Wayne Pinnock - Men's Track & Field - Arkansas Razorbacks

Wayne Pinnock

Jr./RS Jr. | 5-8 | Jumps | Kingston, Jamaica | Kingston College HS / Tennessee

Career highlights

  • 2023 World Leader | Long Jump
  • 2023 World Championships Silver | Long Jump
  • 5-time NCAA first-team All-America | Outdoor (3), Indoor (2)
  • 2022 NCAA Outdoor Gold | Long Jump
  • 2022 NCAA Indoor Gold | Long Jump
  • 2023 NCAA Outdoor Silver | Long Jump
  • 2023 NCAA Indoor Fourth | Long Jump
  • 2022 SEC Outdoor Gold | Long Jump
  • 2022 SEC Indoor Gold | Long Jump
  • 2023 SEC Outdoor Gold | Long Jump
  • 2023 SEC Indoor Silver | Long Jump

2023
Outdoor: Set world leading mark for 2023 in long jump with a leap of 28-0.25 (8.54) during qualification round of World Athletics Championships … Ranks No. 3 on UA all-time list as well as Jamaican all-time list … Earned a silver medal in the final at World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, with a mark of 27-10.75 (8.50), just two centimeters from gold medal distance … Won long jump title at Jamaica Championships with a 27-3.75 (8.32) distance …

Silver medalist to teammate Carey McLeod at NCAA Championships with a leap of 26-9 (8.15) … Set then career best of 27-5.5 (8.37) to win SEC Outdoor title while placing sixth in triple jump with a career best of 52-2.75 (15.92) … Advanced to NCAA Championships with long jump effort of 26-5 (8.05) in long jump at NCAA West Preliminary round and just missed advancing in triple jump as his 51-3.75 (15.64) placed 13th with top 12 advancing … Opened outdoor campaign with a 26-3.5 (8.01) to place second at Beach Invitational hosted by Long Beach State.

Indoor: Razorback debut came at New Mexico Collegiate Classic with a 26-7 (8.10) victory … Silver medalist in SEC long jump with a distance of 27-3.25 (8.31) … Finished fourth in long jump at NCAA Indoor with a mark of 27-4 (8.33), which ranks No. 4 on UA all-time list.

2022 INTERNATIONAL
Representing Jamaica, placed ninth in the long jump final during the 2022 World Athletics Championships held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, with a mark of 25-10.25 (7.88) … With the top eight jumpers advancing to the final three rounds of the long jump, Pinnock missed the final spot by five centimeters, or two inches.

COLLEGE
At Tennessee, gold medalist in the 2022 NCAA Outdoor long jump title (26-3 | 8.00) after claiming the NCAA Indoor title (26-0 | 7.92) … Also won both SEC long jump titles with marks of 26-0 (7.92) indoors and 26-5 (8.05) outdoors … Member of Tennessee’s 4 x 100m relay which placed fourth in the 2022 NCAA and SEC meets …

Outdoor (2022): Produced a Tennessee freshman record of 26-5.5 (8.06) to win Auburn’s War Eagle Invitational on April 15, earned SEC Freshman of the Week accolade … Continued to surpass 26 feet in competitions at LSU Invitational (26-3.75) and NCAA East Preliminary Rounds (26-0.25 | 7.93) … Member of Tennessee 4 x 100 relay that posted a 39.52 in the SEC meet, 38.78 in the NCAA East, which was third fastest in program history, and 38.83 in NCAA final.

Indoor (2022): In season debut with Tennessee, posted a time of 6.67 seconds in 60m at Virginia Tech Hokie Invitational … Hit a distance of 26-0 (7.92) at Clemson’s Bob Pollock Invitational … Reached the same 26-0 distance to win NCAA Indoor title.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Kingston College in Kingston, Jamaica … 2019 Jamaica National High School Athlete of the Year … Jamaican U20 national record holder in the long jump, also ranks No. 4 all-time in the 110m hurdles … 2019 Pan Am Juniors long jump champion … Bronze medalist at 2018 World U20 Championships in long jump … Two-time CARIFTA Games long jump champion … Produced career best marks of 26-8.5 (8.14) in long jump, and 13.06 in 110m hurdles.

Wayne Pinnock | College Marks

Career best marks

Indoor

Long Jump | 27-4 (8.33)

60m | 6.92

Outdoor

Long Jump | 28-0.25 (8.54)

Triple Jump | 52-2.75 (15.92)