2021-22 Track & Field Roster
Drake, Jamari
Jamari Drake
- Position:
- High Jump
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Southeast
- Hometown:
- Springfield, Ill.
Bio
2022: Outdoor – Had a season-best high jump mark of 1.86/6-1.25 to take third and move to No. 9 on UGA’s all-time top-10 list for third at the Tom Jones Memorial…Was third at the Florida Relays with a 1.84/6-0.50 clearance…Earned runner-up honors at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial with a 1.82/5-11.50 clearance…Clinched a spot to Nationals with a 1.84/6-0.50 clearance in the high jump to take ninth at the NCAA East Prelims...Earned a Second Team All-America certificate with a 1.80/5-10.75 clearance in the high jump at Nationals.
New Mexico (2019-21): Finished 10th at the 2020 Olympic Trials (held in June 2021) with a 1.82 meters (5 feet, 11 ½ inches) clearance…Cleared 1.81m (5-11.25) to take ninth in the high jump at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships…Cruised into the Nationals field with a 1.82m (5-11.50) clearance at the NCAA West Prelims…Captured the 2021 Mountain West Conference high jump title (1.80m, 5-10.75)…Placed third in the high jump at the Mountain West Indoor Championships with a season-best height of 5-8.75 (1.75m)…Earned Mountain West All-Conference honors…Won the high jump competition at the Collegiate Classic with a height of 5-8.50 (1.74m).
Southern Miss (2017-18): Earned All-Conference USA honors indoors by finishing third in the high jump with a mark of 1.71m (5-7.25) in 2017…Finished runner-up at the 2018 C-USA Indoor Championships…Qualified for the 2018 NCAA East Regional Championships.
High School: Won the 2015 Illinois state high jump title as a junior…Won the 2A Illinois team championship in 2013…Was part of the 4×100-meter relay Illinois state champion in 2016…Finished third at the 2015 USATF Junior Olympics…Named the CS8 Girls Track Athlete of the Year…Personal-best mark of 1.87m (6-1.50).
Personal: Born Jan. 27, 1998…Daughter of Nate’ Chandler and Ernestus Drake…Intending to work on a graduate degree in Fashion Merchandising…Earned undergraduate degree at New Mexico.
New Mexico (2019-21): Finished 10th at the 2020 Olympic Trials (held in June 2021) with a 1.82 meters (5 feet, 11 ½ inches) clearance…Cleared 1.81m (5-11.25) to take ninth in the high jump at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships…Cruised into the Nationals field with a 1.82m (5-11.50) clearance at the NCAA West Prelims…Captured the 2021 Mountain West Conference high jump title (1.80m, 5-10.75)…Placed third in the high jump at the Mountain West Indoor Championships with a season-best height of 5-8.75 (1.75m)…Earned Mountain West All-Conference honors…Won the high jump competition at the Collegiate Classic with a height of 5-8.50 (1.74m).
Southern Miss (2017-18): Earned All-Conference USA honors indoors by finishing third in the high jump with a mark of 1.71m (5-7.25) in 2017…Finished runner-up at the 2018 C-USA Indoor Championships…Qualified for the 2018 NCAA East Regional Championships.
High School: Won the 2015 Illinois state high jump title as a junior…Won the 2A Illinois team championship in 2013…Was part of the 4×100-meter relay Illinois state champion in 2016…Finished third at the 2015 USATF Junior Olympics…Named the CS8 Girls Track Athlete of the Year…Personal-best mark of 1.87m (6-1.50).
Personal: Born Jan. 27, 1998…Daughter of Nate’ Chandler and Ernestus Drake…Intending to work on a graduate degree in Fashion Merchandising…Earned undergraduate degree at New Mexico.
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