Tiger Sports Hall of Fame
Men's Track & Field (1985-87)
A native of Emporia, Kansas, Don Carter was a five-time NAIA All-America performer for the Tigers and set six school records in jumping events, competing from 1985 to 1987. As a sophomore in 1985, he placed second nationally in both the outdoor triple jump and high jump. He set the school triple jump record that year at 51-feet, 0.75-inches and also the high jump record at 7-feet, 0.5-inches. His triple jump record still stands today as no Tiger during the NCAA Division II era has ever gone past 50 feet. During the 1986 indoor season, Carter was District 10 champion in both the triple jump and high jump and went on to claim All-America honors at the NAIA national meet, finishing fourth in the triple jump and fifth in the high jump. Carter nabbed his final All-America honor during the indoor season of 1987 with a fourth-place finish in the high jump. Carter still owns three school records at FHSU, standing for nearly 40 years now, which includes outdoor triple jump (51'0.75" - 1985), indoor high jump (7'1" - 1985), and indoor triple jump (49'9.5" - 1986). He and Steve Broxterman (Tiger Sports Hall of Fame member) are the only Tigers to eclipse the 7-foot high jump barrier in the program's NAIA history, and it was only eclipsed once outdoors in the NCAA Division II era by Matt Bixenman. At the end of his career, Carter owned all six FHSU records for both indoor and outdoor triple jump (I - 49'9.5" O - 51'0.75"), long jump (I - 23'9", O - 24'6.75"), and high jump (I - 7'1", O - 7'1"). Carter and John Mason still own the most individual FHSU records among athletes that competed in the program's NAIA era, both with three.
