he finished fourth in the competition... Named to the Southland Conference Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll.
Junior Season (2024):
Qualified for the NCAA Division I Outdoor National Championship East First Round in the triple jump, but was forced to decline his spot in the competition due to injury... Won the gold medal & earned All-Southland Conference First Team for triple jump at the SLC Indoor Championships, winning the SLC Championship with a leap of 15.18 meters (49'9.75")... Made his Southeastern debut at the Samford Indoor Open, competing in the triple jump... Ran his only 60-meter sprint of the season at the LSU Twilight, crossing the line in 7.66 seconds... Had his best triple jump of the season at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, clearing 15.45 meters (50'8.25")... Named to the Southland Conference Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll.
Prior to Southeastern:
Transferred to Southeastern from Penn State University... Qualified for the 2022 NCAA Division I Outdoor National Championship East Preliminaries in the triple jump... Won the bronze medal at the Big 10 Outdoor Championships in the triple jump in 2022 with a wind-aided jump 15.80 meters (51'10")... Career best, non-wind-aided jump during his time with the Nittany Lions came at the 2022 Penn Relays with a jump of 15.78 meters (51'9.25")...Best long jump with Penn State came at the 2020 Nittany Lion Challenge, clearing 6.88 meters (22'7")... Fastest run in the 60-meter sprint at PSU came at the 2020 Sykes & Sabock Challenge, stopping the clock in 7.22 seconds...Prepped at State College Area High School in State College, Penn.... Was on the track & field, football, & basketball teams for the Lions... Won the Pennsylvania Outdoor Triple Jump State Championship in 2019... Was runner-up in the triple jump at the New Balance National Meet... Was the district's field MVP in 2018... Named All-State in 2018 & 2019... Earned All-American honor in 2019 in long jump.
Personal:
Born September 1, 2001 in Neptune, N.J.... Son of Harry Hamilton & Donna Mancino... Brothet is fellow SLU track & field teammate Stan Hamilton ... Father, Harry, played football at Penn State, where he won a national championship, & had a seven-year NFL career with the New York Jets & Tampa Bay Buccaneers... Biggest sports thrill is making a personal record jump... Is working on his MBA at SLU after graduating with a degree in psychology at Penn State.
HAMILTON'S PERSONAL BESTS (AT SLU) |
DISCIPLINE |
DISTANCE |
EVENT |
DATE |
Triple Jump |
15.45m (50'8.25") |
Clyde Lifflefield Texas Relays |
March 28, 2024 |
DISCIPLINE |
TIME |
EVENT |
DATE |
60-Meter Sprint |
0:07.66 |
LSU Twilight |
February 16, 2024 |
Hamilton's Career Results