Career Highlights

• 7x All-American (high jump, long jump and heptathlon)
• 2021 Big Ten Outdoor High Jump Champion
• 2021 Big Ten Outdoor Long Jump Champion
• 2018 U.S. Championships High Jump 6th Place 
• 2018 Big Ten Outdoor High Jump Champion
• 2018 Big Ten Outdoor Field Athlete of the Championships
• 2017 Big Ten Indoor High Jump Champion
• Holds heptathlon school record (5,786 points)
• Illinois High Jump School Record (7'5"/2.26m)

2021

Outdoor

• Second Team All-American in the long jump
• First Team All B1G (long jump, high jump)
• Named Big Ten Field Athlete of the Championships
• Placed 15th in the long jump with a 24-5 3/4 ft. (7.46 m) jump and 21st in the high jump with a clearance of 6-10 3.4 ft. (2.10 m) at the NCAA Championships
• Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the high jump with a ninth place finish at the NCAA West Prelims with a clearance of 7-2 1/4 ft. (2.19 m)
• Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the long jump with a sixth place finish at the NCAA West Prelims with a jump of 25-6 1/4 ft. (7.78 m)
• Won the high jump at the B1G Championships, earning 10 points
• Won the long jump at the B1G Championships, earning 10 points
• Placed first in the long jump (25-7.5 ft.) and the high jump (7-1 ft.) at the B1G North Florida Invite
• Placed first in the high jump (2.14 m) and the long jump (7.55 m) at the Husker B1G Invite
• Took second place in the high jump with a clearance of 2.11 m and second in the long jump with a leap of 7.48 m at the Fighting Illini B1G Relays

2020

Outdoor

• Season canceled due to COVID-19

Indoor

• Placed 1st in the long jump and high jump at both the Husker Invitational and the Music City Championship.
• Placed 1st in the B1G in the long jump.
• Placed 5th in the B1G in the high jump.
• Furthest jump of the year came at the Music City Challenge with a score of 25'1.75".
• Highest jump of the year came at the Music City Challenge where he jumped 7'1.75".

2018 Track & Field

Outdoor 

• Placed sixth at U.S. Championships in the high jump with a clearance of 7'4.5" (2.25m) 
• Earned Second Team All-America honors in both the high jump and long jump at NCAA Championships, placing 13th and 15th respectively
• Named Big Ten Field Athlete of the Championships 
• Big Ten High Jump Champion, clearing a school-record height of 7'5" (2.26m) and scored 20 points at Big Ten Championships
• Big Ten Long Jump Runner-Up with leap of 25'3.5" (7.71m) 
• Big Ten 110m hurdles 7th Place with time of 14.05 
• Won the Mt. SAC Relays long jump with the third best mark in Illinois history (25'10.25 // 7.88m) 
• Scored 28 points at the Jim Click Shootout, winning the long jump, high jump and placing runner-up in the 110m hurdles
• Set 110m hurdles PR at Jim Click Shootout with a time of 13.97 that ranks 9th in Illini history
• Won Ole Miss Classic long jump with leap of 23'7.5" (7.51m)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• USTFCCCA All-Academic

Indoor 

• Redshirt season
• Set a PR in long jump while competing at the USA Indoor Championships with a mark of 25'6" (7.77m)
• Reset his long jump PR with a leap of 25'0" (7.62m) and tied his PR in the high jump (7'2.5") at the Illini Classic
• Set PRs in the long jump (24'8.5", 7.53m) and 60m dash (6.99) while competing unattached at the Illinois Open

2017 Track and Field

Outdoor

• Tied for ninth in the high jump at NCAA Championships with a height of 6'11.75" (2.13m), earning Second Team All-America honors 
• Marked 24'10.5" (7.58m) in the long jump at NCAA West Prelims 
• Set a new long jump PR at Big Ten Championships, marking 24'11" (7.59m) to take fourth place.
• Scored four points in the Big Ten high jump with a fifth-place finish (7'0.25")
• Won the long jump competition at the Illinois Twilight with a personal-best mark of 24'6.25" (7.47m)
• Tied for second place in the long jump at the EIU Big Blue Classic
• Academic All-Big Ten 

Indoor

• Broke his own heptathlon school record with 5,786 points to place 8th at NCAA Indoor Championships 
• Big Ten High Jump Champion with a height of 7'0.25" (2.17m)
• Placed fifth in the long jump at Big Ten Championships with a leap of 24'4.25" (7.42m)
• Set the school record in the heptathlon with 5,685 points scored, surpassing Steve Monte's 5,577 in 2013.

2016 Track and Field

Outdoor

• Redshirt season
• Academic All-Big Ten

Indoor

• First Team All-American in the high jump
• Placed 8th at NCAA Championships with a clearance of 7-1 3/4 (2.18m) 
• Finished fourth at Big Ten Championships in the high jump and eighth in the 60m hurdles
• Set a new PR in the long jump at Big Ten Championships, placing fifth
• Won the high jump at the Husker Invite with a season-best clearance of 7-2 1/4 (2.19m)
• Won the high jump at the Border Battle 
• Won the 60m hurdles at the Illini Classic 
• Competed in his first heptathlon at the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet

2015 Track and Field

Outdoor

• Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims in both the high jump and the long jump
• Tied for second in the high jump and took fifth in the long jump at Big Ten Championships
• Season-best long jump came at the EIU Big Blue Classic with a victorious mark of 7.42m (24-4 1/4)
• Won the long jump at the UNLV Spring Invite and finished runner-up at the Jim Click Shootout
• Won the high jump at the EIU Big Blue and Jim Click Shootout

Indoor

• Qualified for NCAA Championships in the high jump, placing 13th
• Recorded top-five finiishes at Big Ten Championships in both the high jump and long jump
• Set a personal-best high jump mark at the Illini Classic with a jump of 2.20m
• Recorded his best long jump of the season at the border Battle with a leap of 7.33m
• Won the high jump at four meets

High School

• 2014 IHSA high jump and long jump state champion
• 2013 IHSA high jump champion
• 2012 IHSA 5th-place in high jump
• Three-time sectional high jump champ
• Two-time sectional high hurdles champion
• 2014 sectional long jump champion
• Two-time conference champ in high jump, long jump 110m high hurdles
• School record holder indoor and outdoor high jump and long jump
• Holds 12 individual or relay school records
• 2014 Junior National Champion and USA World Team Member
• All-conference and all-area in football and wrestling

Personal

• Son of Sean and Frances Wells
• Born April 18, 1996
• Has three brothers
• Majoring in business

Personal Bests

Outdoor
110m H: 13.97 - Jim Click Shootout (4/7/18)
High Jump: 7-5 (2.26m) - Big Ten Championships (5/13/18)
Long Jump: 25-10.25 (7.88m) - Mt. SAC Relays (4/20/18)

Indoor
60m: 6.99 - Illinois Open (1/13/17)
60m H: 7.96 - Big Ten Championships (2/26/16)
High Jump: 7-2 1/2 (2.20m) - Illini Classic (1/27/18)
Long Jump: 25-6 (7.77m) - USA Indoor Championships (2/17/18)
Shot Put: 14-10.5 (13.67m) - NCAA Championships (3/10/17)
Pole Vault: 15'7.25" (4.76m) - NCAA Championships (3/11/17)
Heptathlon: 5,786 points - NCAA Championships (3/11/17)

Updated March 2021