2016-17 Men's Track & Field Roster

Pearson Feagans

  • Class Sophomore
  • Position Sprints/Jumps
  • Hometown Dallas, Texas
  • Highschool Highland Park

Biography

On Feagans: Ranks 10th in school history in the long jump with a mark of 7.18 meters ... Competed for the Wildcats for two years during the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons ... Earned All-BIG EAST honors in the long jump for the 2016 outdoor season.

2017 Outdoor: Did not compete at any meets.

2016-17 Indoor: Competed twice in the long jump during the season ... Finished fourth at the Jack Pyrah Invitational with a mark of 6.58 meters ... Tallied a mark of 6.09 meters at the Gotham Cup.

2016 Outdoor: Earned All-BIG EAST honors in the long jump and also scored as part of the Wildcats lineup in the 4x100 meter relay at the BIG EAST Championships ... Recorded a season-best mark of 7.11 meters and finished in third place at the conference meet ... Led off the 4x100 relay and helped Villanova finish in fifth place with a time of 43.22 ... Surpassed seven meters in the long jump at four of the five meets he competed in during the season ... Had a mark of 7.09 meters to finish fourth in the college section at the Penn Relays ... Came in fourth at the Princeton Outdoor Invite (7.07m) and was sixth at the Larry Ellis Invitational (7.05m) ... Also tallied a fourth place finish in the championship section at the Colonial Relays (6.95m) ... Led off the 4x100 meter relay at both the Penn Challenge and the Hurricane Alumni Invitational ... Villanova was the runner-up in the relay at the Penn meet with a time of 41.62 and finished seventh at the Hurricane Alumni meet with a time of 41.96.

2015-16 Indoor: Scored at the BIG EAST Championships in the long jump with a fourth place finish and also came in 10th in the triple jump at the conference meet ... Registered an attempt of 7.00 meters in the long jump and a mark of 12.76 meters in the triple jump ... Earned a name for himself at the Villanova Invitational, where he competed in both the long jump and the triple jump ... His mark of 7.18 meters in the long jump put him onto the all-time Villanova performance list in the event, ranking him seventh in school history indoors and 10th overall ... Finished in first place at the meet in the long jump in addition to coming in eighth in the triple jump with a season best mark of 12.95 meters ... Tallied a jump of at least seven meters in three of his six competitions in the long jump ... Came in first at the Villanova Open (7.04m) ... Also was seventh at the Great Dane Classic (6.84m), 14th at the Penn State National (6.82m) and 10th at the FastTrack National Invite (6.71m) ... Made his collegiate debut at the Jack Pyrah Invitational, finishing seventh in the 60 meters with a time of 7.20.

Highland Park High School:
Three-time area and regional medalist in the long jump, triple jump, 4x100 meter relay and 4x200 meter relay ... Three-time individual district champion, winning the long jump as a sophomore and the triple jump as both a junior and a senior ... Qualified to compete at the Texas Relays in the long jump, triple jump and 4x100 meter relay ... Bronze medalist in the long jump at the Texas Relays as a senior ... Won a total of 19 individual event medals during his career ... Team captain as a senior and was the recipient of his school's Flying Scot Award ... As a senior finished third in the long jump at the Region II 6a championships, while also being a finalist in the 200 meters, triple jump and 4x200 meter relay ... Triple jump champion, runner-up in the 200 meters and finished third in both the long jump and the 4x200 relay at the Area 9/10 meet ... District 10 6a triple jump champion, runner-up in the long jump and finished third in the 200 meters and the 4x200 relay ... As a junior was named his school's Track & Field Athlete of the Year ... Chosen as his team's MVP as a sophomore ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Named a Cornerstone Scholar Athlete ... Recipient of the Rhode Island School of Design Art Award.

Personal: Born 6/20/97 in Dallas, Texas ... One of three sons of Tim and Sally Feagans ... Has two brothers, Hunter and Cooper ... Father played college football at VMI from 1986-89 and was a safety ... Hobbies include playing golf, skiing and working out ... Chose to attend Villanova for the reputation of the track & field program as well as the school's strong academic profile ... Also noted the great location and an inviting campus.

PERSONAL BESTS

60 Meters          7.20               2015 Jack Pyrah Invitational
200 Meters 21.90 High School
Long Jump 7.18 Meters 2016 Villanova Invitational
Triple Jump 13.93 Meters High School

CAREER AWARDS (Outdoor Track)

All-BIG EAST                          2016 (Long Jump)

CAREER AWARDS (Academics)

BIG EAST All-Academic Team            2015-16

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Sprints/Jumps
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Sprints/Jumps