2026 USC Track & Field Roster
Roster

Jada Gatlin
- Position:
- Jumps
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Mission Viejo High
- Hometown:
- Lake Forest, Calif.
2025: Recorded a new career-best in the long jump to start the season at the Trojan Invite (Mar. 22)...Earned a personal best and second place in the triple jump at the Battle at the Beach (Apr. 4) with a jump of 12.56m…Achieved a fourth-place finish in the triple jump at the USC-UCLA dual meet (May 4).
2024: Competed in five outdoor meets during her first season as a Trojan...Achieved her wind-legal triple jump season best of 40-0.00/12.19m (+0.2) to place second at the Oxy Invitational on May 4...Placed fourth in the triple jump at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet on April 28 with a wind-aided jump of 40-0.75/12.21m (+2.5w)...Competed in one indoor meet, placing 10th in the triple jump with a mark of 37-8.00 (11.48m) at the Spokane Sports Showcase on Jan. 12.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2023 graduate of Mission Viejo High in Mission Viejo, Calif...Set personal bests of 40-9 in the triple jump and 18-7.75 in the long jump...Placed third in the triple jump with a leap of 40-8 and second in the long jump with a mark of 18-6.25 at the 2023 CIF Division 3 State Championships meet…Ran on the winning 4x100m relay team...Named 2023 Orange County Girl’s Track and Field Athlete of the Year...Won the Student-Athlete Award for three years in a row.
PERSONAL: Born on May 23, 2005 in Orange, Calif.…Parents are Raquel Loquet and Rodney Gatlin, and she has two siblings, Jasmine and Desiree Gatlin...Her grandfather Joseph Gatlin attended USC…Hobbies include baking, reading and math…Volunteered at a local library while growing up…Favorite movie is Tangled…Lists Allyson Felix as her sports hero because she is so resilient and extremely decorated in many events….Favorite foods are chocolate cake and strawberries…Someday would like to travel to Hawai’i and Europe…Would like to compete professionally and/or become a physical therapist after college…Majoring Human Biology at USC.
CAREER BESTS: TJ – 40-9 (12.42m) LJ – 18-7.75 (5.68m)
2024: Competed in five outdoor meets during her first season as a Trojan...Achieved her wind-legal triple jump season best of 40-0.00/12.19m (+0.2) to place second at the Oxy Invitational on May 4...Placed fourth in the triple jump at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet on April 28 with a wind-aided jump of 40-0.75/12.21m (+2.5w)...Competed in one indoor meet, placing 10th in the triple jump with a mark of 37-8.00 (11.48m) at the Spokane Sports Showcase on Jan. 12.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2023 graduate of Mission Viejo High in Mission Viejo, Calif...Set personal bests of 40-9 in the triple jump and 18-7.75 in the long jump...Placed third in the triple jump with a leap of 40-8 and second in the long jump with a mark of 18-6.25 at the 2023 CIF Division 3 State Championships meet…Ran on the winning 4x100m relay team...Named 2023 Orange County Girl’s Track and Field Athlete of the Year...Won the Student-Athlete Award for three years in a row.
PERSONAL: Born on May 23, 2005 in Orange, Calif.…Parents are Raquel Loquet and Rodney Gatlin, and she has two siblings, Jasmine and Desiree Gatlin...Her grandfather Joseph Gatlin attended USC…Hobbies include baking, reading and math…Volunteered at a local library while growing up…Favorite movie is Tangled…Lists Allyson Felix as her sports hero because she is so resilient and extremely decorated in many events….Favorite foods are chocolate cake and strawberries…Someday would like to travel to Hawai’i and Europe…Would like to compete professionally and/or become a physical therapist after college…Majoring Human Biology at USC.
CAREER BESTS: TJ – 40-9 (12.42m) LJ – 18-7.75 (5.68m)
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