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Personal: Majoring in aviation science...Son of Linford Kirton...Gained spot on IAAF Shot Put World List in May 2005...2005 MEAC Indoor and Outdoor Shot Put Champion...UMES School Record Holder in Shot Put (Indoor - 18.06m, Outdoor - 61 feet, 2 inches)...Also holds the MEAC outdoor record for the Shot Put (60 feet)...2005 MEAC Champion in the discus (49.51m)...2005 NCAA Regional Qualifier...Selected for 20th annual Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Senior Championships during the summer of 2005...2004 MEAC Silver Medalist in the discus (147 feet, 4 inches)...2004 MEAC Shot Put Champion (Indoor and Outdoor Season)...2004 NCAA Regional Qualifier (16.80 - Shot Put)...Captain of high school team that went to 2001 Jamaica Boys Athletic Championship...Finished third in the class one shot put and second in the discus at 2001 Jamaica Boys Athletic Championship...Captained Jamaica's team to the 2001 World Youth Athletics in Hungary...Threw 58 feet in the shot put at 2001 World Youth Athletic Games in Hungary... Finished second in the shot put at the 2003 Penn Relays...Won the shot put at the 2003 Carifta Games.