COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: HJ – 6-11.00 (2.11m)
Outdoor 2026
Season: Competed in high jump one meet...
UCF Knights Invite (3/27-28): Posted a 6-3.25 (1.91m) in the high jump, his only outdoor competition of the season.
Indoor 2026
Season: Competed in five high jump meets.. earned top-five finishes at the Bison Opener, Nittany Lion Challenge and Penn State National Open...
Bison Opener (12/5-6): Opened the indoor season with a third-place finish at 6-4.75 (1.95m)...Nittany Lion Challenge (1/17): Placed fourth with a 6-5.00 (1.96m) clearance...Penn State National Open (1/30-31): Finished fifth after recording a 6-5.00 (1.96m) mark for the second consecutive meet...Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/7): Cleared 6-5.00 (1.96m)...Penn State Tune-Up (2/20): Competed in the high jump...
Outdoor 2025
Season: Competed in four high jump meets...
Duke Invitational (4/10-12): Recorded a 6-5.00 (1.96m) clearance...Virginia Challenge (4/18-19): Posted a 6-7.00 (2.01m) mark...Penn Relays (4/24-26): Cleared two meters for the second consecutive week, jumping 6-6.75 (2.00m)...Larry Ellis Invitational (5/2-3): Recorded a 6-6.75 (2.00m)...
Indoor 2025
Season: Competed in four meets, all in the high jump … Earned three top-five finishes.
Bison Opener (12/6-7): Began junior season with a fifth-place finish at 6-6.25 (1.99m) … Nittany Lion Challenge (1/18): Secured his second consecutive fifth-place finish with a 6-6.75 (2.00m) clearance … Penn 10 Elite (1/25): Recorded a 6-2.75 (1.90m) mark … Penn State Tune-Up (2/21): Earned his third top-five finish of the season, placing second with a 6-6.75 (2.00m).
Outdoor 2024
Season: Qualified to the NCAA East Region Prelims for the second consecutive season.
UCF Knights Invite (3/22-23): Finished fifth in the high jump in his outdoor season opener, clearing 6-8.25 (2.04m)...Penn Relays (4/25-27): Tied his collegiate high jump PR with a 6-11 (2.11m) mark to win the college division high jump competition at the historic Penn Relays...NCAA East Region Prelims (5/22-25): Concluded his season with an appearance in the NCAA East Region meet for the second consecutive year...
Indoor 2024
Season: Set his collegiate high jump PR in his season opener.
Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Won the high jump with a personal-best 6-11 (2.11m) leap...Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational (2/9-10): Cleared 6-10.75 (2.10m) for tenth in the competition...Penn State Tune-Up (2/16): Won the high jump with a 6-9.75 (2.08m) clearance...
Outdoor 2023
Season: Qualified for the NCAA East Prelims in the high jump in his first outdoor season in college…finished ninth at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships.
Penn Challenge (3/18): Picked up right where he left off in indoor season, clearing 6-6.75 (2.00m) for a fifth-place standing in his first collegiate outdoor meet...Hurricane Collegiate Invitational (3/25): Won the high jump with a 6-5 (1.96m) leap...Jim Thorpe Invitational (5/5): Set a collegiate-best mark in the high jump with a 6-9.75 (2.08m) clearance to win the event...Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/12-14): Tied his season-best mark with a 6-9.75 (2.08m) jump to finish ninth in the conference in his first Big Ten meet...NCAA East Prelims (5/25-27): Went 6-8.25 (2.04m) for 16th in the East region in his first NCAA competition as a freshman...
Indoor 2023
Season: Competed in one meet during his first indoor season.
Nittany Lion Challenge (1/14): Cleared 6-6.75 (2.00m) in his collegiate debut, taking fourth place overall.
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs: High Jump – 7-0.75*
*Indicates Connecticut State Record
Competed in high jump and sprints for Simsbury high school...Was named team captain for junior and senior indoor and outdoor seasons 2021-22...Nike national high jump champion...Named an All-American at 2022 nationals...Won New England High Jump championship...Won state title in high jump and 4x100m relay...Earned CIAC All State, CIAC All State First Team, All New England, and All-State Academic team honors.
PERSONAL
Parents are Tricia and Brian Watson…Has two siblings: Kaitlyn and Matt…Enrolled in the Division of Undergraduate Studies…Born in Connecticut.