2018-19 Track & Field Roster
Marcus Jegede
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- High School:
- Lake Park
2017-18: Competed in six outdoor events and seven indoor events … competed in long jump … named to All-ACC Academic Team … reached NCAA East Preliminary Round, finishing 33rd … earned Second Team All-ACC honors … placed first at Louisville Invitational with season-best mark of 7.86m/25-9.50 (+1.4), also earned win at Crimson Tide Invitational … placed fourth at ACC Outdoor Championships and seventh at ACC Indoor Championships … earned indoor victory at Power Five Invitational … posted best indoor mark of 7.51m/24-7.75 at Hoosier Hills Invitational.
2016-17: Competed in both indoor and outdoor season during his junior year at the Ville… recorded a career best in the long jump at the Vanderbilt Opener with a mark of 7.39m/24-3.00… also had a season best in the triple jump at Vanderbilt with a mark of 14.33m/47-7.75… placed fourth at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational with a jump of 7.33m/24-00.75.
2015-16: Competed in only one outdoor event this season….Took ninth at the WKU Hilltopper Relays in the triple jump with a jump of 14.40m.
2014-15: Competed in three triple jump events during the outdoor season…recorded his best mark with a jump of 14.81m at the UT Challenge…finished second in the triple jump with a mark of 14.76m at the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
Prep: Lettered in track and field at Lake Park High in Chicago, Ill. ... coached by Tom Kaberna and Jay Ivory ... competed in the triple jump, long jump, and 100m while at Lake Park ... posted personal bests of 49-6 in the triple jump and 123-5 in the long jump.
Personal: Born Nov. 6, 1995 in Chicago, Ill. … son of Barbara Wright ... majoring in sports administration.
