2018 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Heath, Jelani

Jelani Heath
- Position:
- Jumps
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Puyallup, Wash.
- High School:
- Rogers
Bio
2022: A Pac-12 scorer in her final season, ending her long jump career with a UW best mark … jumped 19-5 ½ at the Pac-12 Championships, a wind-legal best, to finish seventh-place, and also ran on the 4x100m relay that was ninth-place … had a wind-aided 100m best of 12.22 at the Fresno State Invite and a wind-aided 200m PR of 25.76 at the West Coast Relays … ran on team’s fastest 4x100m relay of the year, a 45.40 time at Mt. SAC Relays … third in the long jump at the UW-WSU Dual at 19-4 ¾ and got a point in the triple jump going 36-0 ¼ for third … indoors, competed unattached, with a best long jump mark of 18-10 ¾ at the Husky Classic.
2021: Competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the long jump and scored on the 4x100m relay … at Pac-12s, took 13th in the long jump with a best of 18-7, and was the third leg on the relay that took sixth in 45.63 … on the 4x1 relay that won the Ken Shannon Invite in the No. 5 time in school history, going a season-best 45.47 … helped the 4x1 relay win the UW-WSU Dual in 45.89, and was third in the 100m in 12.30 and fourth in the long jump .. season-best long jump of 18-11 ¾ at the Jim Bush Legends Invite for second … indoors, had a best long jump of 18-9 ¾ at the UW Indoor Preview … went 18-9 at the Husky Classic for third.
2020 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): Improved her long jump PR during the indoor season, and flew to third-place at the MPSF Championships … had a PR best of 19-4 1/4 to win the UW Last Chance Meet … at the MPSF meet, jumped 19-3 1/4 for third-place … won the UW Invitational long jump at 18-10 3/4 and also won the UW Indoor Preview at 18-9 3/4 … had a season-best 60-meters of 7.94 seconds and a season-best 200m of 25.19.
2019: Competed at the conference championships indoors and out in the long jump and scored at the Pac-12 meet on the 4x100m relay … at the Pac-12 Championships in Tucson, led off the 4x1 relay that took seventh in the final in 46.15 seconds … was 16th in the long jump at Pac-12s going 18-9 1/4 … a season-best long jump of 19-2 3/4 at the Beach Invitational where she was 11th … fifth in the long jump at the UW-WSU Dual at 17-9 3/4 … was sixth at the Stanford Invitational with a long jump best of 19-1 1/2 … indoors, scored at the MPSF Championships with a seventh-place finish jumping 19-1 1/4 … second at the Husky Classic with a mark of 18-10 3/4.
2018: The top long jumper on the squad in her freshman season, competing at both conference meets indoors and out … at her first Pac-12 Championships, was 15th in the long jump with a mark of 18-11 ¼ … had a wind-aided 19-2 ¾ leap at the Mt. SAC Relays to finish 10th … won the Ken Shannon Invite long jump at 18-1 … was third in the UW-WSU Dual long jump going 17-11 ¾ … had a just slightly wind-aided (+2.1) season-best of 19-7 ½ at the Texas Relays and a wind-legal mark of 18-10 ½ … fourth in the long jump at the Trojan Invitational at 18-9 … third at the Pepsi Team Invitational jumping 17-9 … ran on three 4x100m relays, the best a time of 45.95 at the Pepsi meet … indoors, leaped to a mark of 19-4 in her first college meet, taking second at the UW Indoor Preview and ran a 60m best of 7.88 seconds … was ninth in the long jump at the MPSF Championships, going 18-11 ¾ … also was fifth at the UW Invitational with a mark of 18-9 ¾.
High School and Personal: Born in Seattle ... mother is Apple Pryor ... has one younger brother, Jayden, and one younger sister, Jemari ... one of the nation's top prep long jumpers, winning the Washington 4A State Championship as both a junior and a senior in the event ... was the 2016 Junior Olympics National Champion in the long jump with her career-best mark of 20-1 for the Flying AJ's ... won the 2017 Washington state title with a jump of 19-10 1/4 after going 19-11 to win districts ... was third at 2017 Arcadia Invite with a jump of 18-9 3/4 ... as a junior, won state for the first time going 19-11 1/2 in the finals ... as a senior took fourth in the 100-meter state final in 11.90 ... also made state three times in the 4x100m relay and twice in the 4x200m relay ... also lettered in basketball.
Major Meets
2018 MPSF - 9th, Long Jump
2018 Pac-12 - 15th, Long Jump
2019 MPSF - 7th, Long Jump
2019 Pac-12 - 7th, 4x100m | 16th, Long Jump
2020 MPSF - 3rd, Long Jump
2021 Pac-12 - 6th, 4x100m | 13th, Long Jump
2022 Pac-12 - 9th, 4x100m | 7th, Long Jump
Outdoor Bests
Long Jump.......19-7 1/2w / 19-5 1/2
Indoor Bests
60m.......7.88
200m.......25.19
Long Jump.......19-4 1/4
2021: Competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the long jump and scored on the 4x100m relay … at Pac-12s, took 13th in the long jump with a best of 18-7, and was the third leg on the relay that took sixth in 45.63 … on the 4x1 relay that won the Ken Shannon Invite in the No. 5 time in school history, going a season-best 45.47 … helped the 4x1 relay win the UW-WSU Dual in 45.89, and was third in the 100m in 12.30 and fourth in the long jump .. season-best long jump of 18-11 ¾ at the Jim Bush Legends Invite for second … indoors, had a best long jump of 18-9 ¾ at the UW Indoor Preview … went 18-9 at the Husky Classic for third.
2020 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): Improved her long jump PR during the indoor season, and flew to third-place at the MPSF Championships … had a PR best of 19-4 1/4 to win the UW Last Chance Meet … at the MPSF meet, jumped 19-3 1/4 for third-place … won the UW Invitational long jump at 18-10 3/4 and also won the UW Indoor Preview at 18-9 3/4 … had a season-best 60-meters of 7.94 seconds and a season-best 200m of 25.19.
2019: Competed at the conference championships indoors and out in the long jump and scored at the Pac-12 meet on the 4x100m relay … at the Pac-12 Championships in Tucson, led off the 4x1 relay that took seventh in the final in 46.15 seconds … was 16th in the long jump at Pac-12s going 18-9 1/4 … a season-best long jump of 19-2 3/4 at the Beach Invitational where she was 11th … fifth in the long jump at the UW-WSU Dual at 17-9 3/4 … was sixth at the Stanford Invitational with a long jump best of 19-1 1/2 … indoors, scored at the MPSF Championships with a seventh-place finish jumping 19-1 1/4 … second at the Husky Classic with a mark of 18-10 3/4.
2018: The top long jumper on the squad in her freshman season, competing at both conference meets indoors and out … at her first Pac-12 Championships, was 15th in the long jump with a mark of 18-11 ¼ … had a wind-aided 19-2 ¾ leap at the Mt. SAC Relays to finish 10th … won the Ken Shannon Invite long jump at 18-1 … was third in the UW-WSU Dual long jump going 17-11 ¾ … had a just slightly wind-aided (+2.1) season-best of 19-7 ½ at the Texas Relays and a wind-legal mark of 18-10 ½ … fourth in the long jump at the Trojan Invitational at 18-9 … third at the Pepsi Team Invitational jumping 17-9 … ran on three 4x100m relays, the best a time of 45.95 at the Pepsi meet … indoors, leaped to a mark of 19-4 in her first college meet, taking second at the UW Indoor Preview and ran a 60m best of 7.88 seconds … was ninth in the long jump at the MPSF Championships, going 18-11 ¾ … also was fifth at the UW Invitational with a mark of 18-9 ¾.
High School and Personal: Born in Seattle ... mother is Apple Pryor ... has one younger brother, Jayden, and one younger sister, Jemari ... one of the nation's top prep long jumpers, winning the Washington 4A State Championship as both a junior and a senior in the event ... was the 2016 Junior Olympics National Champion in the long jump with her career-best mark of 20-1 for the Flying AJ's ... won the 2017 Washington state title with a jump of 19-10 1/4 after going 19-11 to win districts ... was third at 2017 Arcadia Invite with a jump of 18-9 3/4 ... as a junior, won state for the first time going 19-11 1/2 in the finals ... as a senior took fourth in the 100-meter state final in 11.90 ... also made state three times in the 4x100m relay and twice in the 4x200m relay ... also lettered in basketball.
Major Meets
2018 MPSF - 9th, Long Jump
2018 Pac-12 - 15th, Long Jump
2019 MPSF - 7th, Long Jump
2019 Pac-12 - 7th, 4x100m | 16th, Long Jump
2020 MPSF - 3rd, Long Jump
2021 Pac-12 - 6th, 4x100m | 13th, Long Jump
2022 Pac-12 - 9th, 4x100m | 7th, Long Jump
Outdoor Bests
Long Jump.......19-7 1/2w / 19-5 1/2
Indoor Bests
60m.......7.88
200m.......25.19
Long Jump.......19-4 1/4
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