Tawon Cannon
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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Weight:
- 140
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- Hometown:
- Columbus, Ohio
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- Year:
- So.
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- High School:
- Mifflin
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- Events:
- Sprints/Hurdles
Bio
Personal Bests: 60H: 8.42 200: 22.72 400: 50.51 400H: 55.02 800: 2:03.48 LJ: 5.96m
TFRRS Profile (Top performances and meet-by-meet results)
Sophomore (2021-22): Competed in 12 meets (five indoor and seven outdoor) ... Placed third in the 60-meter hurdles at the HCAC Indoor Championships with a time of 8.65 seconds ... Member of a 4x200 relay team that placed third at the HCAC Indoor Championships ... Placed fifth in the 200-meters at the HCAC Indoor Championships ... Set school record in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.42 seconds a the 2021 Oiler Opener ... Placed fourth in the 60-meter hurdles at the DIII All-Ohio Indoor Championships ... Placed first in the 400-meter hurdles at the HCAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 55.42 seconds ... Won the 400-meter hurdles at the DIII All-Ohio Championships with a personal best time of 55.02 seconds.
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 seconds ... Member of a 4x100 relay team that placed second at the HCAC Outdoor Championships ... Finished sixth in the 60-meter hurdles (9.23 seconds) and 400-meters (54.21 seconds) 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-meter hurdles 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
Defiance sophomore Tawon Cannon took first place in the 400m hurdles at the 2022 HCAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Defiance freshman Traci Cross placed second in both the 100 and 200-meter dashes at the Mike Becraft Invite on Saturday.
Defiance sophomore Tawon Cannon won the 400-meter hurdles at the Division III All-Ohio Championships on Saturday.
The Defiance men's track and field team placed 11th out of 17 teams at the Pepsi UC Invite & Distance Carnival hosted by the University of the Cumberlands.
Freshman Traci Cross placed second in the women's 100-meters and 200-meters at the George Glass Invite on Saturday.
The Defiance men's and women's track and field teams made their outdoor season debuts on Saturday at the Yellow Jacket Collegiate Outdoor. The women placed 13th while the men finished 17th.
The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) announced the results of the Men’s Outdoor Track and Field preseason poll, with Defiance finishing eighth.
The Defiance men's track and field team placed eighth at the 2022 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.
On Saturday, February 19 Defiance College will host the 2022 Heartland Collegiate Atheltic Conference Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships.
The Defiance women's track team placed 15th out of 16 teams at the All-Ohio Championships on Saturday while the men finished 18th out of 18 teams.
The Defiance women's track team placed fifth out of six teams at the Joe Banks Invite on Saturday while the men's squad finished sixth out of six teams.
The Defiance men’s and women’s track and field teams traveled to Michigan on Friday to compete in the Doug Hanson Invite.
Defiance sophomore Tawon Cannon (Columbus, Ohio / Mifflin) has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Men's Track Athlete of the Week.
Defiance sophomore Tawon Cannon set a new school record in the 60-meter hurdles on Friday evening at the Oiler Opener with a time of 8.42 seconds.
The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) announced the results of the Men’s Indoor Track and Field preseason poll, with Defiance placing sixth in a vote amongst league coaches.