Kelsey Daniel

Kelsey Daniel
Personal information
Born (2003-04-07) 7 April 2003
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bestsLong jump: 8.16m (Virginia Beach, 2025)
Triple jump: 16.50m (Fayetteville, 2026)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Trinidad and Tobago
Junior Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2021 Cali-ValleLong jump
NACAC U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 San JoseTriple jump

Kelsey Daniel (born 7 April 2003) is a long jumper from Trinidad and Tobago. He won the 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships.[1]

Early life

He was brought up in Parlatuvier, Tobago and started long jump when he was ten years-old. He later also tried triple jump, but returned to the long jump. His cousin Tyriq Horsford is also a track and field athlete who competes internationally.[2]

Career

He set a personal best with a 7.39m jump at the NAAATT Track and Field Series in April 2021. He won the silver medal in the long jump at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games, with a jump of 7.90 metres.[3] His cousin Tyriq Horsford won silver on the same day in the javelin.[4] He won the bronze medal in the triple jump behind Americans Russell Robinson and Salif Mane at the 2023 NACAC U23 Championships in Costa Rica.[5]

He set a Trinidad and Tobago national indoor record of 7.99 metres for the long jump in 2023. In January 2025, at the Arkansas Invitational men’s long jump he set a new record of 8.03 metres to break his own T&T indoor record.[6][7]

Competing for the University of Texas at Austin, he won the NCAA Championship indoor long jump title on 14 March 2025 in Virginia Beach.[8] His jump of 8.16 metres was a facility record and he became the first male member of the Texas Longhorns to win an NCAA long jump title.[9]

Daniel jumped 8.14 metres at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas on 13 February 2026, before setting a new personal best of 16.50 metres in the triple jump at the same meeting.[10][11] That month, he jumped 8.21 metres at the SEC Championship.[12] In June, he placed seventh in the triple jump at the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships with 16.44 metres.[13] In July, Daniel finished seventh in the men’s long jump final at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with a jump of 7.90 metres.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Kelsey Daniel". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "The Long Jump Journey of Kelsey Daniel". InspireversePodcast.wixsite. Dec 21, 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Ramphal, Vidia (December 2, 2021). "Daniel wins Junior Pan Am silver medal in long jump". Loop News. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Tobago's Kelsey Daniel leaps to long jump silver at Jr Pan Ams". newsday.co.tt. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "2023 NACAC Championships". World Athletics. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
  6. ↑ Lawrence, Kwame (20 Jan 2025). "T&T records for Crawford, Daniel". Trinidad Express. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  7. ↑ Jacks, Bradley (18 Jan 2025). "Arkansas' Joanne Reid, Texas' Kelsey Daniel produce excellent performances to win at Arkansas Invitational". SportsMax. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "Daniel wins long jump on Day One of NCAA Men's and Women's Indoor track and field championships". abcnews. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  9. ↑ "UT's Daniel, Baylor's Brown earn long jump crowns at NCAA indoors". ESPN. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  10. ↑ "KHALEB MCRAE TIES AMERICAN INDOOR 400M RECORD AT TYSON INVITATIONAL". DyeStat. 14 February 2026. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
  11. ↑ "Daniel jumps to new personal best". Trinidad Express. 15 Feb 2026. Retrieved 27 Feb 2026.
  12. ↑ "CONFERENCE MEET ROUNDUP: SYDNEY VAUGHT BREAKS SEC MEET RECORD IN 5,000". Dyestat. 27 Feb 2026. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  13. ↑ "2026 NCAA Track and Field Championships Day 3 Results: Who Won?". Flotrack. 12 June 2026. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  14. ↑ Lawrence, Kwame (29 July 2026). "Bronze throw". Trinidad Express. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
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