KC Old Boy Alain Bailey has settled in at the University of Arkansas where he is enrolled as a freshman in the Sam M. Walton College of Business and is majoring in marketing. He came to Arkansas because “they have the greatest history in track and field, especially in the field of jumps.”
Bailey was the top individual points-earner at the Jamaican Boys' Championships for the past two years while competing in the long, triple and high jumps. He was the C.A.C gold medalist in the long jump in the summer of 2006. In 2002 and 2003, Bailey also won a gold medal in the high jump for Jamaica at the Junior Carifta Games.
His personal bests include, 25-10.25 in the long jump, a Jamaican high school best, 50-9.25 in the triple jump and 6-10.75 in the high jump.
