NCAA East Prelims
2019: Long Jump
All-ACC
2019 Outdoor: Long Jump
2019 Indoor: Long Jump (second team)
TFRRS Profile (for PRs and full results)
2022 Outdoor
• Placed third in the long jump at the Virginia Grand Prix
• Placed second in the long jump at the Virginia High Performance meet
• Recorded season-best long jump mark at the Virginia Challenge (7.28m / “23’10.75”)
2022 Indoor
• Placed 10th in the long jump at the Virginia Tech Invitational (7.02m / 23’0.5″)
• Leaped 14.46m (47’5.25″) in the triple jump at the Virginia Tech Invitational
• Competed in the long jump and triple jump at the Hokie Invitational
• Competed in the long jump at the VT Challenge
2021 Outdoors
• Posted PB in LJ (7.35m / 24′ 1.5″) at Virginia Grand Prix
• Won the triple jump at UVA opener and was second in long jump
2021 Indoors
• Competed in long jump at ACC Championships
• Was fifth in long jump at Virginia Tech Invitational
2020 Outdoor
• Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019-20 Indoor
• Competed in the long jump and triple jump at the ACC Championship
• Won the long jump at the Navy Invitational
• Finished third in the long jump at the Virginia Tech Invitational and fifth in the Hokie Invitational
• Recorded a season-best jump of 7.23m (23’8.75″) in the long jump at the Navy Invitational II
2019 Outdoor
• Advanced to the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in the long jump
• Finished third in the long jump at the ACC Championships, recording All-ACC honors
• Jumped 14.77m at the ACC Championships in the triple jump to place 12th
• Recorded a wind-assisted jump of 7.56m (24’9.75″) in the long jump at the ACC Championships
• Captured a season-best wind-legal long jump mark of 7.21m (23’8″) on his final attempt at the ACC Championships
2019 Indoor
• Earned second-team All-ACC honors with a sixth-place finish in the long jump at the ACC Championships
• Recorded a career-best jump of 7.41m (24’3.75″) at the ACC Championships in the long jump, seventh-best jump in school history and third-best jump by a UVA freshman
• Finished ninth in the triple jump at the ACC Championships
• Placed second in the long jump at the Nittany Lion Challenge, third at the Keydet Invitational and fourth at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge
Background
• Captured a career-best record of 7.25m (23’9.5″) in the long jump and a career-best jump of 14.57m (47’9.5″) in the triple jump
• Named first-team All-Metro in 2016 and 2017 and third-team All-State in 2018
Personal
• Majoring in sociology
• Son of Antonio and Carla Watson
• Has four brothers, Isaiah, Antonio, Jamal and Jordan, and two sisters, Miya and Ayana