2019 Track & Field Roster
Roster
AK Turner
- Position:
- Javelin
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Inglewood, Calif.
- High School:
- Serra Gardena
2019
Competed in seven meets in his final year as a Bruin as one of UCLA’s top javelin throwers … Outdoor: Opened his season at the Willie Williams Classic, where he finished fourth with a throw of 61.69m (202-5) … Finished second at the Jim Bush Legends Invitational with a mark of 63.40m (208-0) … Reached 64.45m (211-5) at the Beach Invitational … PR’ed at the Pac-12 Championships, scoring five points for UCLA and finishing in fourth place with a top mark of 68.90m (226-0) … Competed at the NCAA West Regionals, where he finished 15th at 65.99m (216-6).
2018
Competed in six outdoor meets ... Best mark of the year came at the USC Dual Meet, where he had a launch of 61.10m (200-5) and finished third ... Won the javelin at the John Jacobs Invitational with a mark of 59.93m (196-7) ... Broke the 60-meter mark at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational on Apr. 14, finishing fourth with a mark of 60.22m (197-7) ... Picked up his first win of the year at the Jim Bush/Bob Larsen Invitational, finishing with a top throw of 59.13m (194-0) ... Finished 11th at the Pac-12 Championships, ending up with a best throw of 59.36m (194-9).
2017
Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims in the javelin, where he placed 35th with a throw of 193-09 … Was the runner-up at the Oxy Invitational with a mark of 189-06 … Posted a lifetime-best throw of 202-08 at the Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Invite, good for sixth place overall … Opened his season with a victory at the Long Beach Dual, throwing 177-0.
2016
Competed in four meets in the javelin … Placed 3rd overall and posted a career best in the javelin at the Bruin Legends Invitational with a throw of 197-0 to open the season ... Was the runner-up in the dual meet against rival USC with a mark of 191-6 … Finished third in the dual meet against Texas A&M with throw of 193-6 … Was the runner-up at the Rafer/JJK Invitational with a mark of 187-10.
High School
Prepped at Serra Gardena High School in Gardena, Calif. … Lettered one season in track and twice in football … Team captain of the track team … Ran the hurdles and was on the 4x100m and 4x400m relays.
Personal
Son of Johnny and Patrice Turner … Has seven brothers named Tommy, Ademole, Johnny, Arion, Jamaal, Akanni and Jahid and four sisters named Connie, Lydia, Anaise and Jalissa … Admires Ashton Eaton … Enjoys to draw … His cousin Ahman Green played for the Green Bay Packers.
