High School
Broke the World U20 Championship triple jump record on a first attempt leap of 56 feet, 8 inches (17.27) in the final and captured the gold medal with a two-foot improvement to his previous career best … The silver medalist at 2021 World U20 Championships as a 16-year-old, Hibbert upgraded to gold with an amazing distance as the second jumper in the field after an hour rain delay … Surpassed the previous Championship record of 56-3.25 (17.15) set in 2018 by 17-year-old Jordan Diaz Fortun of Cuba in 2018 … Hibbert entered the competition as the U20 world leader for 2022 with his previous career best of 54-8 (16.66) … Improved his Jamaican U18 record and moved to No. 2 on the all-time world list, trailing a 57-1.5 (17.41) U18 world best by Fortun from 2018 … On the U20 all-time world list, Hibbert ranks as equal No. 8 with Cuba’s Cristian Napoles from 2017 … Hibbert just missed the Jamaican U20 national record of 56-8.75 (17.29) set by James Beckford in 1994 … Beckford also holds the senior Jamaican national record with a mark of 58-9.5 (17.92) from 1995 … Hibbert ranks as the No. 2 performer on the all-time Jamaica list with the No. 4 performance …
Claimed the triple jump title at the Jamaica Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships with a winning mark of 54-8 (16.66), a championship record as well as the then Jamaica U18 national record, which ranked him the No. 5 performer on the world U18 all-time list … In winning the long jump at Champs, produced a career best mark of 25-10 (7.87) … During the CARIFTA Games this spring, Hibbert set the triple jump meet record with a 54-0 (16.46) effort that followed a wind-aided leap of 55-11.25 (17.05) with a +2.8 wind while a mark of 25-0 (7.62) claimed the long jump victory … Won the high school division triple jump at Penn Relays with a windy leap of 52-3.75 (15.94) … In the 2022 Jamaican Championships, won the triple jump with a mark of 53-10.25 (16.41) to defeat Jordan Scott (53-5.75 | 16.30), won the 2019 NCAA Indoor title competing for Virginia … Produced his winning effort in the first round into a -1.2 headwind … As a 16-year-old, earned a silver medal in the triple jump at the 2021 World U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya, with a mark of 52-8 (16.05) … Won the triple jump and placed second in the long jump at 2021 NACAC U18 … During 2021 Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships placed second in triple jump with then PR of 49-8.5 (15.15) and ran anchor leg of Kingston College sprint medley relay, which placed second …
2022 graduate of Kingston College High School in Kingston, Jamaica … One of five alums of Kingston College currently on the Razorback roster … Arkansas alums who competed at Kingston College include Olympians and World Championship competitors in Alain Bailey, Tarik Batchelor, Omar McLeod, and Clive Pullen … The talent-laden group boasts an Olympic gold medalist, World Championship gold medalist, a combined seven NCAA titles, 11 SEC titles, and 19 first-team All-America performances.
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Born January 17, 2005.
