2004
Indoor: Second-place finisher in the 60-meter hurdles at the Conference USA Indoor Championships with a season-best time of 8.03 seconds. Outdoor: Finished fourth in the 110-meter hurdles at the Conference USA Championships...posted a team-best time with a wind-aided 13.92 seconds en route to finishing third in the 110-meter hurdles at the Tom Tellez Invitational.
2003
Indoor: Finished in second place at the Houston Invitational with a season-best time of 7.93 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles...finished in fourth place at the Conference USA Championships. Outdoor: Won the 110-meter hurdles at the Tellez Invitational (13.85w) and Texas Southern Relays (14.28)...finished in third place at the Conference USA Championships with a season-best time of 14.01...also finished third at the LSU Alumni Gold meet.
2002
Indoor: Was the top 60-meter hurdler, with a time of 8.11, for Houston in his first season as a Cougar...placed third in the 60-meter hurdles at the Conference USA Championships. Outdoor: Won first place in the 110-meter hurdles at the Tellez Invitational (13.93w)...took seventh place at the Texas Relays.
High School
Earned All-State honors by finishing third in the 110 hurdles at the 5A State Track Meet...placed second in the 110 hurdles at the AAU Jr. Olympics...also finished second at the Golden West Track Meet...member of the National Honor Society.
Personal
Born December 4, 1982, in Fort Sill, Okla....major is communications/ public relations...son of Johnny M. Manson of Cedar Hill, Texas...brother was an All-American wrestler at Indiana ...hobbies include listening music and watching television...also recruited by Texas A&M, North Texas, Illinois and Lamar.