Career Highlights
Junior (2021)
Outdoor: Finished fifth in the Texas Relays heptathlon with a career best score of 5,326 points … Season best in long jump reached a distance of 20-11 3/4 (6.39) during series in winning the John McDonnell Invitational with a wind-aided mark of 21-4 1/4 (6.51) … Placed 10th in SEC long jump (19-11 3/4w), did not finish the heptathlon … Finished eighth in long jump at NCAA West Preliminary with a windy 21-4 (6.50) … Placed 11th in NCAA Championships with a leap of 20-10 (6.35) …
Indoor: Earned first-team All-America honor in placing eighth in pentathlon with a career best score of 4,148 points at NCAA Indoor … Finished ninth in NCAA long jump with a mark of 20-10 1/2 (6.36) … Bettered previous best score of 4,068 set in earning a bronze medal at the SEC Championships … Also finished sixth in SEC long jump with a mark of 20-9 3/4 (6.34) … Finished third in pentathlon at Razorback Invitational … Established career best of 5-9 3/4 (1.77) to place third in high jump at Razorback Invitational … Among top 10 in four indoor events on UA all-time list – 21-0 1/2 long jump [No. 2], 4,148 pentathlon [No. 7], 5-9 3/4 high jump [=No. 8], and 8.21 in 60m hurdles [No. 10].
Junior (2020)
Indoor: Claimed bronze medal in pentathlon at SEC Indoor Championships with a career best score of 4,047 points ... Also placed sixth in long jump with a mark of 20-3.5 (6.18) in conference meet ... In SEC Indoor pentathlon, produced the second-best mark in the field in 60m hurdles (8.21) and long jump (19-9.75 | 6.04) along with third best mark in high jump (5-8.5 | 1.74) ... The 8.21 ranks her eighth on the Arkansas all-time list ... Opened indoor campaign at Arkansas Invitational, winning 60m hurdles (8.33) and high jump (5-7) while placing fifth in 200m (24.66) ... Produced an indoor best of 20-9.75 (6.34), which ranks fourth on the Razorback all-time list, to place third in long jump at Red Raider Invitational and finished fourth in 60m hurdles (8.29) ... The long jump mark qualified Edwards for the NCAA Indoor Championships ... Scored a then best of 4,004 points to finish fifth in the pentathlon at Razorback Invitational, producing leading marks in 60m hurdles (8.36) and long jump (20-9.25 | 6.33) ... During Tyson Invitational, competed in four events - 60mH (8.35), 200m (24.33), long jump (19-11.75 | 6.09) and ran on a B 4x400 relay (3:44.17) ... Won long jump at Arkansas Qualifier with a leap of 20-4.5 (6.21).
Sophomore (2019)
Competed in 10 meets... Earned Second-Team All-American honors in the long jump... Set a lifetime-best of 6.42m (21-0.75) in the LJ that is No. 2 in program history... Ran a lifetime-best 13.35 in the 100-meter hurdles at the SEC Championships... Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims in the LJ and 100mH... Recorded 13 top-10 finishes...
High School
2015 USATF Junior Olympic Heptathlon Champion… Edwards claimed medals in all three of her State Championship appearances … in 2017 she finished fourth in the 100H at State … she also competed in the 100H at the Brooks PR Invitational where she claimed fourth … took sixth in the high jump at State … ran in the AAU Junior Olympic Games in 2016 finishing sixth in the heptathlon … competed in the New Balance Indoor Nationals where she finished seventh in the long jump … named No. 3 All-State in 2017 by Mile Split… Ranked No. 7 in the United States… Personal Bests: Long Jump (19’9.5”), 100H (13.98), High Jump (5’9”), Heptathlon (4684)… School Record in the long jump, high jump, 100-meter hurdles, and 300-meter hurdles… Also lettered in basketball… 2x Defensive MVP in basketball…
Personal
Born Feb. 16, 1999…Daughter of Calvin and Ta’Kesha Edwards… Has three siblings Tavalya, Ariauna, & Myriah Edwards… grandfather, Calvin Edwards, played football at Texas Tech… born in Houston, Texas… Majoring in Psychology
- First-team NCAA All-America | Indoor (1)
- 2021 SEC Indoor Bronze | Pentathlon
- 2020 SEC Indoor Bronze | Pentathlon
Junior (2021)
Outdoor: Finished fifth in the Texas Relays heptathlon with a career best score of 5,326 points … Season best in long jump reached a distance of 20-11 3/4 (6.39) during series in winning the John McDonnell Invitational with a wind-aided mark of 21-4 1/4 (6.51) … Placed 10th in SEC long jump (19-11 3/4w), did not finish the heptathlon … Finished eighth in long jump at NCAA West Preliminary with a windy 21-4 (6.50) … Placed 11th in NCAA Championships with a leap of 20-10 (6.35) …
Indoor: Earned first-team All-America honor in placing eighth in pentathlon with a career best score of 4,148 points at NCAA Indoor … Finished ninth in NCAA long jump with a mark of 20-10 1/2 (6.36) … Bettered previous best score of 4,068 set in earning a bronze medal at the SEC Championships … Also finished sixth in SEC long jump with a mark of 20-9 3/4 (6.34) … Finished third in pentathlon at Razorback Invitational … Established career best of 5-9 3/4 (1.77) to place third in high jump at Razorback Invitational … Among top 10 in four indoor events on UA all-time list – 21-0 1/2 long jump [No. 2], 4,148 pentathlon [No. 7], 5-9 3/4 high jump [=No. 8], and 8.21 in 60m hurdles [No. 10].
Junior (2020)
Indoor: Claimed bronze medal in pentathlon at SEC Indoor Championships with a career best score of 4,047 points ... Also placed sixth in long jump with a mark of 20-3.5 (6.18) in conference meet ... In SEC Indoor pentathlon, produced the second-best mark in the field in 60m hurdles (8.21) and long jump (19-9.75 | 6.04) along with third best mark in high jump (5-8.5 | 1.74) ... The 8.21 ranks her eighth on the Arkansas all-time list ... Opened indoor campaign at Arkansas Invitational, winning 60m hurdles (8.33) and high jump (5-7) while placing fifth in 200m (24.66) ... Produced an indoor best of 20-9.75 (6.34), which ranks fourth on the Razorback all-time list, to place third in long jump at Red Raider Invitational and finished fourth in 60m hurdles (8.29) ... The long jump mark qualified Edwards for the NCAA Indoor Championships ... Scored a then best of 4,004 points to finish fifth in the pentathlon at Razorback Invitational, producing leading marks in 60m hurdles (8.36) and long jump (20-9.25 | 6.33) ... During Tyson Invitational, competed in four events - 60mH (8.35), 200m (24.33), long jump (19-11.75 | 6.09) and ran on a B 4x400 relay (3:44.17) ... Won long jump at Arkansas Qualifier with a leap of 20-4.5 (6.21).
Sophomore (2019)
Competed in 10 meets... Earned Second-Team All-American honors in the long jump... Set a lifetime-best of 6.42m (21-0.75) in the LJ that is No. 2 in program history... Ran a lifetime-best 13.35 in the 100-meter hurdles at the SEC Championships... Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims in the LJ and 100mH... Recorded 13 top-10 finishes...
High School
2015 USATF Junior Olympic Heptathlon Champion… Edwards claimed medals in all three of her State Championship appearances … in 2017 she finished fourth in the 100H at State … she also competed in the 100H at the Brooks PR Invitational where she claimed fourth … took sixth in the high jump at State … ran in the AAU Junior Olympic Games in 2016 finishing sixth in the heptathlon … competed in the New Balance Indoor Nationals where she finished seventh in the long jump … named No. 3 All-State in 2017 by Mile Split… Ranked No. 7 in the United States… Personal Bests: Long Jump (19’9.5”), 100H (13.98), High Jump (5’9”), Heptathlon (4684)… School Record in the long jump, high jump, 100-meter hurdles, and 300-meter hurdles… Also lettered in basketball… 2x Defensive MVP in basketball…
Personal
Born Feb. 16, 1999…Daughter of Calvin and Ta’Kesha Edwards… Has three siblings Tavalya, Ariauna, & Myriah Edwards… grandfather, Calvin Edwards, played football at Texas Tech… born in Houston, Texas… Majoring in Psychology