2016-17
2017 Outdoors: Earned All-American status, leaping 52 feet, 4¾ inches to place eighth in the triple jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships… set a new personal record in the men’s triple jump with his leap of 53 feet, nine inches (16.38 meters) at the NCAA West Preliminary to qualify for the championships… placed second in the triple jump (50-6) and fourth in the long jump (24 ¾) at the MW Championships… named MW field athlete of the week on May 2… jumped 52 feet, 10 ¾ inches to win the event a the Longhorn Invitational… claimed third in the invitational section of the men’s triple jump (51-9 ¼) at the Bryan Clay Invitational… placed fourth in the men’s triple jump with a mark of 50 feet, 5 inches at the Sun Angel Classic.
2015-16
2016 Indoors: Competed a two meets … Opened his season with an eighth-place leap of 50-6 3/4 (15.41m) at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational … Scored in both the triple jump and long jump at the Mountain West Championships, placing third in the triple jump (50-4 3/4) and fifth in the long jump (23-2 1/2)
2016 Outdoors: Saw action at six meets … Made his season debut at the Don Kirby Tailwind Open, winning the triple jump with a leap of 50-3 1/4 (15.32m) and taking fifth in the long jump with a leap of 23-7 1/2 (7.20m) … Placed fourth in the triple jump at the Sun Angel Classic, leaping 49-10 1/2 (15.20m) … Won three straight triple jump competitions, including the Bryan Clay Invitational (50-4 3/4 [15.36m]), the Payton Jordan Invitational (50-1 1/4 [15.27m]) and the Mountain West Championships (51-9 [15.77m]) … Also scored in the long jump at the MW Championships, leaping 24-2 1/4 (7.37m) for third place … Advanced to the opening round of the national championships in the triple jump, coming up just short of advancing as he placed 16th with a leap of 51-3 (15.62m)
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Horizontal jumper from Oxford University specializing in the triple jump … Won the triple jump at the 2015 BUCS Championships with a leap of 50-5 1/2 (15.38 meters) … Also claimed the triple jump title at the 2015 England Athletics U23 Championships (50-6 3/4; 15.41m) and the 45th Oxford/Cambridge University v Harvard/Yale University Match (personal-record 51-7 3/4; 15.74m) … Captured the long jump title at the HYOC meet, leaping 23-7 1/4 (7.19m) … Took fourth in the triple jump at the 2015 Sainsbury’s Indoor British Championships with a mark of 50-4 1/2 (15.35m)
TRACK & FIELD HONORS
- All-Mountain West Indoor Team, 2016 (TJ)
- All-Mountain West Outdoor Team, 2016 (TJ/LJ)