University of Miami Athletics

Jalen Gordon

position

Sprints

Class

Junior

Hometown

Kingwood, Texas

High School

Kingwood

Instagram

@jalen.gordon

Jalen Gordon - Track & Field - University of Miami Athletics

2023 Outdoor: Earned a new personal best of 21.72 at the Hurricane Invitational (3/18) in the 200m…finished first with the 4×400 relay team with 3:13.98 at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational (4/8)…finished third and scored for the men’s outdoor team in the 4×400 relay, earning the bronze medal with 3:08.49 at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships (5/13)

2023 Indoor: Placed second with the 4×400 team at the Louisville Cardinal Classic (1/14) with 3:13.12…earned fifth place at the Texas Tech Red Raider Open (1/20) with 49.31 in the 400m

2022 Outdoor: Took the bronze at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational (3/26) with the 4×100 relay team, clocking 41.54…earned a personal best at the same meet with 10.88 in the 100m…registered a personal best of 48.11 in the 400m at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships (5/14)

2022 Indoor: Earned a personal best of 35.53 in the 300 at the UAB Blazer Invitational (1/14), a time that also ranks third in the Miami indoor top-5 record book…was part of the 4×400 relay team that earned first place at the Carolina Challenge (1/22) with a time of 3:09.48, a time that ranks second in Miami indoor program history.

2021 Outdoor: Opened up his outdoor season at the Hurricane Invitational in the men’s 100m with a time of 11.04 seconds and in the 200m dash at 21.97 seconds to finish third… Finished fourth in the 200m with a time of 22.30 seconds and helped the 4×400 relay run a time of 3:13.66 at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational… Ran the 200m at the Florida Relays with a time of 22.32 seconds… Ran in the 4×400 relay at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational with a time of 3:20.44… Ran in his first open 400 with a time of 49.44 seconds and 4×100 in 40.99 seconds at Tom Jones Memorial… Ran the 400m in 49.28  at the UNF Invite… Finished the season running a personal best in the 400m with a time of 49.26 seconds.

2021 Indoor: Made his collegiate debut at the Bob Pollock Invitational and ran the 400m in 49.63…Ran his first collegiate 200m in 22.53 and ran his second 400m in 50.35 at the Tiger Paw Invite.

Personal: Was an AAU Junior Olympic All-American in 2018… Part of the UIL State Championship 4×400 team that finished third in 2019… Finished fourth in the 400m at AAU Junior Olympic in 2018… Son of Ashworth and Miranda Gordon… Majoring in Biology