University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2023 Track and Field Roster
Obdarius Ware
- Position:
- Jumps
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Austin, Texas
- High School:
- Pflugerville
• 2019 First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference (Long Jump)
• 2019 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year
2019-20: Indoor - Finished fourth overall and set a personal-best in the indoor long jump (24-1) at the Sun Belt Conference Championships ... placed first overall in the long jump (23-23/4) at the FasTrak Collegiate Invitational ... was third in the long jump (23-13/4) at the McNeese Indoor II.
2018-19: Outdoor - Claimed the Sun Belt Conference individual title in the long jump after posting a personal-best mark (25-43/4) ... the jump was the second-best in school history behind Elton Slater (26-1 in 1984) ... a member of Louisiana's 4x100-meter relay team that finished fifth (41.23) at the SBC Championships ... placed first in the long jump at the Louisiana Classics (24-3), McNeese Spring Time Classic (24-81/2) and Cole-Lancon Conference Challenge (24-41/4) ... ran on the Ragin' Cajuns 4x100 meter squad that placed first overall (41.28) at the Cole-Lancon Conference Challenge. Indoor - Produced a season-best jump (23-8) and finished fourth overall at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships ... was third in the long jump at the Samford Bulldog Invitational (22-91/4) and fifth at the McNeese Indoor II (23-43/4) ... ran season-best 7.19 in the 60 meters at the Samford Open.
High School: National champion in the long jump at the 2018 AAU Junior Olympics … posted a personal-best jump of 24-1½ to claim the title … finished fifth in the long jump at the 2018 Class 6A Texas High School Track and Field Championships after posting a mark of 23-4.
Personal: Born November 1, 1999 in Austin, Texas ... undeclared on his academic major.
• 2019 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year
2019-20: Indoor - Finished fourth overall and set a personal-best in the indoor long jump (24-1) at the Sun Belt Conference Championships ... placed first overall in the long jump (23-23/4) at the FasTrak Collegiate Invitational ... was third in the long jump (23-13/4) at the McNeese Indoor II.
2018-19: Outdoor - Claimed the Sun Belt Conference individual title in the long jump after posting a personal-best mark (25-43/4) ... the jump was the second-best in school history behind Elton Slater (26-1 in 1984) ... a member of Louisiana's 4x100-meter relay team that finished fifth (41.23) at the SBC Championships ... placed first in the long jump at the Louisiana Classics (24-3), McNeese Spring Time Classic (24-81/2) and Cole-Lancon Conference Challenge (24-41/4) ... ran on the Ragin' Cajuns 4x100 meter squad that placed first overall (41.28) at the Cole-Lancon Conference Challenge. Indoor - Produced a season-best jump (23-8) and finished fourth overall at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships ... was third in the long jump at the Samford Bulldog Invitational (22-91/4) and fifth at the McNeese Indoor II (23-43/4) ... ran season-best 7.19 in the 60 meters at the Samford Open.
High School: National champion in the long jump at the 2018 AAU Junior Olympics … posted a personal-best jump of 24-1½ to claim the title … finished fifth in the long jump at the 2018 Class 6A Texas High School Track and Field Championships after posting a mark of 23-4.
Personal: Born November 1, 1999 in Austin, Texas ... undeclared on his academic major.
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