Triple jump phenom Jaydon Hibbert will be seeking to end his first year of college undefeated when he lines up in the men’s triple jump final on today’s third and penultimate day of the NCAA Division 1 outdoor championship at the Mike Myers stadium at the University of Texas in Austin.

The University of Arkansas freshman has so far won the South-eastern Conference indoors and outdoor titles as well as the NCAA indoors while smashing a number of records, including the World Under-20 for indoors and outdoors en route.

Hibbert will hope to join Arkansas teammate Carey McLeod who won the men’s long jump on Wednesday’s opening day, leading a Jamaican sweep of the top three places.

McLeod, who had also won the NCAA indoor title earlier, jumped a season’s best 8.26m (1.3m/s) in the first round to beat defending champion and teammate Wayne Pinnock – 8.15m (1.3m/s) with the University of Kentucky Freshman Jordan Turner taking third place with a personal best and school record 8.13m (1.1m/s).

Turner, the former Calabar High standout, beat his previous personal best of 7.97m set in March and broke Tim Duckworth’s UK record 8.03m set in 2018.

Nikaoli Williams of the University of Oklahoma was sixth in 7.90m (0.8m/s).

McLeod, who competed in both the long and triple jumps at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo, will also be contending for the triple jump title today as well as Owayne Owens of the University of Virginia, who was third in the indoor championships; Malik Cunningham of Villanova, Apalos Edwards of Louisiana State and Ryan Brown also of Arkansas.

Phillip Lemonious of Arkansas will hope to end his college career on a high after he led the qualifiers in the 110m hurdles on Wednesday with 13.28 seconds (1.1m/s), while Giano Roberts of Clemson was third overall with 13.35 seconds (1.1m/s).

Michael Buchanan of the University of Minnesota was disqualified,

JeVaughn Powell of the University of Florida is the only Jamaican in the men’s 400m final after he qualified seventh best with 45.02 seconds, while Shemar Chambers of North Carolina A&T and Wayne Lawrence of the University of Kentucky both failed to get past the semi-final stages.

In the biggest upset of Wednesday’s first day, none of the two Jamaicans, Navasky Anderson of Mississippi State and Tarees Rhoden of Clemson, got into the 800m final.

Anderson, who did not look his fluid best, managed third in his semi-final race in 1:48.79 seconds good only for 11th place while Rhoden did not finish his race.

Roje Stona of the University of Arkansas was 14th in the shot put with a best of 19.47m and Courtney Lawrence of Kennesaw State was 15th with 19.40m while Demar Francis of Baylor University ran 20.73 seconds (0.6m/s) in the men’s 200m and failed to make progress.

Also on Friday, Romaine Beckford of the University of South Florida will hope to add the men’s high jump to his indoor title and former St George’s College student Zayne Palomino of Southern Mississippi will also compete.

Stona and his Arkansas teammate Ralford Mullings and Kevin Nedrick of Liberty University will also contest the men’s discus throw final.