Gilles Ouedraogo

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at NCAA Division I Outdoor Track Championships

Friday, June 12,

5:15 PM ET/2:15 PM PT

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Gilles Ouedraogo at Brant Tolsma Elite Invite

Class:
Junior
Position:
Jumps
Height:
5-10
Hometown:
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Prev School:
Lycee Municipal Venegre

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NCAA Division I All-America Honors (1)
2026 Indoor Triple Jump - 12th (Second Team)

CUSA Individual Titles (2)
2026 Indoor Triple Jump
2026 Outdoor Triple Jump

All-CUSA Honors (2)
2026 Indoor Triple Jump - 1st
2026 Outdoor Triple Jump - 1st

2026 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)

Triple jumped 52-3.75 for seventh place at the NCAA Division I East First Rounds meet, becoming the first Flames triple jumper to reach Eugene since 2018
CUSA triple jump champion with a mark of 52-4.5 that matches his outdoor program record
Made his outdoor Liberty debut at the Penn Relays, reaching 52-4.5 on his lone triple jump attempt to win the event and break the program record from 2010
CUSA Men’s Field Athlete of the Week on April 28

2025-26 Indoor Track & Field (Jr.)

Became Liberty’s first-ever triple jump All-American (second team) with a 12^th-place showing and a 52-8.75 leap at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships
Voted CUSA Men’s Field Performer of the Meet after leading a 1-2-3 Liberty sweep of the triple jump podium with a program-record 53-1 leap (the top indoor mark by a CUSA athlete since 2019) and finishing seventh in his lone long jump competition of the season (23-5.25)
After enrolling in January, broke the Liberty triple jump record in each of his first four competitions, going from 51-7.75 at the Liberty Open to 51-8.25 at the Brant Tolsma Elite Invitational to 52-7.25 at the Tiger Paw Invitational to 53-1 at the CUSA meet
Earned three CUSA Men’s Field Athlete of the Week awards (Jan. 27, Feb. 3 and Feb. 17)

Prep

Graduated from Lycee Municipal Venegre
Competed for Beyond Sport Track Club after high school
After not competing in track & field in high school, went on to win the long jump (personal-best 23-2.5) and triple jump (personal-best 52-2.5) at the 2024-25 regional championship
Won the high jump, placed third in the long jump and took fourth in the triple jump at the 2024 Burkina Faso U20 & Senior Track & Field National Championships

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