2013 Outdoor atGardner-Webb: Finished in second place in the longjump at the Carolina's Cup (Rock Hill, S.C.) behind a personal bestdistance of 6.68 m … Also jumped at the 2013 Big SouthOutdoor Championship meet, hitting the sand at 6.61 m …Finished in 15th place … Placed seventh (6.36 m) in the longjump at the Terrier Relays (Spartanburg, S.C.).
2012-13 Indoor atGardner-Webb: Achieved a personal best long jump markat the season-opening Appalachian Indoor Invitational, landing at7.04 m … Placed second in the event … Placed fifth inthe long jump (6.87 m) at the Niswonger Invitational … Addeda sixth place long jump finish (6.75 m) at the Liberty Open… Leaped 6.60 m at 2012-13 Big South Indoor Championships,tying for 14th place in the long jump.
2012 Outdoor atGardner-Webb: Achieved a personal best mark in thelong jump at the Carolina’s Cup, placing seventh in the eventwith a distance of 6.55 m … Equaled that distance for a 15thplace finish at 2013 Big South Outdoor Track & FieldChampionships, leaping 6.55 m in the long jump … Recorded adistance of 6.44 m in the long jump at the 49er Classic …Anchored the sixth place 4 x 100 m relay at the Big SouthChampionship meet (42.75) … Also anchored GWU’s thirdplace 4 x 100 m relay at the Carolina’s Cup which achieved aseason best time of 42.40 … Finished eighth in the long jump(6.28 m) at the Coastal Carolina Invitational … Took 18th inthe long jump (6.27 m) at the Weems Baskin Invitational …Placed 11th in the long jump (6.20 m) at the WinthropInvitational.
2011-12 Indoor atGardner-Webb: Competed for Gardner-Webb at both theTiger Paw Invitational and Dick Taylor Invitational.
2011 Outdoor atGardner-Webb: Recorded an 18th-place finish in thelong jump with a personal best leap of 6.54 meters at the 2011 BigSouth Outdoor Track & Field Championships ... Turned in afourth-place finish in the long jump with a mark of 6.38 meters atthe Terrier Relays ... One leg of the 4x100 meter relay that posteda fourth-place finish with a time of 44.20 at the Terrier Relays... A member of the 4x200 meter relay team that earned afourth-place finish with a time of 1:33.61 at the Terrier Relays... Also picked up an eighth-place finish in the triple jump eventat the Terrier Relays with a distance of 12.19 meters ... Posted aseventh-place finish in the long jump with a mark of 6.27 metersand a 10th-place finish in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.68at the Carolina's Cup ... Recorded a season best jump of 12.24meters in the triple jump event at the 49er Classic ... Alsocompeted at the Asics/Winthrop Invitational.
2010-11 Indoor at Gardner-Webb: Didnot complete.
High School: Lettered at Evans HighSchool in Evans, Ga. ... Was a two-time state qualifier in both thelong jump and in the triple jump ... Took first-placeoverall in the region in the triple jump as a senior ... Finishedin second-place in the long jump at the regional meet his senioryear ... Placed second in both the long jump and in the triple jumpat the regional meet his junior season ... Helped lead his men'strack and field team to two straight Region 3-AAAA Championships... Turned in personal best marks of 22'1" in the long jump and44'10" in the triple jump ... Also posted a time of 10.9 in the 100meter dash ... Also lettered in football and basketball at EvansHigh.
Personal: Tavarus Ferguson was born on May 21,1992 in Clarksville, Tenn. ... Son of Clyde and Brenda Ferguson ...Has two older siblings ... Majoring in athletic training
