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Jevaughn Powell

  • Hometown Clarendon, Jamaica
  • Highschool Kingston College High School
  • Sport (Event) Track & Field
  • Country Jamaica
  • Twitter @powell_jevaughn
  • Years at UF 2023-24

Biography

Third in Jamaica Olympic Trials 400-meters (44.79)

Collegiate PR | Indoor: 200m - 21.02; 400m - 45.73 | Outdoor: 200m - 20.45; 400m - 44.54

Jevaughn Powell's TFRRS Profile (Top Performances and Meet Results)
Championships:
  • 2023 NCAA Outdoor Champion (4x400)
  • 2023 SEC Outdoor Champion (4x400)

USTFCCCA Honors:
  • 2024 USTFCCCA Outdoor First Team All-American (400m)
  • 2024 USTFCCCA Outdoor First Team All-American (4x400m)
  • 2024 USTFCCCA Outdoor First Team All-American (4x100m)
  • 2024 USTFCCCA Indoor First Team All-American (4x400m)
  • 2024 USTFCCCA Indoor First Team All-American (400m)
  • 2023 USTFCCCA Outdoor First Team All-American (400m)
  • 2023 USTFCCCA Outdoor First Team All-American (4x400)
  • 2023 USTFCCCA Indoor Second Team All-American (400m)

SEC Honors:
  • 2024 Outdoor All-SEC Second Team (Bronze Medalist - 4x400m)
  • 2024 Indoor All-SEC Second Team (Silver Medalist - 400m)
  • 2023 Outdoor All-SEC First Team (Gold Medalist - 4x400m)

UF All-Time Top 10 List
  • No. 1: Outdoor 4x400m Relay (Third Leg, 2:57.74 at 2023 NCAA Championships)
  • No. 3: Outdoor 4x400m Relay (Second Leg, 2:58.98 at 2024 NCAA Championships)
  • No. 3: Indoor 4x400m Relay (Third Leg, 3:02.18 at 2023 Tyson Invitational)
  • No. 4: Outdoor 4x100m Relay (First Leg, 38.34 at 2024 NCAA Championships
  • No. 4: Outdoor 4x400m Relay (Second Leg, 2:59.48 at 2024 SEC Championships)
  • No. 4 Indoor 4x400m Realy (First Leg, 3:02.53 at 2024 NCA Indoor Championships)
  • No. 5: Outdoor 400m (44.54 at 2024 NCAA Championships)
  • No. 6: Indoor 4x400m Relay (Fourth Leg, 3:02.78 at 2024 Tyson Invitational)
  • No. 8: Indoor 400m (45.35 at 2024 SEC Indoor Championships)
  • No. 10: Outdoor 400m (45.02 at 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships)
  • No. 10: Indoor 4x400m Relay (Fourth Leg, 3:03.87 at 2024 SEC Championships)

2024 Outdoor: Named a First Team All-American (400m, 4x100m, 4x400m)... Helped the Gators win their third consecutive NCAA Outdoor Championship as he scored points in three separate events: 400m (44.54 (PR) - 3rd Place, 6 Points), 4x100m (38.34 - 4th Place, 5 Points) and 4x400m (2:58.98 - 3rd Place, 6 Points)... Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 400m (45.16) and 4x400m (3:01.50) at the NCAA East Preliminaries (May 22/24)... Participated in the 400m Prelims and helped the Gators 4x400m team to a third-place finish and the No. 3 time on UF's All-Time Top 10 List at the SEC Outdoor Championships (May 11)... Recorded a time of 20.28 (+2.3m/s) in the 200m and helped the 4x100m relay team to a third place finish at the LSU Invitational (Apr. 27)... Participated in three events at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational (Apr. 12/13): 400m (45.21), 4x100 relay (39.43) and 4x400 (3:01.20 - No. 9 Outdoor 4x400m in UF History)... Opened the 2024 outdoor season by earning a personal record in the 200m (20.45) and competing in the 4x400m relay (3:01.51) at the Pepsi Florida Relays (Mar. 29/30).

2024 Indoor: Named a 2024 USTFCCCA First Team All-American... Secured a fourth place finish in the Men's 400m (45.59) and helped the Men's 4x400m team to a Runner-Up finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships (Mar. 8/9)... Qualified for NCAA Indoor Championships (400m)... Earned an SEC silver medal after placing second in the 400m with a time of 45.61, landing him at No. 8 on UF's All-Time Top 10 List and contributed to a third place finish by the Men's 4x400m relay that recorded a time of 3:03.87 at the SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 23/24)... Placed second, running the fourth leg, in the Men's 4x400m with a time of 3:02.78 (5th on UF's Indoor All-Time Top 10 List) at the Tyson Invitational (Feb. 10)... Team finished first in the Men's 4x400m with a time of 3:04.08, securing the fastest time in the NCAA in 2024 to date and finished third in the Men's 400m at the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 26/27)... Finished first in the Men's 4x400m Relay and fourth in the Men's 200m at the McFerrin-12 Degree Invitational (Jan. 13).

2023 Outdoor: Made his outdoor debut at the Tom Jones Memorial, finishing fifteenth in the 400m (46.10)... Finished fourteenth in the 400m (47.08) at the LSU Invitational... Won gold in the 4x400 (2:57.76) and finished seventh in the 400m (45.54) at the SEC Outdoor Championships... Finished third in the 4x400 (3:05.70) and tenth in the 400m (46.68) at the NCAA East Preliminaries. Qualified for the NCAA Championships in both events... Won gold in the 4x400 (2:57.74) and finished seventh in the 400m (45.32)  at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Named USTFCCCA Outdoor First Team All-American in both the 400m and 4x400... Member of the NCAA Outdoor National Championship Team.

2023 Indoor: Made his Gator debut in the 4x400M at the Clemson Invitational. Ran the second leg on the sixth-place relay team (3:12.97)… Competed in the 400m and 4x400 relay at the Razorback Invitational. Finished seventeenth in the 400m (47.13) and ran the leadoff leg of the tenth place 4x400 relay (3:09.03)… Took part in the 400m, finishing fourteenth (47.24) and the 4x400, finishing first (3:02.18) at the Tyson Invitational... Finished sixth in the 400m (45.73) at the SEC Indoor Championships... Finished twelfth in the 400m (46.04) at the NCAA Indoor Championship. Earned Second Team All-American honors in the 400m.

Prior to Florida:
  • Attended University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)