Norfolk State University Athletics

Personal Records
Indoor
Heptathlon: 4,363 points (2025 D1 Pre-Nationals)
Triple Jump: 14.38 meters (2026 Penn State National Open)  
Long Jump: 6.87 meters (2026 MEAC Indoor Championships)  
High Jump: 1.95 meters (2025 East Coast Invitational)
60-meter hurdles: 9.33 (2025 VCU Rams Indoor Invitational)
Outdoor
Triple Jump: 15.50 meters (2025 MEAC Outdoor Championships)
High Jump: 1.95 meters (2x), Last: (2025 MEAC Outdoor Championships)
 
2025-26: Indoor: Recorded a personal best leap of 6.87 meters at the MEAC Indoor Championships to take eighth … Placed fifth in the triple jump at the Penn State National Open (14.38 meters) … Recorded a pair of top 10 finishes at the HBCU Showcase, including a sixth place finish in the long jump (6.76 meters) and an eighth place finish in the triple jump (14.07 meters) … Opened the season taking third in the triple jump with a leap of 14.62 meters. Outdoor: Did not compete.

2024-25: Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll both semesters ... Also named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team. Indoor: Placed second in the heptathlon at the DI Pre-Nationals with 4,363 points … Recorded a personal best leap of 21 feet, 8.75 inches at the East Coast Invite, placing fourth … Also tallied a leap of six feet, 4.75 inches in the high jump at the same event, taking seventh … Placed third in the triple jump at the VCU Rams Indoor Invite (47-5.75) … Earned sixth place in the heptathlon at the MEAC Indoor Championships with 4,047 points. Outdoor: Won the triple jump with a leap of 50 feet, 10.25 inches at the MEAC Outdoor Championships … Qualified for the NCAA East Regional in the triple jump, recording a jump of 47 feet, nine inches in the quarterfinals of the event … Won the triple jump at the NSU Invite (48-2.75) … Also placed second in the high jump at the same event (6-4.75) … Earned first with a leap of 47 feet, one inch in the triple jump at the Bill Carson Invite.

High School: Reached marks of 46-0.7 in the triple jump and 6-0.2  in the high jump his senior year … Recorded times of 39.60 (300 meter hurdles) and 57.42 (400 meter hurdles) during his senior year.
 
Personal: Jayden Gordon was born on August 14, 2006 … Majoring in electrical & electronics engineering.