2026 Track & Field Roster
Roster

Elias Gerald
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Saratoga Springs, Utah
- High School:
- Westlake
2025: Started the season with a second-place finish in the high jump at the Spokane Sports Showcase (Jan. 17)...High jump champion at the LSU Battle of the Bayou (Mar. 28), setting a personal record of 7' 3.75"...Won the high jump at the UCLA dual meet (May 4)...Placed second in the high jump at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 18)...Placed 12th in the nation in the high jump at the NCAA Championships…Ended the season with eight top-three finishes in the high jump.
2024: Competed in eight outdoor meets and jumping between 6-10.75 and 7-1.75 in all of them...Won the high jump at the Trojan Invitational on March 23 (6-10.75), the Mt. SAC Relays on April 19 (6-11.50), the Dual Meet on April 28 (6-10.75), and at the Pac-12 Championships on May 12 (7-1.75/2.18)…The Pac-12 title, his second, was his collegiate indoor PR and moved him to fifth on USC’s all-time indoor list...Jumped an outdoor season best of 7-1.50 (2.17m) to match his PR and tie for seventh at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds on May 24...Advanced to the NCAA Championships and tied for 11th with a jump of 6-11.50 (2.12m) to earn second-team All-America honors...Took second place in the triple jump with a leap of 42-7.50/12.99m (+0.0) and fourth in the long jump with a PR of 24-5.00/7.44m (-0.3) at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet on April 28...Placed 10th in the long jump at the Pac-12 Championships (23-9.00) on May 10...Competed in six indoor meets, winning four and taking third in the two others.
athletes...Achieved a long jump best is 23-3.50 (7.09m).
PERSONAL: Born December 8, 2003 in Provo, Ut… His parents are Jarrah and Danor Gerald, and he has three siblings, Isaiah, Sariah and Asenath…Enjoys gaming and practicing martial arts…Lists martial arts expert Bruce Lee as his biggest sports hero, due to the fact that his mind was as strong as his body…Aspires to continue his sports career postgraduate…Majoring in Communication at USC.
CAREER BEST: HJ – 7-1.50 (outdoors)/7 -2.00 (Indoors) LJ – 24-5.00
2024: Competed in eight outdoor meets and jumping between 6-10.75 and 7-1.75 in all of them...Won the high jump at the Trojan Invitational on March 23 (6-10.75), the Mt. SAC Relays on April 19 (6-11.50), the Dual Meet on April 28 (6-10.75), and at the Pac-12 Championships on May 12 (7-1.75/2.18)…The Pac-12 title, his second, was his collegiate indoor PR and moved him to fifth on USC’s all-time indoor list...Jumped an outdoor season best of 7-1.50 (2.17m) to match his PR and tie for seventh at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds on May 24...Advanced to the NCAA Championships and tied for 11th with a jump of 6-11.50 (2.12m) to earn second-team All-America honors...Took second place in the triple jump with a leap of 42-7.50/12.99m (+0.0) and fourth in the long jump with a PR of 24-5.00/7.44m (-0.3) at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet on April 28...Placed 10th in the long jump at the Pac-12 Championships (23-9.00) on May 10...Competed in six indoor meets, winning four and taking third in the two others.
2023: Won the high jump in six of the eight meets he competed in as a freshman...Won the Pac-12 high jump title with a clearance of 6-11.50 (2.12m)...Advanced out of the NCAA West Prelims tied for first with a PR of 7-1.50 (2.17m) and moved to tied for ninth on USC’s all-time list...Placed ninth at the NCAA Championships on June 9 with a best clearance of 7-1.00 (2.16m), earning second-team honors...Won high jump titles at the Florida Relays, Trojan Invitational, Mt. SAC Relays, and USC-UCLA Dual Meet...Competed in five indoor meets, with a best clearance of 6-9.00 (2.06m) to place fourth at the Ken Shannon Last Chance Meet on Feb. 25....Placed seventh in the long jump at Cougar Classic on Jan. 13 and had a best jump of 21-9.00 (6.63m).
HIGH SCHOOL: 2022 graduate of Westlake HS in Saratoga Springs, Utah....Named the 2022 Gatorade Utah Boy’s Track & Field Player of the Year...Won the Utah high jump and long jump titles his last two years of high school...Placed second in the 110m hurdles...Holds an outdoor PR of 7-0.25, which is a Utah 6A state record...Won the NIKE Indoors high jump title. He jumped 7-2 indoors to rank No.1 among high schoolathletes...Achieved a long jump best is 23-3.50 (7.09m).
PERSONAL: Born December 8, 2003 in Provo, Ut… His parents are Jarrah and Danor Gerald, and he has three siblings, Isaiah, Sariah and Asenath…Enjoys gaming and practicing martial arts…Lists martial arts expert Bruce Lee as his biggest sports hero, due to the fact that his mind was as strong as his body…Aspires to continue his sports career postgraduate…Majoring in Communication at USC.
CAREER BEST: HJ – 7-1.50 (outdoors)/7 -2.00 (Indoors) LJ – 24-5.00
USC Track & Field - 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships: Day 4 Highlights (6/14/25)
Saturday, June 14
USC Track & Field - 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships: Day 3 Highlights (6/13/25)
Friday, June 13
USC Track & Field - 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships: Day 2 Highlights (6/12/25)
Thursday, June 12
USC Track & Field - 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships: Day 1 Highlights (6/11/25)
Wednesday, June 11