HIGH SCHOOL
2026 graduate of Shadow Creek HS in Pearland, Texas … 2026 District 6A-22 runner-up in 400m … Member of 4 x 100m relay that won Region III-6A title and finished fourth in 4 x 200m relay … Shadow Creek ranked sixth nationally in 4 x 100m relay (44.88) with Small a member … Indoors, finished as 400m runner-up in 2026 Texas HS Championships … Member of winning 4 x 100m relay at 2025 AAU Junior Olympic Games in 17-18 division, ran third leg as twin sisters Mariah & Mia Maxwell ran first two legs with a 43.73 performance by APXP track club … Member of gold medal 4 x 200m relay at 2025 Nike Outdoor Nationals … Shadow Creek ranked among top 10 in the nation among three relay events in 2025 with Small a member of each – 4 x 100 (44.85 – 4th), 4 x 200 (1:33.71 – 2nd), 4 x 400 (3:40.55 – 6th) … The 1:33.71 performance ranks Shadow Creek as equal third fastest performer on all-time high school list with an equal fourth best performance … Gold medalist as member of Shadow Creek 4 x 200m relay in 2025 UIL 6A State Championships, swept district and area titles, placed second in Region III-6A … Bronze medalist as member of Shadow Creek 4 x 100m relay at 2025 UIL 6A State Championships … Won district and area titles in 4 x 100m relay, finished runner-up at Region III-6A meet … Also bronze medalist with 4 x 400m relay at UIL 6A State meet, running anchor leg.
Competed at Fort Bend Marshall in 2024, member of silver medal 4 x 200m relay at UIL 5A State Championships as well as fourth place 4 x 400m relay and fifth place 4 x 100m relay.
Career best marks: 23.20 (200m), 55.14 (400m)
Indoor: 24.22 (200m), 55.47 (400m)
PERSONAL
Jaden Rochelle Small was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, on December 7, 2007 … Daughter of Demont and Charletta Small … Has two siblings – Elijah and Noah … Father played football at Ranger College … Majoring in Biology … Plans to be a pediatrician, ambition is to save and take care of children … Person she most admires is her mother … Loves the lord, love to shop and try new foods … Chose Arkansas since it felt like home.
