Romaine Beckford - Men's Track & Field - Arkansas Razorbacks

Romaine Beckford

Sr./Sr. | 6-5 | Jumps | Portland, Jamaica | Buff Bay HS / South Florida

Honors

  • 2x First-team All-America | Indoor (1), Outdoor (1)
  • 2023 NCAA Indoor Champion | High Jump
  • 2023 NCAA Outdoor Champion | High Jump
  • 2023 Jamaican Champion
  • 2023 AAC Indoor Field Most Outstanding Performance
  • 2023 AAC Outdoor Champion | High Jump
  • 2023 AAC Indoor Champion | High Jump
  • 2022 AAC Outdoor Champion | High Jump
  • 2022 AAC Indoor Champion | High Jump

Junior (2023)
Outdoor: Established career best of 7-5.25 (2.27) to win NCAA title, moves to No. 3 on Jamaican all-time list … Won high jump at Jamaican Championships with a clearance of 7-3.75 (2.23) … Represented Jamaica at World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, clearing 7-3.25 (2.22) in the qualifying round … Won NACAC U23 title in San José, Costa Rica, with a 7-3 (2.21) height … Advanced to NCAA meet with a 7-0.25 (2.14) height at NCAA East Preliminary round … Defending AAC title with a winning height of 7-1.5 (2.17), also finished third in javelin with a toss of 194-10 (59.38) … Won first two meets of outdoor season while clearing a then career outdoor best of 7-4.25 (2.23) at Florida Relays and 7-3.25 (2.22) at South Florida Invitational … Runner-up at Mt. SAC Relays, with a 7-2.5 (2.20) clearance, and Penn Relays, with a 7-1.75 (2.18) height.

Indoor: Earned AAC Indoor Field Most Outstanding performance as he went undefeated through six meets indoors, culminating with the NCAA Championship with a clearance of 7-4.25 (2.24) … Set career indoor best of 7-5 (2.26) to win American Indoor Championships with meet record … Opened season with a then career best of 7-3 (2.21) at Florida’s Jimmy Carnes Invitational … Cleared heights of 7-1.75 (2.18), 7-1 (2.16), and 7-3.25 (2.22) for victories at Lenny Lyles Invitational, Crimson Elite, and Wisconsin’s Windy City Invite held in Chicago.

Sophomore (2022)
Outdoor: Placed eighth in high jump at Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England, with a 7-2.25 (2.19) clearance … Runner-up at Jamaican Championships with a height of 7-1.75 (2.18) … Finished 13th in high jump at NCAA Championships with clearance of 7-0.5 (2.15) … Advanced to NCAA Championships with 7-1.75 (2.18) height at NCAA West Preliminary rounds … Competed in three events at American Outdoor Championships, winning high jump with a 7-1.75 (2.18) clearance … Also placed 16th in javelin (150-9|45.95) and 17th in discus (136-5|41.58) … Opened season with a javelin victory at Miami Hurricane Invitational with a mark of 189-3 (57.69) … Runner-up in high jump at Florida Relays, clearing 7-2.25 (2.19) … Won South Florida Invitational (6-11.5|2.12) and Florida’s Tom Jones Memorial with a then career best of 7-3 (2.21) … Improved career best to 7-3.75 (2.23) as runner-up in Penn Relays.

Indoor: Established indoor career best of (2.20) to claim title at American conference meet … Finished 15th at NCAA Indoor with 6-10.75 (2.10) height … Won three high jump competitions prior to conference meet with 7-1 (2.16) at Commodore Indoor, 6-10.75 (2.10) at Lenny Lyles Invitational and 6-10.75 (2.10) at Wisconsin Windy City Invite in Chicago.

South Plains CC (2021)
Finished fourth at Jamaican Championships with a 6-10.75 (2.10) clearance … Won NACAC U20 title in San José, Costa Rica, with 6-10.75 (2.10) height … Runner-up in high jump at NJCAA Outdoor with 6-11.75 (2.13) effort, while also placing seventh in javelin (160-2|48.82) and 12th in discus (150-9|45.94) … Won NJCAA Indoor with 7-0.5 (2.15) height and finished 10th in heptathlon with 4,182 points … Cleared season best of 7-2.5 (2.20) at ASU Indoor/Outdoor meet in February … Posted an outdoor best of 7-1.5 (2.17) to win Masked Rider Open …

Freshman (2020)
NJCAA Indoor runner-up with 7-0.5 (2.15) clearance … Won Texas Tech Matador Qualifier with a 7-1.75 (2.18) height … Finished third in heptathlon with a career best 4,686 points at Region V Multi … Placed fourth in heptathlon with 4,487 points at Charlie Thomas Invitational.

High School
Graduated from Buff Bay High School in Portland, Jamaica … Won 2019 NACAC U18 high jump title with 7-0.25 (2.14) clearance that equaled career best … Also cleared 7-0.25 (2.14) to place third in U20 Cayman Carifta.

Personal
Born July 9, 2002.

Romaine Beckford | Collegiate Stats

Career best marks

Indoor

High Jump | 7-5 (2.26)

Outdoor

High Jump | 7-5.25 (2.27)