By Clint Cox
It’s not often our community can lay claim to a National Champion. But former Marianna Bulldog standout athlete Brandon Roulhac is just that. He is the current USATF Indoor and Outdoor National Champion in the Triple Jump. As such he recently represented the United States at the 12th Annual IAAF World Championships in Berlin, Germany. There he competed against 46 of the world’s best triple jumpers. The 46 jumpers were divided into two groups for qualifying rounds, with the top twelve jumpers advancing to the finals. Roulhac narrowly missed making it to the finals, as he finished 13th with a mark of 16.96. Edging him out for the 12th spot was Dmitrij Valukevic of the Slovak Republic with a mark of 16.94.
His track career after college has been a steady progression of climbing to the top of his field. In 2007 he finished 5th at USA Indoor Championships Triple Jump and was ranked 7th in the U.S. on the Outdoor top marks list in the triple jump (16.40m/53-9.75). In 2008 he finished 6th at Aviva Grand Prix; 5th at Olympic Trials(17.16/56-3): 4th at USA Indoor Championships (16.48/54-1). 2009 has been a banner year as he won the USA Indoor Champion (16.94/55-7) and the USA Outdoor Champion (17.44w/57-2). He also placed 3rd at Aviva Grand Prix(16.89/55-5). Most recently he competed in the Track and Field World Championships in Berlin
Born in December of 1983 in Marianna, Roulhac attended school at Marianna and graduated in 2002. He culminated his high school track career by winning the State Championship in the triple jump in 2002 and finished 3rd in the high jump. He was named the Male Athlete of the Year and then went on to attend college at Albany State University and competed on their track team. In 2007 he graduated with a B.S. degree in Computer Science and currently resides in Tallahassee.
It’s not often our community can lay claim to a National Champion. But former Marianna Bulldog standout athlete Brandon Roulhac is just that. He is the current USATF Indoor and Outdoor National Champion in the Triple Jump. As such he recently represented the United States at the 12th Annual IAAF World Championships in Berlin, Germany. There he competed against 46 of the world’s best triple jumpers. The 46 jumpers were divided into two groups for qualifying rounds, with the top twelve jumpers advancing to the finals. Roulhac narrowly missed making it to the finals, as he finished 13th with a mark of 16.96. Edging him out for the 12th spot was Dmitrij Valukevic of the Slovak Republic with a mark of 16.94.
His track career after college has been a steady progression of climbing to the top of his field. In 2007 he finished 5th at USA Indoor Championships Triple Jump and was ranked 7th in the U.S. on the Outdoor top marks list in the triple jump (16.40m/53-9.75). In 2008 he finished 6th at Aviva Grand Prix; 5th at Olympic Trials(17.16/56-3): 4th at USA Indoor Championships (16.48/54-1). 2009 has been a banner year as he won the USA Indoor Champion (16.94/55-7) and the USA Outdoor Champion (17.44w/57-2). He also placed 3rd at Aviva Grand Prix(16.89/55-5). Most recently he competed in the Track and Field World Championships in Berlin
Born in December of 1983 in Marianna, Roulhac attended school at Marianna and graduated in 2002. He culminated his high school track career by winning the State Championship in the triple jump in 2002 and finished 3rd in the high jump. He was named the Male Athlete of the Year and then went on to attend college at Albany State University and competed on their track team. In 2007 he graduated with a B.S. degree in Computer Science and currently resides in Tallahassee.
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