2024-25 Men's Track & Field Roster
Kam Garrett
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Indianapolis, Ind.
- High School:
- Lawrence Central
- Major:
- Human Development Family Science
 All-American (Outdoor High Jump '25) |
 3x NCAA Championships Qualifier - High Jump |
 Second-Team All-Big Ten // High Jump (Indoor '24) (Outdoor '25) |
 Illinois Record - High Jump (Indoor) |
2025
Indoor
- Placed first in HJ 2.05m (6-8 3/4) at the Fighting Illini Open ad the Fighting Illini Challenge
- Placed second in the HJ on a season-best clearance, 2.18m (7-1 3/4), at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic
Outdoor
- NCAA All-American (High Jump)
- Second-Team All-Big Ten (High Jump)
- NCAA Championships qualifier (High Jump)
- Became an All-American in the high jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships matching his season-best clearance, 2.20m (7-2 1/2)
- First men's high jump All-American in 16 years (Greg Shroka, 2009) and collected the program's eighth First-Team All-America honor
- Silver medalist at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with a 2.14m (7-0 1/4) mark
2024
Indoor
- Second-Team All-Big Ten (High Jump)
- Placed second in the high jump at the Big Ten Indoor Championships matching the school record 2.21m (7-3)
- Became the first man in 44 years to match Gail Olson's mark originally set in 1979 and again in 1980
- Placed top-2 in the first four meets of the season, winning three of them
Outdoor
- NCAA Championships qualifier (High Jump)
- Leapt 2.17m (7-1 1/2) to take 11th at the NCAA West Preliminaries and qualify to the NCAA Outdoor Championships
- Placed 17th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the high jump, 2.12m (6-11 1/2)
- Jumped the program's third-best high jump at the Fighting Illini Tune-Up, 2.20m (7-2 1/2)
- Placed third in the high jump at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, 2.14m (7-0 1/4)
At Kansas State 2021-23
- Jumped a PB 2.17m (7-1 1/2) and placed fourth at the Big 12 Indoor Championships
- Recorded a PB 6.51m (21-4 1/4) long jump at the UTSA Invitational
- Won the high jump at the Kansas State Winter Invite
High School
- Adidas Indoor National high jump title, 2.20m (7-2 1/2)
- Lawrence Central Male Athlete of the Year
- USA Today Sports Award Men's Track and Field Athlete of the Year
- National No. 1 ranked high jumper in high school
- 1x All-American
- 1x All-State
- Olympic trial appearance
Personal
Son of Michael Garrett and Lalita Burnett... Has two brothers, Miguel and Michael... Chose Illinois because he "wanted to compete for a team where everyone supports each other, also wanted to be closer to home."
TFRRS Profile
Track & Field Illinois Tune Up 5/8/26
Friday, May 08
Track & Field Gary Wieneke Memorial 5/2/26
Saturday, May 02
Track & Field Gary Wieneke Memorial 5/1/26
Friday, May 01
Illini Deca-Jam 4/11/26
Saturday, April 11
