PR's:

Indoor: High Jump – 6-6.25 (1.99m) ... Long Jump -20-5.25 (6.23m)

Outdoor: High Jump – 6-8.75 (2.05m)

2015-16

Indoor:

• Placed tenth in the high jump with a clearance of 6-2.25 (1.89m) at the Sun Belt Championships
• Recorded his highest finish in the high jump at the Mountaineer Indoor Open Track Meet with a jump of 6-2.25 (1.89m)
• Set a season’s best jump of 6-6 (1.98m) in the high jump at the Appalachian Open Indoor Track Meet
• Competed in seven meets and earned three top-10 finishes

Outdoor:

• Placed 15^th in the high jump with a height of 6-1.5 (1.87m) at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships
• Finished second in the high jump at the Appalachian Outdoor Open Track Meet with a height of 6-2 (1.88m)
• Jumped a seasonal-best height of 6-3.5 (1.92m) at War Eagle Invitational and placed 12^th
• Competed in eight meets and earned four top-10 finishes

2014-15

Indoor:

• Competed in the high jump for eight meets and earned four top-five finishes and five top 10's
• Won the Appalachian Indoor Open Split's high jump with a height of 1.93m and that was his best mark of the 2014-15 indoor season
• Took second place at the Wake Forest Invite with a jump of 1.88m
• Also placed fourth at the Mountaineer Open Indoor (1.90m) and fifth as part of the Appalachian Indoor Open (1.88m)
• Competed in the Sun Belt Indoor Championships and took home 10th place with a mark of 1.85m

Outdoor:

• Competed in the high jump once at the App State Open Outdoor and placed third (1.88m)
• Also did the long jump for the first time all season at the same meeet and placed fifth (6.32m)

2013-14

Indoor:

• Competed in three meets for the Apps during the indoor season
• Recorded his highest clearance of 6-4.25 (1.94m) at the Appalachiain Invitational Indoor Track Meet and placed third

Outdoor:

• Participated in in nine outdoor meets for the Mountaineers
• Finished third in the Mountains vs. Beaches meet with a jump of 1.98m
• Won fourth-place at the Coastal Carolina Invite and got a new personal record with a height of 2.05m

2012-13

Indoor:

• Placed second four times including the Appalachian Invitational Indoor's high jump (6-5), the Mountaineer Indoor Open's high jump (6-6), the ASU Mountaineer Indoor Open's high jump (6-6), and the Appalachian Indoor Open Split's high jump (6-6.25)
• Took home a total of five top five's, nine top 10's and was among the top 15 for all 13 of his indoor placings

Outdoor:

• Placed third in both the Appalachian Open Outdoor HJ (6-5.5) and the Mountains vs. Beaches HJ (6-6)
• Earned a pair of fourth-place finishes for the high jump at the Coastal Carolina University Invitational (6-8.75) and the High Point University VertKlasse Meeting (6-5)
• Had a total of five top-five finishes and placed amongst the top 10 in all seven of his placings

High School

• Was a four year letter winner in both football and track
• Named to the all-conference team in football three times and all-county twice
• Earned the Rock Warrior Award for football in 2009
• Garnered all-conference accolades twice in track
• Was the Union County regional champ
• Placed fourth in the high jump at the 3AA state meet
• Holds Weddington High School record in the high jump

Personal

• Full name is Cole Landon Finch
• Son of Terry and Sharon Finch
• Major is undecided