Kelsey Daniel
Kelsey Daniel is a long jumper from Trinidad and Tobago. He won the 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 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 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.