University of South Alabama Athletics

2022: Outdoor— Claimed his third-straight Sun Belt Conference triple jump title and earned first-team all-conference honors with a 15.68m mark at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships ... Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary ... Won the triple jump at four meets and placed in the top-3 at two. Indoor— Placed second and earned second-team all-conference honors at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships after recording a 15.26m jump ... Competed in three other meets during the season, claiming two victories and a fourth-place finish. 

2021: Outdoor— Won the Sun Belt championship in the triple jump after posting a 15.50m jump ... Won the Southern Miss Invitational in the triple jump with a 14.95m mark ... Took the runner-up spot in the triple jump (15.09m) at the SLU Pre-Conference Tune Up ... Placed sixth at the LSU Boots Garland Invitational with a 14.60m triple jump attempt. Indoor— Posted a victory at the UAB Blazer Invitational in the triple jump with a 14.86m mark ... Finished second at the Jaguar Invitational with a 14.85m triple jump.
 
2020: Outdoor— Did not compete. Indoor— Claimed the Sun Belt Championships title in the triple jump (15.73m) … Placed second in the triple jump (14.89m) at the Samford Bulldog Invite … Won the Jaguar Invitational triple jump with a 15.35m performance … Finished third in triple jump (15.44m) at the Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational.
 
2019: Outdoor— Qualified for the NCAA East Region Preliminary Round, where he finished 24th with a 15.23m triple jump … Won the conference triple jump crown and earned all-conference honors with a 15.26m triple jump mark at the Sun Belt Championships … Broke a 35-year-old USA triple jump record with a fifth-place, 15.75m mark at the Florida Relays … Won the triple jump at Samford’s Alabama Track Challenge (15.36m) and the South Alabama Invitational (15.49m) and placed fourth in the event at Auburn’s War Eagle Invitational (15.25m). Indoor— Claimed the Sun Belt Conference title, first-team all-conference honors and the top spot in the Jaguar record books with a 15.54m triple jump at the league championships; tied for 10th with a personal-best 6.82m long jump at the same meet ... Won the triple jump (15.20m) and took fourth place in the long jump (6.69m) at Samford’s Bulldog Invite … Earned a victory in the Jaguar Invitational triple jump with a 15.50m mark … Finished fifth in the UAB Blazer Invitational triple jump (14.08m).
 
2018 (at Kennesaw State): Redshirted his first year with the program.
 
High School: Competed in football, soccer and track at P.K. Yonge DRS in Gainesville, Fla. ... Was named all-state in football and won the FHSAA 1A outdoor triple jump state championship in 2015.
 
Personal: Son of Darrell and Kisha Ellis … Oldest of two children … Favorite athletes are Calvin Johnson and Christian Taylor … Likes pasta …
Listens to music to get ready for a meet.
 
Major: Computer science