2021 Track & Field Roster
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White, Jayden
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Jayden White
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Everett, Wash.
- High School:
- Everett
Bio
2024 All-America First Team (Weight Throw, Indoors)
2023 All-America First Team (Weight Throw, Indoors) and Second Team (Hammer Throw, Outdoors)
2022 All-America First Team (Weight Throw, Indoors) and Second Team (Hammer Throw, Outdoors)
2022 Pac-12 Hammer Throw Runner-Up
2021 All-America Second Team (Weight Throw, Indoors) and All-America Honorable Mention (Hammer Throw, Outdoors)
White Features
ยปย Everett Grad Surges Into UW Record Books In College Debut (Everett Herald; Feb. 5, 2021)
2024: Made the podium at the NCAA Indoor Championships for the third year in a row in the weight throw and helped UW defend its Pac-12 team title outdoors โฆ at the Pac-12 Championships, had a season-best hammer throw of 225-4 to get fifth-place โฆ placed 14th at NCAA West Prelims in the hammer, just two spots out of an NCAA Outdoor bid โฆ indoors, placed eighth in the weight throw at NCAA Indoors in Boston, throwing 72-11 ยผ to help the Huskies place 10th as a team โฆ broke his own weight throw School Record twice more โฆ started his season on Feb. 9 at the Husky Classic and threw a School Record 74-5 ยฝ โฆ then broke that mark by over three more feet, going 77-10 ยผ at the Ken Shannon Last Chance meet, ranking him 19th in NCAA history โฆ made the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team and the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2023: Another excellent season where he was top-10 at NCAAs indoors and outdoors in the weight and hammer throws ... reached a third-straight NCAA Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw, and had a season-best toss at the meet, going 229-11, but missed the final by just one spot, placing 10th overall for Second Team All-America ... made it to NCAAs withย a sixth-place finish in the hammer at West Prelims, going 227-5 โฆ took fourth at the Pac-12 Championships with a toss of 222-6 โฆ second at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate, throwing 226-8 โฆ indoors, made the NCAA podium in the weight throw for the second year in a row, throwing a season-best 73-11 at the NCAA Championships to finish fifth โฆ won the Husky Classic with a toss of 73-8 ยพ โฆ was over 70-feet at all five of his indoor meetsย โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team โฆ a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member.
2022: Stellar season as he reached both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships for the second year in a row, rising up to fourth nationally in the weight throw and ninth in the hammer throw โฆ indoors, broke his own weight throw School Record two more times, with a best of 74-1 at the Pac-12 Invitational โฆ at NCAA Indoors, finished fourth, the best finish by a Husky in the weight throw since 1979, throwing 73-6 ยพ and earning First Team All-America honors โฆ first extended his record at the Husky Classic, throwing 73-11 ยพ โฆ outdoors, made the hammer throw final at NCAA Outdoors, just missing another podium by one spot, as he was ninth throwing 229-7 and earning Second Team All-America โฆ the Pac-12 runner-up in the hammer, setting a new PR of 230-4, the No. 2 mark in school history โฆ advanced to nationals with an eighth-place finish at West Prelims, throwing 215-1 โฆ won the Fresno State Invitational with a toss of 226-0 โฆ won the UW-WSU Dual Meet hammer at 218-0 โฆ a big throw of 227-3 at the Beach Invitational, a PR at the time โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team โฆ a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member.
2021: An outstanding and historic freshman season in the hammer and weight throws, advancing to the NCAA Outdoor and Indoor Championships and breaking a 42-year-old School Record in the weight throw โฆ outdoors, went to No. 3 in school history with a best hammer throw of 218-8 at the Pac-12 Championships to take fourth-place โฆ got the 12th and final qualifying spot to NCAA Outdoors with a throw of 213-6 at the NCAA West Prelims โฆ threw 206-10 at NCAA Outdoors for 24th-place and All-America Honorable Mention โฆ won the West Coast Relays hammer with a then-PR of 217-2 โฆ won the UW-WSU Dual hammer going 206-2 โฆ fourth in the hammer at the Jim Click Shootout with a best of 212-8 โฆ won the Jim Bush Legends Invite throwing 208-9 โฆ also threw the discus outdoors, taking 10th at the Pac-12 Championships with a PR of 171-2 โฆ indoors, broke seven-time NCAA Champion Scott Neilsonโs weight throw School Record that had stood since 1979 with a launch of 71-8 ยผ at the Husky Classic โฆ at his first NCAA Indoor Championship, and just his fourth collegiate competition, placed 10th with a best of 69-6 ยผ to earn Second Team All-America and was the top-ranked freshman in the NCAA โฆ in his collegiate debut at the UW Indoor Preview, threw 68-9 ยพ to jump straight to No. 2 in school history โฆ also threw 69-10 ยพ at the UW Invitational โฆ made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
High School and Personal: Born in Tacoma, Washington โฆ mother is Kelly White โฆ has two older brothers, Torien and Charles, and one younger brother, Isaiah โฆ a prep All-American in the hammer throw as a junior, as he placed seventh at 2019 USATF National Junior Olympics with a 182-foot toss โฆ missed out on his senior season due to the Covid-19 pandemic โฆ third in the Washington state hammer throw championships as a junior โฆ an honorary All-American in the weight throw in 2020 after New Balance Indoor Nationals was canceled โฆ threw a weight throw PR of 75-11 at the 2020 UW High School Invitational which ranked No. 5 in the U.S. โฆ also scored in the shot put and the discus at the Washington State Championships as a junior, taking second in the shot put with a toss of 55-8 3/4 and sixth in the discus โฆ won the WesCo league titles in shot and discus, and threw a discus PR of 163-6.
Major Meets
2021 NCAA Indoors - 10th, Weight (All-America Second Team)
2021 Pac-12 - 4th, Hammer | 10th, Discus
2021 NCAA Prelims - 12th, Hammer
2021 NCAA Outdoors - 24th, Hammer (All-America Honorable Mention)
2022 NCAA Indoors - 4th, Weight (All-America First Team)
2022 Pac-12 - 2nd, Hammer
2022 NCAA Prelims - 8th, Hammer
2022 NCAA Outdoors - 9th, Hammer (All-America Second Team)
2023 NCAA Indoors - 5th, Weight (All-America First Team)
2023 Pac-12 - 4th, Hammer
2023 NCAA Prelims - 6th, Hammer
2023 NCAA Outdoors - 10th, Hammer (All-America Second Team)
2024 NCAA Indoors - 8th, Weight (All-America First Team)
2024 Pac-12 - 5th, Hammer
2024 NCAA Prelims - 14th, Hammer
Outdoor Bests
Hammer.......230-4
Discus.......171-2
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Indoor Bests
Weight Throw.......77-10 1/4 - School Record
Academic Honors
2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2024 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2023 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2022 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2022 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2021ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023 All-America First Team (Weight Throw, Indoors) and Second Team (Hammer Throw, Outdoors)
2022 All-America First Team (Weight Throw, Indoors) and Second Team (Hammer Throw, Outdoors)
2022 Pac-12 Hammer Throw Runner-Up
2021 All-America Second Team (Weight Throw, Indoors) and All-America Honorable Mention (Hammer Throw, Outdoors)
White Features
ยปย Everett Grad Surges Into UW Record Books In College Debut (Everett Herald; Feb. 5, 2021)
2024: Made the podium at the NCAA Indoor Championships for the third year in a row in the weight throw and helped UW defend its Pac-12 team title outdoors โฆ at the Pac-12 Championships, had a season-best hammer throw of 225-4 to get fifth-place โฆ placed 14th at NCAA West Prelims in the hammer, just two spots out of an NCAA Outdoor bid โฆ indoors, placed eighth in the weight throw at NCAA Indoors in Boston, throwing 72-11 ยผ to help the Huskies place 10th as a team โฆ broke his own weight throw School Record twice more โฆ started his season on Feb. 9 at the Husky Classic and threw a School Record 74-5 ยฝ โฆ then broke that mark by over three more feet, going 77-10 ยผ at the Ken Shannon Last Chance meet, ranking him 19th in NCAA history โฆ made the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team and the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2023: Another excellent season where he was top-10 at NCAAs indoors and outdoors in the weight and hammer throws ... reached a third-straight NCAA Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw, and had a season-best toss at the meet, going 229-11, but missed the final by just one spot, placing 10th overall for Second Team All-America ... made it to NCAAs withย a sixth-place finish in the hammer at West Prelims, going 227-5 โฆ took fourth at the Pac-12 Championships with a toss of 222-6 โฆ second at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate, throwing 226-8 โฆ indoors, made the NCAA podium in the weight throw for the second year in a row, throwing a season-best 73-11 at the NCAA Championships to finish fifth โฆ won the Husky Classic with a toss of 73-8 ยพ โฆ was over 70-feet at all five of his indoor meetsย โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team โฆ a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member.
2022: Stellar season as he reached both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships for the second year in a row, rising up to fourth nationally in the weight throw and ninth in the hammer throw โฆ indoors, broke his own weight throw School Record two more times, with a best of 74-1 at the Pac-12 Invitational โฆ at NCAA Indoors, finished fourth, the best finish by a Husky in the weight throw since 1979, throwing 73-6 ยพ and earning First Team All-America honors โฆ first extended his record at the Husky Classic, throwing 73-11 ยพ โฆ outdoors, made the hammer throw final at NCAA Outdoors, just missing another podium by one spot, as he was ninth throwing 229-7 and earning Second Team All-America โฆ the Pac-12 runner-up in the hammer, setting a new PR of 230-4, the No. 2 mark in school history โฆ advanced to nationals with an eighth-place finish at West Prelims, throwing 215-1 โฆ won the Fresno State Invitational with a toss of 226-0 โฆ won the UW-WSU Dual Meet hammer at 218-0 โฆ a big throw of 227-3 at the Beach Invitational, a PR at the time โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team โฆ a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member.
2021: An outstanding and historic freshman season in the hammer and weight throws, advancing to the NCAA Outdoor and Indoor Championships and breaking a 42-year-old School Record in the weight throw โฆ outdoors, went to No. 3 in school history with a best hammer throw of 218-8 at the Pac-12 Championships to take fourth-place โฆ got the 12th and final qualifying spot to NCAA Outdoors with a throw of 213-6 at the NCAA West Prelims โฆ threw 206-10 at NCAA Outdoors for 24th-place and All-America Honorable Mention โฆ won the West Coast Relays hammer with a then-PR of 217-2 โฆ won the UW-WSU Dual hammer going 206-2 โฆ fourth in the hammer at the Jim Click Shootout with a best of 212-8 โฆ won the Jim Bush Legends Invite throwing 208-9 โฆ also threw the discus outdoors, taking 10th at the Pac-12 Championships with a PR of 171-2 โฆ indoors, broke seven-time NCAA Champion Scott Neilsonโs weight throw School Record that had stood since 1979 with a launch of 71-8 ยผ at the Husky Classic โฆ at his first NCAA Indoor Championship, and just his fourth collegiate competition, placed 10th with a best of 69-6 ยผ to earn Second Team All-America and was the top-ranked freshman in the NCAA โฆ in his collegiate debut at the UW Indoor Preview, threw 68-9 ยพ to jump straight to No. 2 in school history โฆ also threw 69-10 ยพ at the UW Invitational โฆ made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
High School and Personal: Born in Tacoma, Washington โฆ mother is Kelly White โฆ has two older brothers, Torien and Charles, and one younger brother, Isaiah โฆ a prep All-American in the hammer throw as a junior, as he placed seventh at 2019 USATF National Junior Olympics with a 182-foot toss โฆ missed out on his senior season due to the Covid-19 pandemic โฆ third in the Washington state hammer throw championships as a junior โฆ an honorary All-American in the weight throw in 2020 after New Balance Indoor Nationals was canceled โฆ threw a weight throw PR of 75-11 at the 2020 UW High School Invitational which ranked No. 5 in the U.S. โฆ also scored in the shot put and the discus at the Washington State Championships as a junior, taking second in the shot put with a toss of 55-8 3/4 and sixth in the discus โฆ won the WesCo league titles in shot and discus, and threw a discus PR of 163-6.
Major Meets
2021 NCAA Indoors - 10th, Weight (All-America Second Team)
2021 Pac-12 - 4th, Hammer | 10th, Discus
2021 NCAA Prelims - 12th, Hammer
2021 NCAA Outdoors - 24th, Hammer (All-America Honorable Mention)
2022 NCAA Indoors - 4th, Weight (All-America First Team)
2022 Pac-12 - 2nd, Hammer
2022 NCAA Prelims - 8th, Hammer
2022 NCAA Outdoors - 9th, Hammer (All-America Second Team)
2023 NCAA Indoors - 5th, Weight (All-America First Team)
2023 Pac-12 - 4th, Hammer
2023 NCAA Prelims - 6th, Hammer
2023 NCAA Outdoors - 10th, Hammer (All-America Second Team)
2024 NCAA Indoors - 8th, Weight (All-America First Team)
2024 Pac-12 - 5th, Hammer
2024 NCAA Prelims - 14th, Hammer
Outdoor Bests
Hammer.......230-4
Discus.......171-2
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Indoor Bests
Weight Throw.......77-10 1/4 - School Record
Academic Honors
2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2024 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2023 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2022 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2022 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2021ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
Raising the Bar | Hana & Amanda Moll
Monday, August 04
Women's 1500m final - 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field championship
Sunday, June 15
Nathan Green | 2025 NCAA 1500m Champion
Saturday, June 14
Track & Field NCAA Championships | Huskies Highlights
Friday, June 13
