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2021 Women's Track and Field Roster

Micayah Upshaw

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Highschool Colonial Forge HS
  • Hometown Fredericksburg, Va.

Biography

2020: Outdoor – Claimed second in the long jump with a distance of 5.37m at the Jaguar Opener … Indoor –  Helped the 4 x 400 relay team cross the line at 4:08.72 and recorded a personal-best in the long jump (5.37m) at the Sun Belt Championships … Was part of the 4 x 400 relay team that crossed the line at 4:12.81 and placed fourth in the triple jump (11.39m) at the Jaguar Invitational … Posted a personal-best in the triple jump with a distance of 11.57m at the Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational … Finished fourth in the triple jump (11.36m) at the Samford January Invite.

2019: Outdoor— Had a personal-best, 11.73m triple jump at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships and a 5.47m long jump at the Southern Miss Open … Took the runner-up spot in the South Alabama Invitational triple jump (11.36m) and Southern Miss Invitational long jump (5.45m) … Picked up top-five finishes in the Southern Miss Open (11.55m), Samford’s Alabama Track Challenge (11.31m) Jaguar Opener (11.43m) triple jumps and the South Alabama Invitational long jump (5.41m). Indoor— Recorded a career-best 11.43m triple jump at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships and a 5.18m long jump at Samford’s Bulldog Invite … Claimed top-10 triple jump finishes at the Jaguar Invitational (11.23m, eighth) and Bulldog Invite (10.94m, ninth).
 
2018: Outdoor— Did not compete as a redshirt freshman.
 
High School: Lettered in track and field for four years at Colonial Forge High School in Stafford, Va. … Left program holding records in the long jump, triple jump, 4 x 200m and 4 x 400m relay.
 
Personal: Daughter of Moses Jr. and Catrina Upshaw … Born Jan. 29, 1999, in Fort Belvoir, Va. … Has an older brother, Cheron, and two older sisters, Michelle and Catra … Favorite athlete is Christian Taylor.
 
Major: Communication

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

    Jumps
    5'8"
  • 2019Sophomore

    Jumps
    5'8"
  • 2020Redshirt Sophomore

    Jumps
    5'8"
  • 2021Redshirt Junior

    5'8"