Will Claye
Event: Triple Jump/Long Jump
Height: 5-11
Weight: 160
PR: TJ - 17.62m/57-9.75 (2011); LJ – 8.29m/26-10.5 (2011)
Born: 06/13/1991
Current Residence: San Diego, Calif.
High School: Mountain Pointe (Phoenix, Ariz.) HS ‘08
College: Oklahoma ‘10/Florida ‘12
Coach: Jeremy Fischer
Agent: Kimberly Holland
Sponsor: Nike
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Career Highlights: 2011 World Outdoor Championships bronze medalist; 2011 USA Outdoors runner-up in triple jump and long jump; 2012 USA Indoor triple jump champion and long jump runner-up; 2009 NCAA Outdoor, USA Junior, Pan Am Junior & Big 12 Conference triple jump champion; U.S. Junior triple jump record holder; U.S. Junior Champs triple jump record holder
International Championships
2012 World Indoor triple jump gold medalist (17.70m/58-1)
2011 World Outdoor triple jump bronze medalist (17.50m/57-5)
USA Championships
2012 USA Indoors champion in triple jump (17.63m/57-10.25)
2012 USA Indoors runner-up in long jump (8.02m/26-3.75)
2011 USA Outdoors runner-up in triple jump (17.09m/56-9) and long jump (8.19m/26-10.5)
2009 USA Junior triple jump champion (17.14m/56-3MR)
2009 Pan Am Junior triple jump champion (16.57m/54-4.50)
Collegiate Championships
2009 NCAA Outdoor champion (17.19m/56-4.75)
Awards and Honors
2011 SEC Men’s Field Athlete of the Year
U.S. Junior triple jump record holder (17.19m/56-4.75)
2009 USTFCCCA Midwest Region Field Athlete of the Year
2008 USA Today All-USA Track & Field Team in both long and triple jump
About Will
Just after his 20th birthday, Will Claye qualified for the 2011 World Outdoor Championships in both the long jump and the triple jump and went on to win bronze in Daegu. As a freshman at the University of Oklahoma (transferring to Florida after his sophomore season), Claye closed out an impressive first year as a collegiate athlete at the 2009 Pan Am Junior Championships in Trinidad & Tobago with his sixth major triple jump title of the year after winning both the Big 12 indoor and outdoor crowns, the NCAA Midwest Regional, the NCAA Championship and the U.S. Junior National Championships. Claye’s Pan Am Junior Champs winning triple jump of 16.57m/54-4.50 came on his first attempt of the competition. Claye skipped his final semester of high school to enroll early at OU. He’s a two-time Arizona state champion in the triple jump. He was the first Arizona high school athlete to triple jump over 50 feet and holds the Arizona triple jump record. He and Christian Taylor, his teammate while at Florida, are proving to be the next big duo in the triple jump after each won medals at both 2011 World Outdoors and 2012 World Indoors. Claye’s Florida coach Mike Holloway called him “the best athlete you have never heard of.” Claye now trains at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif.
Results
2012: 2nd at USA Indoors in LJ (8.02m/26-3.75); 4th at World Indoors in LJ (8.04m/26-4.25); 1st at New Mexico Classic in TJ (16.69m/54-9.25i); 1st at Tyson Invite in TJ (17.39m/57-0.75i); 1st at USA Indoors in TJ (17.63m/57-10.25); 1st at World Indoors in TJ (17.70m/58-1).
2011: World Outdoor triple jump bronze medalist (17.50m/57-5) and 9th in long jump (8.10m/26-7); 2nd in both long jump (8.19m/26-10.5) and triple jump (17.09m/56-9) at USA Outdoors; SEC champion in both long jump (8.29m/27-2.5) and triple jump (17.24m/56-6.75); Runner-up in triple jump at NCAA Outdoors (17.62m/57-9.75) and 3rd in long jump (8.20m/26-11).
2010: 10th at NCAA Outdoors (15.71m/51-6.50); 5th at Big 12 Indoors (15.91m/52-2.50).
2009: NCAA Outdoor champ (17.19m/56-4.75PR,U.S. Junior record); Pan Am Junior Champ (16.57m/54-4.50); U.S. Junior champ (17.14m/56-3MR); 9th in LJ at NCAA Outdoors (7.89/25-10.75).
USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests
2011: Outdoor bests – Long Jump, 8.29m/27-2.5 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 8 in the world); Triple Jump, 17.62m/57-9.75
2010: Outdoor bests – Triple Jump, 16.30m/53-5.75 (No. 12 in the USA)
2009: Outdoor bests – Long Jump, 7.89m/25-10.75 (No. 19 in the USA); Triple Jump, 17.19m/56-4.75 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 17 in the world)
2008: Outdoor bests – Long Jump, 7.39m/24-3; Triple Jump, 15.97m/52-4.75