The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2022-23 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
Ackelia Smith
- Position:
- Jumps
- Hometown:
- Bog Hole District, James Hill, P.O. Clarendon Jamaica
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Major:
- Sustainability Studies
Personal Bests & Results via TFRRS
• 2024 USTFCCCA Indoor Second Team All-American - Long Jump
• 2024 Big 12 Indoor Champion - Long Jump
• 2023 NCAA Outdoor Long Jump Champion
• 2023 USTFCCCA First Team All-American (LJ, TJ)
• 2023 USTFCCCA First Team All-American (LJ, TJ)
• Texas Triple Jump Indoor & Outdoor Record Holder
• 2022 USTFCCCA First Team All-American - Triple Jump
• NCAA Indoor & Outdoor Team Runner-Up - 2022
2023-24 (Junior)
OUTDOOR: Opened the outdoor season in the long jump at the Texas Invitational with a NCAA-leading mark of 7.10m and finished first in the triple jump at 13.51m....
INDOOR: Began her season running a PB time in the 60 (7.43), ran the 200m in 24.39 and was on the 4x400 relay at the Rod McCravy Memorial meet... Ran a PB in the 300m (37.93) and recorded the third-best jump in UT history in the long jump at 6.73m (22-1) to win at the Dr. MLK Jr. Invite... Ran a personal best in the 60m at 7.22 and jumped an NCAA-leading mark of 6.85m (22-5.75) at the NM Collegiate Classic... Ran the first leg of the 4x400 at the Eagle Elite Invite that finished in 3:29.80... Won the Big 12 indoor championships long jump title (6.74m / 22-1.50), finished fourth in triple jump (13.37m) and finished fifth in the 60-meter dash (7.29)... Finished 12th in long jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a jump of 6.21m (20-4.25).
2022-23 (Sophomore)
OUTDOOR: Won both the long jump (6.57m / 21-6.75) and the triple jump (13.84m /45-5) at the 95th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays... Ran a PB in the 200m at the Tom Jones Memorial with her time of 23.78 and later ran the 400m in 54.08... Won the Texas Invitational long jump with a wind-aided mark of 6.69m (21-11.5)... Set the world-leading jump of 7.08m (23-2.75) and the second-best jump in NCAA history to win the long jump title at the Big 12 Championships... Later won the triple jump with her jump of 13.75m (45-1.5) at Big 12s... Qualified for the long jump and triple jump for NCAAs at the West Prelims with just one jump in each competition... Crowned the NCAA long jump champion on her home runway with a jump of 6.8mm (22-7) on her final jump... Was the 2023 NCAA triple jump runner-up with her personal-best mark of 14.54m (47-8.5), breaking her UT program record again.
INDOOR: On her first jump of the season, broke into Texas history with the No. 2 indoor all-time jump at 6.73m (22-1) to win the Commonwealth College Opener... Ran the 400 at the Dr. MLK Jr. Invitational with a time of 53.85 to finish 6th... Only needed one jump to win the triple jump at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic with a mark of 13.92m (46-2.5) for the second-best jump in Texas history behind herself... Set personal bests in both the long jump (6.88m / 22-7) and the triple jump (14.29m/46-10.75) finishing as the runner-up and third-place respectively at the NCAA Indoor Championshps. She became the first Longhorn to finish in the top-3 of both events at the same Championships...
2021-22 (Freshman)
OUTDOOR: Broke the outdoor Texas triple jump record on her first jump and finished second with a mark of 13.87m (45-6.25) and finished sixth in the long jump with a mark of 6.72m (22-0.75) at the Texas Relays… Climbed to No. 7 on the Texas All-Time list in the long jump with her third-place finish of 6.46m (21-2.50) and finished second in the triple jump at 13.32m (43-8.50) in the dual meet at Texas A&M... Recorded another top-10 performance in Texas history in the triple jump with a jump of 13.75m, the No. 2 performance behind her program record and finished fourth in the collegiate long jump at the Mt. SAC Relays... Competed in the long jump and the 400m dash at the LSU Invitational… Broke her Texas program record in the triple jump at 14.08m to qualify for the NCAA Championships and also qualified for the long just at the West Prelims…Finished just off the podium in the triple jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in fourth with a jump of 13.79m and finished 8th in the long jump... Competed for Jamaica in both the World Championships and the Commonwealth Games.
INDOOR: Made her collegiate debut at the New Mexico Collegiate Invite and won the long jump with a mark of 6.34m (20-9.75)... Broke Terri Turner's 36-year triple jump program record with a jump of 13.94m (45-9.00) as the top collegiate finisher and finished with a jump of 6.19m (20-3.75) in the long jump at the Tiger Paw Invite... Finished sixth at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the triple jump with a mark of 13.75m and helped Texas finish as the runner-up at the meet.
