Jake Burkey

Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Chippenham, England
Prev School:
New Mexico
High School:
Sheldon School

Jake Burkey TFRRS Profile

CAREER HONORS (at Louisville)
• USTFCCCA Outdoor All-America Second Team, Long Jump (2024)
• NCAA East Regional Qualifier, Long Jump (2024)
• All-ACC Outdoor Academic Team (2024)
• ACC Academic Honor Roll (2024)

CAREER HONORS (at New Mexico)
• USTFCCCA Indoor All-America Second Team, Long Jump (2023)
• USTFCCCA Outdoor All-America Honorable Mention, Long Jump (2023)
• NCAA West Region Preliminaries Qualifier (2023)
• Mountain West Indoor Gold Medalist, Long Jump (2023)
• Mountain West Outdoor Silver Medalist, Long Jump (2023)

2023-24
Indoor:
• Competed in the long jump at two meets
• Recorded a third-place finish in his Louisville debut at the Rod McCravy Memorial Invite with a season-best mark of 7.69m (25-2.75)
• Also placed third in the event at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational with a leap of 7.59m (24-11)

Outdoor:
• Competed in the long jump at six meets
• Earned Second Team All-American distinction in the men's long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, placing 15th with a mark of 7.53m (24-8.5)
• Clinched a spot in the long jump at the national championship meet after finishing ninth in the event at the NCAA East Regionals while equaling his personal-best of 7.58m (24-10.5)
• Recorded a wind-aided mark of 7.83m (25-8.25) to finish third at the Clark Wood Invitaitonal in the long jump
• Moved to eighth in program history in the event at the Pacific Coast Invitational, where he finished as the runner-up with a personal-best of 7.58m (24-10.5)

National:
• Captured sixth place in the men's long jump at the 2024 UK Athletics Championships with a leap of 7.43m (24-4.5)

New Mexico Honors:
• Two-time NCAA All-American in the long jump, earning second team honors at the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships
• Set Mountain West Indoor Championships record in the long jump in 2023 while winning the conference championship with a new personal-best leap
• Finished as the runner-up in the long jump at the 2023 Mountain West Outdoor Championships

National Honors:
• Placed third in the long jump at the 2023 British Championships
• Won the British University and England U23 long jump championships in 2022 while competing for the University of Birmingham

Personal:
• Birthdate is February 25, 2000
• Parents are Charmian Eyre-Walker and Stuart Burkey
• Has one sibling, Sam
• Pursuing a master's degree in sport administration
• Hopes to work in athlete management after graduating college
• Produdest moment of his life was qualifying for the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships while breaking the Mountain West Indoor Championships record in the men's long jump
• Chose UofL to continue working with Coach Thurnhoffer and to be in the best environment to develop as an athlete