2024 Track & Field Roster
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Jackson, Amber
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Amber Jackson
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Ardrey Kell HS
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
Bio
TFRRS Profile
2025
Competed at four meets, all during outdoor season ... Had a personal-best mark of 5.78m (18-11.75) in the long jump at the Mt. SAC Relays on April 18 ... Finished third in the long jump at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invite with a mark of 5.75m (18-10.5) ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring quarters.
2024
Competed in four indoor meets … Placed fourth at the New Mexico Team Open ( 1.69m, 5-06.50) … Opened the outdoor season with a second-place finish at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational (1.62m, 5-03.75) … Placed third at the UCLA “Legends” Invitational … Leapt 1.66m (5-05.25) to finish 12th in the Conference at the Pac-12 Championships … Appeared in five meets during the outdoor season.
2023
Did not compete during the indoor season … Made her outdoor debut at the Ben Brown Invitational on March 10 … Claimed third at Ben Brown with her mark of 5.66m (5-05.25) … Recorded UCLA’s team-best mark at the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 14 … Placed fifth after clearing 1.67m (5-05.75).
2022
Competed in three indoor and five outdoor meets during her true freshman season ... Took first place in the high jump event at the West Coast Relays (1.72m, 5-07.75) and the USC Dual Meet (1.70m, 5-07.00) ... Placed fifth in the Conference with a mark of 1.71m (5-07.75) at the Pac-12 Championships.
High School
Four-year letterwinner for Ardrey Kell HS … 2019 and 2021 Ardrey Kell Field MVP … 2021 North Carolina State Champion in the high jump and long jump … 2021 State Runner-Up in the long jump … Owns lifetime-best marks of 5-09.00 in the high jump, 38-05.00 in the triple jump, and 18-01.00 in the long jump … Competed in eight different events as a senior in 2021 … Was undefeated in the high jump in five meets as a senior ... Outdoor Nationals qualifier in the high jump and triple jump, earning All-American acclaim in the high jump.
Personal
Born in Atlanta, Ga., to parents Andrea and John Jackson … Says UCLA has been her dream school since middle school … Admires track stars Allyson Felix and Sydney McLaughlin … Lists her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill was finishing sixth at Outdoor Nationals her senior year … Enjoys working out, photography/modeling, and spending time with family, friends, and her dog … Was a competitive gymnast for 12 years and also played travel softball … Plans to major in psychology at UCLA.
2025
Competed at four meets, all during outdoor season ... Had a personal-best mark of 5.78m (18-11.75) in the long jump at the Mt. SAC Relays on April 18 ... Finished third in the long jump at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invite with a mark of 5.75m (18-10.5) ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring quarters.
2024
Competed in four indoor meets … Placed fourth at the New Mexico Team Open ( 1.69m, 5-06.50) … Opened the outdoor season with a second-place finish at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational (1.62m, 5-03.75) … Placed third at the UCLA “Legends” Invitational … Leapt 1.66m (5-05.25) to finish 12th in the Conference at the Pac-12 Championships … Appeared in five meets during the outdoor season.
2023
Did not compete during the indoor season … Made her outdoor debut at the Ben Brown Invitational on March 10 … Claimed third at Ben Brown with her mark of 5.66m (5-05.25) … Recorded UCLA’s team-best mark at the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 14 … Placed fifth after clearing 1.67m (5-05.75).
2022
Competed in three indoor and five outdoor meets during her true freshman season ... Took first place in the high jump event at the West Coast Relays (1.72m, 5-07.75) and the USC Dual Meet (1.70m, 5-07.00) ... Placed fifth in the Conference with a mark of 1.71m (5-07.75) at the Pac-12 Championships.
High School
Four-year letterwinner for Ardrey Kell HS … 2019 and 2021 Ardrey Kell Field MVP … 2021 North Carolina State Champion in the high jump and long jump … 2021 State Runner-Up in the long jump … Owns lifetime-best marks of 5-09.00 in the high jump, 38-05.00 in the triple jump, and 18-01.00 in the long jump … Competed in eight different events as a senior in 2021 … Was undefeated in the high jump in five meets as a senior ... Outdoor Nationals qualifier in the high jump and triple jump, earning All-American acclaim in the high jump.
Personal
Born in Atlanta, Ga., to parents Andrea and John Jackson … Says UCLA has been her dream school since middle school … Admires track stars Allyson Felix and Sydney McLaughlin … Lists her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill was finishing sixth at Outdoor Nationals her senior year … Enjoys working out, photography/modeling, and spending time with family, friends, and her dog … Was a competitive gymnast for 12 years and also played travel softball … Plans to major in psychology at UCLA.
UCLA New Director of Track & Field: Joanna Hayes
Friday, June 21
UCLA New Director of Track & Field: Joanna Hayes
Friday, June 21
UCLA Track & Field Jim Bush Legends Invite (April 13, 2024)
Wednesday, April 17
powHER of the Pac: UCLA's Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Monday, June 27
