Barden Adams

2018 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Placed third in the long jump at the Oral Roberts Invitational (3/31) with a wind-aided mark of 7.35 meters (24-1.5 ft.) … Doubled up as the winner in both the long and triple jump at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6-7), hitting a mark of 7.46 meters (24-5.75 ft.) in the long jump and 16.26 meters (53-4.25 ft.) in the triple jump … Top individual point scorer in the quadrangular at the Kansas Relays (4/18-21) with wins in both the long jump (wind-aided 7.49m/24-7 ft.) and triple jump (16.08m/52-9.25 ft.) … Became the No. 2 performer in KU history in the triple jump with a mark of 16.59 meters (54-5.25 ft.) to finish second at the National Relay Championships (4/27-28) … Placed third in the long jump at the Big 12 Championship (5/11-13) with a career-best mark of 7.90 meters (25-11 ft.) to become the No. 8 performer in KU history in the event … Placed fifth in the triple jump at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/24-26) with a mark of 15.98 meters (52-5.25 ft.) to earn a trip to the NCAA Championships … Earned Second Team All-America honors by placing 11th in the triple jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/6-9) with a mark of 15.90 meters (52-2 ft.).

2018 INDOOR (Sr.)
Won the long jump at the season-opening Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) with a leap of 6.58 meters (21-7.25 ft.) … Posted wins in both the long jump (7.39 m [24-3 ft.]) and triple jump (16.01m [52-6.5 ft.]) at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/13), with his triple jump mark tying an indoor career-best … Won the triple jump at the Mark Colligan Memorial (1/20) with a mark of 15.91 meters (52-2.5 ft.) … Finished first in the long jump at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25-26) with a mark of 7.32 meters (24-0.25 ft.) … Won the triple jump at the Rod McCravy Memorial (2/3) with a leap of 15.88 meters (52-1.25 ft.) … Finished eighth in the long jump with a personal-best mark (7.48m [24-6.5 ft.]) at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/23-24) and fourth in the triple jump with a PR mark of 16.06 meters (52-8.25 ft.) to earn a total of six points … Concluded his collegiate indoor career as the No. 2 performer in school history in the triple jump by finishing eighth and earning First Team All-America honors at the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/9-10) with a mark of 16.19 meters (53-1.5 ft.).

2017 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Qualified for his first NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships (6/7-10) and tallied a 16.08-meter (52-9.25 ft.) mark in the triple jump, good for a fifth-place finish and landing him First Team All-America honors … Qualified for the NCAA Championships by finishing fifth in the triple jump at the NCAA West Preliminary (6/25-27) with a wind-aided mark of 16.38 meters (53-9 ft.) … Posted a personal-best triple jump mark of 16.29 meters (53-5.5 ft.) to finish third at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/12-15) … Also posted a personal-best long jump mark of 7.62 meters (25 ft.), good for a fourth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship … Won the triple jump at the 2017 Kansas Relays (4/19-22) with a wind-aided mark of 16.08 meters (52-9.25 ft.).

2017 INDOOR (Jr.)
Posted a fifth-place finish in the triple jump and earned First Team All-America honors at his first NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships (3/10-11), jumping 15.99 meters (52-5.5 ft.) … Finished fifth in the triple jump at the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championship (2/24-25), recording a 15.81-meter mark (51-10.5 ft.) … Finished in fourth place with mark of 7.38 meters (24-2.5 ft.) at the Big 12 Championship … Won the triple jump at the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet (1/20-21) with a mark of 16.0 meters (52-6 ft.).

2016 OUTDOOR (So.)
Qualified for his first NCAA West Preliminary (5/28), where he tallied a top leap of 14.24 meters (46-8.75 ft.) in the triple jump, good for a 43rd-place finish … Claimed a second-place finish in the triple jump at the Kansas Relays (4/23) via a wind-aided mark of 15.36 meters (50-4.75 ft.) … Also posted a wind-legal personal-best leap of 15.11 meters (49-7 ft.) in the triple jump at the Kansas Relays … Won the triple jump at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/30) with the help of a wind-aided 15.24 meter (50-0 ft.) leap.

2016 INDOOR (So.)
Posted a fifth-place finish in the triple jump at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/27) with an indoor personal-best mark of 14.87 meters (48-9.5 ft.) … Won the triple jump at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) with a top leap of 14.71 meters (48-3.25 ft.) … Claimed a runner-up finish in the triple jump at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/15) after posting a mark of 14.35 meters (47-1 ft.) … Top long jump outing of the indoor season came at the Husker Invitational (2/6) when he hit 6.70 meters (21-11.75 ft.).

2015 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Added to the team scoring at the Big 12 Championship (5/17) in the triple jump with a wind-aided leap of 14.90 meters (48-10.75 ft.), good for a sixth-place finish … Hit a season-best mark of 7.00 meters (22-11.75 ft.) in the long jump at the Big 12 Championship, which earned him a 10th-place finish … Took fourth in the triple jump at the John McDonnell Invitational (4/11) with a wind-aided leap of 14.53 meters (47-8 ft.).

2015 INDOOR (Fr.)
Turned in a scoring performance in the triple jump at the Big 12 Championship (2/28) with his fifth-place finish on a mark of 14.39 meters (47-2.5 ft.) … Best triple jump of the season came in a sixth-place outing at the ISU Classic (2/14) with his leap of 14.40 meters (47-3 ft.) … Season’s top long jump outing came at the Bill Easton Classic (1/9) when he posted a mark of 6.58 meters (21-7.25 ft.) en route to a fifth-place finish … Won the long jump at the Jayhawk Classic (1/30) after hitting a distance of 6.51 meters (21-4.25 ft.).

HIGH SCHOOL
Won nine letters in indoor and outdoor track and cross country at West Orange HS (West Orange, N.J.) under head coach Flecia Blake … Set a school record in the triple jump at 48-3 ft. … Claimed the Indoor High Jump State Champion title … Named twice as Essex County Athlete of the Year … Earned all-state honors in the triple jump in indoor, and outdoor high jump … Selected to West Orange HS Hall of Fame in track & field.

PERSONAL
Son of James and Geniece Adams … Has two older brothers, JD and Franklin … Father, James, ran track at Villanova … Brothers JD and Franklin competed in NCAA Division I track & field at South Carolina and Southern Illinois, respectively … Majoring in applied behavioral science, with aspirations to work in the criminal justice system.