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Jevaughn Powell

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Clarendon, Jamaica
  • Highschool Kingston College HS

Biography

2021 All-Conference USA First Team (200 Outdoor)
2021 All-Conference USA First Team (4x100m Outdoor)
2020 All-Conference USA First Team (4x400m Indoor)
Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021)


2022 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
  • Took silver in the 400-meter dash, clocking in a 47.36 at the Conference USA Championships. 
  • Part of the 4x400-meter relay team that won silver with a time of 3:14.65 at the C-USA Championships.
  • Ran a personal-best 47.16 in the 400 at the Don Kirby Open & Elite. 
  • Competed in the 200 at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic and New Mexico Classic. 
 
2021 OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN)
  • Captured gold in the 200-meter dash, clocking in a 20.75 (1.2) at the Conference USA Championships. 
  • Part of gold-medal winning 4x100-meter relay team that clocked in a 40.03 at the C-USA Championships. 
  • Clocked in a personal-best 46.76 in the 400 preliminaries at the C-USA Championships. 
  • Ran a personal-best 20.70 (-0.2) in the 200, placing third at the Desert Heat Classic.
  • Claimed first in the 200-meter race with a time of 20.92w (4.5) at the Roadrunner Invitational. 
  • Competed with 4x100 (40.14, second) and 4x400 (3:19.77, first) teams at the Don Kirby Tailwind Open.
  • Ran with 4x400 team that took first at the UTSA Invitational (3:07.11) and Texas Relays (3:05.84). 
  • Ran with 4x400 team that took third (3:11.44) at the Masked Rider Open.

2020 OUTDOOR
  • Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. 

2020 INDOOR (FRESHMAN)
  • Named All-Conference USA first team (4x400m relay).
  • 4x400m relay team claimed gold, clocking in a time 3:12.18 at the Conference USA Championships.
  • Recorded a personal-best 47.50 in the 400m, placing third at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic.
  • Ran a personal best 21.73 in the 200m at the Texas Tech Corky Classic.
  • 4x400m relay team placed fourth with a time of 3:12.72 at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic.
  • Competed in the distance medley relay and the 400m at the C-USA Championships, posting a 10:29.14 with a seventh-place finish. 

PRIOR TO UTEP
  • Clocked in a season-best 20.85 in the outdoor 200-meter race at the ISSA Ch., Kingston in March 2019. 
  • Won the outdoor 200 (21.71) at the 2019 Youngster Goldsmith Classics, Kingston – U20 Events.
  • Placed first in the outdoor 400-meter race, clocking in a season-best 48.22 at the Queen’s Grace Jackson Track Meet.
  • Ran with 4x400-meter relay team that placed second in the 2019 Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pa., High School Division. 
 
PERSONAL:  Full name is Jevaughn Jahwanye Powell … son of Paul Powell and Althea Powell … has one brother and two sisters … born in Clarendon, Jamaica … public health major. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2021Sophomore

    Sprints