Hugh Charles

Position:
Sprints
Height:
5-8
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Keller, Texas
High School:
Keller

HUGH CHARLES

Sprints

Senior, 1L/VR

Keller, Texas (Keller)

PERSONAL BESTS

Indoors

60-Meters: 6.88 (2005)

100-Meter: 10.44 (2004)

Long Jump: 25-03.75 (2004)

Outdoors

Long Jump: 24-05.00 (2006)

BIG 12 SCORING

2005 (I) Long Jump (23-10.25), 8th

2008 OUTLOOK: Hugh joins the Buffs fresh off the gridiron. He is looking to make an immediate impact in the short sprints, jumps, and relays this season.

2007: Did not compete.

2006: Charles mainly competed during the indoor season. He recorded a collegiate personal record of 24-06.25 in the long jump at the Husky Classic for the fifth best jump in school history. Only one jumper, Kingsley Adams, has recorded better jumps as a Buff, owning the top four marks. Charles took first at the Air Force Invite (24-05.75) and was named the CU Athlete of the Week. At the indoor Big 12 Championship, he placed 10^th with a leap of 23-08.00. Charles recorded one jump during the outdoor season at the Potts Invite, recording a mark of 24-05.00.

2005: Charles finished eighth in the long jump at Big 12 Indoor Championships with a 23-10 1/4 effort. He qualified provisionally for the NCAA Championships at Washington’s Husky Classic with a jump of 24-5 1/2(placing third in the meet), and won the Air Force Classic with a 24-5 effort (he wound up not making it into the NCAA’s). Also at Air Force, he ran a collegiate best 6.88 in the 60-meter dash in finishing second.

FOOTBALL: Charles ended his career sixth all-time at Colorado in rushing yards (2,659), as well as second in all-purpose yards (3,622), fifth in yards from scrimmage (3,211) tied for 27^th in receptions (60, tied for the second most by a running back), 49^th in receiving yards (552, sixth most by a RB), and tied for 38^th in scoring (102 points). He had 11 games with 100 or more yards rushing which tied for the fifth most in school history. Charles became just the seventh player in school history to lead the team in rushing three times, the first since Herchell Troutman from 1995-97, as he had 989 yards on the year despite missing the better part of the first three games of the season with a pulled hamstring.

HIGH SCHOOL: He lettered four times in track and was a first-team all-district performer in the 100-meter dash (career best of 10.44) and the long jump (25-03.75). He was the only prep athlete in the nation to record a jump beyond 25 feet in 2004, taking district honors with that jump along with winning the triple jump and being a key member on the 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams. He went on to win the regional championship in the 100 and the long jump in addition to finishing second in the triple jump.

ACADEMICS: Charles is majoring in sociology at Colorado and is on schedule to graduate this May. He owned a 3.4 grade point average in high school.

PERSONAL: Hugh Charles was born January 7, 1986 in Tulsa, Okla. to Lloyd and Wendy Charles. His hobbies include fishing, skiing, hanging out with friends and wakeboarding. He also enjoys flying planes; he earned his solo license in a Cessna 172 as a sophomore in high school.