Kemoy CampbellFAYETTEVILLE - Former Jamaica Junior representative Kemoy Campbell has signed with University of Arkansas. Campbell signed the National Letters of Intent for the 2012-13 season.   

Campbell, who has personal best times of 1:50.32 (800m); 3:42 (1,500m); 8:20 (3,000m) and 14:18 (5,000) will join the Razorback from South Plains College where he went after leaving Bellefield in Manchester.

The Manchester native has made his mark on the road and the middle distances in Jamaica for three years, ending in 2010. Competing for South Plains College, he was a two-time national champion with victories at the 2011 NJCAA Cross Country Championships and in the 800 metres at the 2011 NJCAA Outdoor Championships.

Campbell also turned in a pair of runner-up performances at 1,500 and 5,000 metres at the outdoor national meet. At the 2011 NJCAA Indoor Championships, he was the runner-up at 3,000 metres and finished third in the mile.

Campbell helped South Plains win the 2011 NJCAA Championships outdoor team title. He was also part of the team's runner-up finish at the NJCAA indoor meet. In his native Jamaica, he is the national record holder at 1,500 meters.

Razorback's head coach Chris Bucknam described Campbell as "a terrific addition to our program."

"He is a certainly a talented cross country runner but also add great depth on the track with range from 800 meters to the 10K. His foot speed is phenomenal and he has a rare combination of strength and speed. It's rare to have a Jamaican distance runner, and we are very excited our program has attracted such a special talent."

Campbell will join high profile Jamaicans such as two-time Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell-Brown, her husband Omar Brown, Alain Bailey and Peta-Gaye Beckford who attended Arkansas in the last decade.