MIZZOU PERSONAL RECORDS
Indoor Track & Field
Heptathlon – 4,698 points // SEC Indoor Championships (2/24-25/18)
Outdoor Track & Field
Decathlon – 6,569 points // SEC Outdoor Championships (5/11-12/18)
2017-18
Season Bests
60m Dash (ITF) – 7.39 // SEC Indoor Championships (2/24)
1000m Run (ITF) – 3:11.27 // SEC Indoor Championships (2/25)
60m Hurdles (ITF) – 9.19 // Missouri Collegiate Challenge (2/16)
High Jump (ITF) – 1.85m (6-0.75) // SEC Indoor Championships (2/24)
Pole Vault (ITF) – 4.45m (14-7.25) // SEC Indoor Championships (2/25)
Long Jump (ITF) – 6.40m (21-0) // SEC Indoor Championships (2/24)
Shot Put (ITF) – 13.06m (42-10.25) // Missouri Collegiate Challenge (2/16)
Heptathlon (ITF) – 4,698 points // SEC Indoor Championships (2/24-25)
100m Dash (OTF) – 11.36 // SEC Outdoor Championships (5/11)
400m Dash (OTF) – 52.35 // SEC Outdoor Championships (5/11)
1500m Run (OTF) – 5:19.23 // SEC Outdoor Championships (5/12)
110m Hurdles (OTF) – 16.04 // SEC Outdoor Championships (5/12)
High Jump (OTF) – 1.88m (6-2) // SEC Outdoor Championships (5/12)
Pole Vault (OTF) – 4.50m (14-9) // SEC Outdoor Championships (5/12)
Long Jump (OTF) – 6.61m (21-8.25) // Tom Botts Invitational (4/20)
Discus (OTF) – 31.72m (104-1) // CMU Open (3/17)
Shot Put (OTF) – 12.22m (40-1.25) // SEC Outdoor Championships (5/11)
Javelin (OTF) – 55.55m (182-3) // SEC Outdoor Championships (5/12)
Decathlon – 6,569 points // SEC Outdoor Championships (5/11-12)
Indoor Track – Made his Mizzou debut at the Missouri Holiday Opener (Dec. 8), competing in the shot put and the 60m dash, finishing 11th at 10.84m (35-6.75) and 16th at 7.49, respectively … Posted a fifth-place finish in the 60m hurdles (9.19) at the Missouri Collegiate Challenge (Feb. 16) … Made his heptathlon debut at the SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 25), finishing seventh with 4,698 points.
Outdoor Track – Opened the season by throwing a season-best mark in the discus at the CMU Open (March 17) with a throw of 31.72m (104-1) … Finished first in the javelin at the Tom Botts Invitational (April 20) with a throw of 53.69m (176-2) … Placed seventh in the decathlon at the SEC Outdoor Championships (May 11-12) with 6,569 points, posting season-best marks in the 100m hurdles (16.04) and javelin (55.55m/182-3).
HIGH SCHOOL
Bests
Pole Vault – 14-7 // High Jump – 6-6 // Javelin – 176-8
NOTEWORTHY
- 2017 MSHSSA State Champion - Javelin
Jason competed at School of the Osage High School under the direction of Devin Johnson and Charlie Gordon … TRACK & FIELD … Placed fourth in the pole vault in 2015 as a sophomore, clearing 13-9 at the State Meet … As a junior, finished fifth in the pole vault (13-9) and runner-up in the javelin (148-9) at the Missouri State Track & Field Championships … Posted a high jump personal record at the Hillcrest Boys Invitational in 2017, jumping 6-6 … Jumped 14-7 in the pole vault at the 2017 Osage Invitational, a personal record … Led team to a 14th-place finish at the 2017 Missouri State Track & Field Championships by scoring 19 individual points, finishing sixth in the high jump (6-3), third in the pole vault (14-6) and won a state title in the javelin with a personal record mark of 176-8.
PERSONAL
Parents are James and Kimberly Edwards … Born August 25, 1998 … Father (James) and brothers (James, Jared, Zachary) all are Mizzou alums.