2023-24 Men's Track & Field Roster

David Katzenmaier
Katherine Jamtgaard
David Katzenmaier
Andy McLean

Niejel Wilkins

  • Position Jumps
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Kinston, N.C.
  • High School Kinston
  • Prev School East Carolina

Biography

PR's
Outdoor: 100m - 11.03 ... LJ - 7.52m (24' 8.25") ... TJ - 15.75m (51' 8.25")

2024
Outdoor
  • Earned Third-Team All-SBC honors after finishing third in the triple jump with a leap of 15.55m (51’ 0.25”) at the SBC Outdoor Championships (May 9-11)
  • Set the Randy Marion Track & Field facility record for the triple jump with a leap of 15.83m (51’ 11.25”) which he set at the App State Open (Apr. 26-27) and which tied him with Joel Gaddy’s 2008 mark for fifth in the program all-time list
  • Recorded a leap of 15.22m (49’ 11.25”) in the triple jump at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 22-25)
  • Clinched first in the triple jump with a leap of 14.95m (49’ 0.75”) at the Weems Baskin Relays (Mar. 22-24)
  • Took third in the triple jump with a leap of 15.62m (51’ 3”) at the Georgia Tech Invitational (Apr. 19-20)
  • Posted a season best leap of 6.93m (22’ 9”) to place third in the long jump at the App State Open (Apr. 26-27)
  • Clocked a personal best of 11.03 in the 100 meters at the Duke Invitational (Apr. 11-13)
  • Earned CSC Academic All-District honors
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete selection
2023
Indoor
  • Competed at the USATF Indoor Championships (Feb. 16-18), finishing eighth in the triple jump with a mark of 14.46m (47’ 5.25”)
 
Outdoor 
  • Made an appearance at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 25-27)
  • Named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete
  • Set the facility record in the triple jump with a leap of 15.31m (50’ 2.75”) at the App State Open (Apr. 28-29)
  • Earned Third-Team All-SBC honors after placing third with a leap of 15.15m (49’ 8.5”) at the Sun Belt Championships (May 11-13)
  • Took second with a time of 42.10 in the 4x100-meter relay at the Adidas Winthrop Invitational (Mar. 24-25)
  • Recorded a season best in the long jump with a leap of 6.66m (21’ 10.25”) at the Georgia Tech Invitational (Apr. 21-22)

Prior to App State
  • Competed for East Carolina 
  • Earned AAC All-Conference honors for the indoor and outdoor seasons
  • Named ECU Men’s Newcomer of the Year and ECU Men’s Most Improved
  • Appeared at the 2022 NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 25-28), placing 28th overall with a leap of 15.26m (50’ 0.75”) in the triple jump
  • Recorded a personal best of 7.52m (24’ 8.25”) to take third in the long jump at the 2022 American Conference Outdoor Championships (May 13-15)
  • Set a triple jump personal best of 15.70m (51’ 6.25”) at the 2021 American Conference Outdoor Championships (May 14-16)
High School
  • 2019 Male Student of the Year
  • Earned the 2019 NCHSAA 2A indoor and outdoor triple jump titles
  • Eight-time All-Conference honoree, four-time All-Region honoree, three-time All-State honoree
Club
  • Competed for the Revelation Peak Performance club team under the direction of Coach Reese
  • Earned AAU All-American recognition
Personal
  • Son of Koren Jones and Clarence Wilkins
  • Enjoys bowling, fishing, reading, training, and meditating
  • Once lived in Germany
  • Is a professional bowler

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Junior

    Jumps
  • 2023-24Senior

    Jumps