LSU | Sophomore (2023)
Outdoor: Finished fifth in SEC triple jump with mark of 52-6.5 (16.01) … Placed ninth in NCAA East Preliminary round with leap of 51-11.25 (15.83) … Opened outdoor season placing second in long jump (23-10.25 | 7.27) at LSU Lloyd Willis Invitational … Fifth in triple jump at Florida’s Tom Jones Memorial with mark of 52-3.75 (15.94) … Produced season best 53-5 (16.28) as runner-up in LSU Alumni Gold.
Indoor: Finished 11th at NCAA Indoor with mark of 53-0.75 (16.17) … Set career best of 55-3 (16.84) as SEC bronze medalist … Opened indoor season with third place long jump (23-11.75 | 7.31) at LSU Purple Tiger … Mark of 43-8 (13.31) placed 13th at Razorback Invitational … Improved to 52-11 (16.13) for third at New Mexico Collegiate Classic … Same distance of 52-11 also placed third at Tyson Invitational.
Freshman (2022)
Outdoor: Bronze medalist in NCAA triple jump with career best mark of 53-9.25 (16.39) … Silver medalist in SEC triple jump with a 53-3.5 (16.24) … Recorded second best leap of 53-1.75 (16.20) at NCAA East Preliminary round … Started outdoor season with long jump of 23-3.5 (7.10) for fifth place at Baldy Castillo Invitational … Finished 10th at Texas Relays with 50-8 (15.44) triple jump … Won LSU Alumni Gold with 52-2.5 (15.91) performance … Claimed title at LSU Invitational with 53-4.5 (16.27) effort.
Indoor: Fifth in NCAA triple jump from a career best 53-2.25 (16.21) mark … Placed fifth in triple jump (52-10.75|16.12) and seventh in long jump (24-8.25|7.52) at SEC Championships … Collegiate debut at Razorback Invitational placed third in triple jump at 51-5.5 (15.68) … Runner-up in long jump at LSU Bayou Bengal with mark of 24-1.75 (7.36) … Placed fourth in triple jump (52-7.25|16.03) and ninth in long jump with career best 24-6.25 (7.47) at Tyson Invitational.
High School
Placed ninth in triple jump at 2019 Pan Am U20 Championships held in San José, Costa Rica, with a mark of 50-8.75 (15.46) … Won Jamaica U20 title with a wind-aided 51-7.25 (15.73), which included a wind-legal 51-2.75 (15.61) in his series … Runner-up at Penn Relays triple jump with a mark of 51-1.5 (15.58) … Bronze medalist at Carifta with mark of 49-4.5 (15.05) … Runner-up at Boys & Girls Championships with 51-3.75 (15.64) performance … Competed at 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.
Personal
Born on January 1, 2001 … Son of Dennis and Dawnet Edwards … Has two siblings, Odain Deslandes and Aleejah Edwards.
