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Jhanelle McLeod

Jhanelle McLeod - Women's Track & Field - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Hometown Kingston, Jamaica
Last School Immaculate Conception
Year Senior
Jhanelle McLeod - Women's Track & Field - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Honors and Awards
2013 USTFCCCA Outdoor Second Team All-America
2013 Outdoor All-ACC First Team

2013 Track:
Indoor: Did not compete. Outdoor: Set a new school record and took first in the triple jump with a distance of 43’11¼ at the Florida Relays … Won the triple jump (42’11½) at the Georgia Relays … The ACC Outdoor Triple Jump Champion (42’8¾) … Took 14th at the National Championships with a triple jump distance of 42’4¾).

2012 Track:
Indoor: Long jumped a season-best 39[apos]8 at the VT Elite Invite … Placed third in the triple jump (41[apos]1) at the Vulcan Invite … Placed eighth in the same event (40[apos]10¼) to earn one point at the ACC Championships. Outdoor: Placed fourth in the triple jump (41[apos]10½) at the UCF Invite … Won the long jump with a distance of 19[apos]7 at the Yellow Jacket Invite … Earned two points in the triple jump (seventh place, 41[apos]11½) at the ACC Championships … Placed 13th at the NCAA East Regional in the triple jump with a season-best leap of 42[apos]5¼.

2011 Track:
Indoor: Earned fifth place in the long jump at the Clemson Invitational with a distance of 5.58 meters …T ook fourth place in the triple jump at the Kentucky Track & Field Invitational with a distance of 12.39 meters … Finished fifth at the Kentucky Rod McCravy Memorial with a triple jump of 12.33 meters … A triple jump of 12.37 meters was good for fourth place at the Tiger Paw Invitational … Took eighth place at the ACC Championships in the triple jump (12.52 meters) and 15th place in the long jump (5.24 meters). Outdoor: Did not compete.

2010 Track:
Indoor: Finished in third place with a long jump of 5.51 meters at the Roaring Tiger Invitational … A triple jump of 12.02 meters was good for first place and a long jump of 5.50 meters was good for fourth place at the Clemson Invitational … Long jump of 5.82 meters was good for second place at the Tiger Paw Invitational … Finished in 11th place with a long jump of 5.83 meters and in sixth place with a triple jump of 12.74 meters at the ACC Championships … Finished third with a long jump of 5.99 meters and posted the best distance in the triple jump with 12.70 meters at the VT Final Qualifier. Outdoor: Finished first in both the long jump and triple jump with distances of 5.54 meters and 12.36 meters at the Georgia Tech-Georgia Dual Meet … At the Tiger Track Classic, placed third in the long jump with 5.80 meters and fifth in the triple jump with 12.17 meters … Finished 29th in the 200 meter run (25.37) at the ACC Championships, also finishing fourth in the long jump (5.95 meters) and eighth in the triple jump (12.50 meters) … As the last leg of the 4×100 meter relay in the GT/Clemson/KSU Double Dual Meet, helped the Jackets place first (45.92); finished first in the triple jump (12.55 meters) and second in the long jump (6.10 meters) … Tied for second in the long jump with 6.17 meters at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Finished 36th in the long jump and 25th in the triple jump at the NCAA East Regional with distances of 5.82 meters and 12.41 meters, respectively.

2009 Track:
Indoor: Posted team-best marks in the long and triple jumps at meets held at Clemson … Set the high season mark in the long jump at the Clemson Invitational with a mark of 18-03.25 and in the triple jump at the Tiger Paw Invitational with a 39-08.50 effort … Placed 10th in the triple jump at the ACC Championships (38-10.50). Outdoor: Recorded a 19-01.25 leap in the long jump at the ACC Championships, which was a team best for the outdoor season … Also had an individual season best mark in the triple jump at the ACC[apos]s with a 40-02.00 effort.

High School:
Bronze-medalist at the 2008 ISAA Jamaica Boy[apos]s and Girl[apos]s National Championships triple-jump … Competed 10 years in track & Field … Finished third at the Carifta trials in the triple jump (12.10 meters).

Personal:
Full name is Jhanelle Akelia McLeod … Born Jan. 20, 1991 in Kingston, Jamaica … Daughter of Nurville McLeod and Sandra McPherson … Majoring in economics and international affairs.

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