Kharlin Watkins' TFRRS Profile (Top Performances and Meet Results)
2024 Outdoor (Junior): Finished fourth in high jump (1.93m) at IC4A/ECAC Outdoor Championships (5/10-12), in addition to finishing fifteenth (6.59m) in long jump… Named All-NEC first team for high jump and second team for long jump at the NEC Championship (5/4-5) after taking home gold in high jump (1.92m), silver in long jump (6.96m) and seventh in triple jump (13.60m)… Logged a 1.86m high jump at the Penn Relays (4/25-27)… Posted a college-best 7.14m long jump at the Rider Invitational (4/20) to finish fourth, in addition to a fourth-place triple jump finish (13.76m)… Logged a 1.88m high jump and 13.35m triple jump at the Bison Outdoor Classic (4/12-14)… Won triple jump at the Colonial Relays (4/4-6) with a 13.32m performance… Clocked an 11.66-second finish in the 100m at the Monmouth Season Opener (3/29-30), also finishing ninth in long jump (6.59m)… Opened the season at the UCF Knights Invite (3/22-23), finishing eleventh in high jump (1.96m) and long jump (6.89m).
2023-24 Indoor (Junior): Named All-NEC first team for high jump after earning gold at the NEC Championships (2/18-19), in addition to finishing fifth in long jump (6.75m) and tenth in triple jump (12.91m)… Finished seventh at the FastTrack National Invite (2/9) with a 1.89m jump… Earned fourth place at the NYC Mets Indoor Championships (2/2) with a 6.66m long jump… Took fourth place in high jump (1.95m) and tenth in long jump (6.57m) at Boston University’s John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/26-27)… Finished second in high jump (1.92m) at the Ramapo College Opener (1/19)… Took home second place in long jump (6.77m) and third place in high jump (1.86m) at the Wagner Invitational (1/5)… Landed in seventh at the Wagner College Shootout (12/8) with a 1.95m high jump… Opened the season by finishing tenth in both high jump (1.89m) and long jump (6.91m) at the FastTrack Season Opener (12/1).
2023 Outdoor (Sophomore):
Mar. 26th: Monmouth Invite / Long Branch, NJ
Event: High Jump
Mark: 1.90m
Place: 6th
Event: Long Jump
Mark: 6.46m
Place: 8th
Mar. 31st/Apr. 1st: Colonial Relays / Williamsburg, VA
Event: High Jump
Mark: 1.98m
Place: 5th
Event: Long Jump
Mark: 6.75m
Place: 8th
Apr. 8th: George Mason Invite / Fairfax, VA
Event: High Jump
Mark: 1.93m
Place: 3rd
Event: Long Jump
Mark: 6.70m
Place: 5th
Apr. 15th-16th: Bucknell Invite / Lewisburg, PA
Event: High Jump
Mark: 1.93m
Place: 14th
Event: Long Jump
Mark: 6.45m
Place: 26th
Apr. 27th-30th: Penn Relays / Philadelphia, PA
Event: High Jump
Mark: 1.87m
May 6th-7th: NEC Outdoor Championships / North Andover, MA
Event: High Jump
Mark: 1.92m
Place: 4th
Event: Long Jump
Mark: 7.00m
Place: 6th
2022-23 Indoor (Sophomore):
All-Conference Second Team (High Jump)
Dec. 2nd: Fast Track Season Opener / Staten Island, NY
Event: High Jump
Mark: 1.93m
Place: 1st
Event: Long Jump
Mark: 6.60m
Place: 3rd
Dec. 7th: Seahawk Shootout / Staten Island, NY
Event: High Jump
Mark: 1.90m
Place: 7th
Event: High Jump
Mark: 6.38m
Place: 12th
Jan. 6th: Wagner College Invitational / Staten Island, NY
Event: High Jump
Mark: 1.90m
Place: 8th
Jan. 14th: Penn 10 - Select Meet / Philadelphia, PA
Event: High Jump
Mark: 1.91m
Place: 6th
Event: Long Jump
Mark: 6.68m
Place: 1st
Jan. 20th: Gotham Cup / Staten Island, NY
Event: High Jump
Mark: 1.94m
Place: 6th
Event: Long Jump
Mark: 6.56m
Place: 10th
Jan. 27th-28th: John Thomas Invite / Boston, MA
Event: High Jump
Mark: 2.01m
Place: 5th
Feb. 3rd-4th: METS / Boston, MA
Event: High Jump
Mark: 2.02m
Place: 1st
Feb. 19th-20th: NEC Indoor Championships / Staten Island, NY
Event: High Jump
Mark: 1.95m
Place: 2nd
Mar. 4th-5th: IC4A/ECAC Indoor Championships / Boston, MA
Event: High Jump
Mark: 1.96m
Place: 7th
2021-22 Indoor and Outdoor (Freshman): Recorded a career fastest in the 200m at the METS with a time of 24.23. At the Outdoor Championships, participated in the high jump and long jump, finish twelfth in the high jump clearing 1.87m and twenty-second in the long jump with a mark of 5.83m. At the Indoor Championships, Watkins jumped in the high jump and long jump once again. His high jump cleared 1.93m for sixth place, and long jump of 6.51m granted him a sixteenth place finish in the event.
Before Wagner: Member of the Longwood High School football and track programs. Received All-League and All-County honors. Watkins is the son of Katrina and Gregory Watkins. Brother Kyle ran track at Manhattan College. Other brother Garrett ran track for Harding University. Occupational plans after college include owning his own business.