2025 Track & Field Roster

Sun Belt Conference
Michael Wade
Christian Daniels/IU Athletics

Ali Eren Unlu

  • Position High Jump
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Istanbul, Turkey
  • Highschool Kultur HS

Biography

(personal bests – as of June 15, 2023)
Date Year Event Statistic Meet
May 13 2023 High Jump (Outdoor) 7-3.75 (2.23) Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Feb. 21 2023 High Jump (Indoor) 7-3 (2.21) Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships
April 22 2023 Long Jump (Outdoor) 22-8 (6.91) Warhawk Classic
April 22 2023 100 Meters 11.17 Warhawk Classic
 
OUTDOOR TRACK HONORS
2023 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track Men’s Performer of the Year
2023 First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference
Sun Belt Conference Field Athlete of the Week (April 19, 2023)
2022 Third-Team All-Sun Belt Conference
 
INDOOR TRACK HONORS
2023 First-Team All-American
2023 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track Men’s Performer of the Year
2023 First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference
 
2023 OUTDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Has competed in six meets, qualifying for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships for the first time in his career by placing 10th at the NCAA East Preliminaries (5/27/23) in Jacksonville, Florida, clearing 6-10.25 (2.09 meters) … Was named Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Field Performer of the Year and First-Team All-SBC after winning the high jump at the SBC Outdoor Championships (5/13/23) by setting a personal and school record by clearing 7-3.75 (2.23 meters) … Won the 63rd Annual Mt. SAC Relays at Mt. San Antonio College (4/14/23), leaping 7-2.5 (2.20 meters) … Placed third at the 95th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays (March 30) by clearing 7-1.5 (2.17 meters).
 
2023 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Competed in six meets, including the NCAA Division I Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he finished as a First-Team All-American after tying for seventh place by clearing 7-1.75 (2.18 meters) … Was named Sun Belt Conference Indoor Field Performer of the Year and First-Team All-SBC after winning the high jump at the SBC Indoor Championships (2/21/23) by clearing an indoor personal record and indoor school record 7-3 (2.21 meters) … Won the Samford Bulldog Open (2/11/23), clearing 7-1.75 (2.18 meters) … Won the Houston Invitational (1/27/23), jumping 7-1 (2.16 meters) ... Opened the season with a win at the LSU Purple Tiger (1/13/23), clearing 7-2.5 (2.20 meters).
 
2022 (FRESHMAN)
Competed in nine meets as a true freshman in 2022, including seven outdoor meets … Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries in the high jump, placing 25th, clearing 6-8 3/4 … All-Sun Belt Conference Third Team performer in the high jump, placing third at the SBC Outdoor Championships, clearing a personal-best 7-0 1/4 (May 12-14) … Placed fourth at the Mississippi State Maroon and White Invitational in the high jump, clearing 6-7 1/2 … Placed fourth in the high jump, clearing 6-10 3/4, at the War Eagle Invitational (April 15-16) … Finished runner-up in the high jump, clearing 6-9, at the Joe Walker Invitational (April 8-9) … Picked up his first collegiate win in the high jump, clearing 6-8 1/4 at the LSU Battle on the Bayou (April 2) … Claimed third in the high jump, clearing 6-6 3/4 at the Louisiana Classic (March 18-19) … Took third in the high jump at 6-11 at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships (Feb. 21-22) … Placed second in the high jump, clearing 6-8 3/4, at the Samford Bulldog Open (Feb. 12).

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

    High Jump
  • 2023Sophomore

    High Jump
  • 2024Junior

    High Jump
  • 2025Senior

    High Jump