Kelsey Daniel
Kelsey Daniel is a long jumper from Trinidad and Tobago. He won the 2025 [NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships|2025 NCAA Indoor Championships].
Early life
He was brought up in Parlatuvier, Tobago and started long jump when he was ten years-old. He later also tried triple jump, but returned to the long jump. His cousin Tyriq Horsford is also a track and field athlete who competes internationally.Career
He set a personal best with a 7.39m jump at the NAAATT Track and Field Series in April 2021. He won the silver medal in the long jump at the Athletics at the 2021 Junior [Pan American Games|2021 Junior Pan American Games], with a jump of 7.90 metres. His cousin Tyriq Horsford won silver on the same day in the javelin.He set a Trinidad and Tobago national indoor record of 7.99 metres for the long jump in 2023. In January 2025, at the Arkansas Invitational men’s long jump he set a new record of 8.03 metres to break his own T&T indoor record.
Competing for the University of Texas at Austin, he won the 2025 NCAA [Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships|NCAA Championship] indoor long jump title on 14 March 2025 in Virginia Beach. His jump of 8.16 metres was a facility record and he became the first male member of the Texas Longhorns to win an NCAA long jump title.