Ayden Owens-Delerme
Sport
Track & Field
Country
Puerto Rico
USC Affiliation
Lettered 2019
Olympic Experience
First Olympics
USC:
· Competed his freshman year for USC (2019)
· He set the USC decathlon record with 8130 points to win at the Bryan Clay Invitational, a record which had stood for 35 years
· He also set the USC indoor heptathlon record with 5809 points
· Name Pac-12 Men’s Freshman of the Year
· 2019 Pac-12 Championships….3rd in 110m hurdles, 1st in 4x400m, 3rd in 4x100m
· 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships…6th in heptathlon
AFTER USC:
· Competed at Michigan in 2021 and was named Big Ten Field Athlete of the Year
· Graduated from Michigan win 2021 with a degree in Biomedical Engineering
· 2021 NCAA Championships decathlon runner-up
· 2021 Big Ten Championships decathlon champion
· 2021 NCAA Indoor Championships…3rd in heptathlon
· Competed at Arkansas in 2022 and was named the SEC Field Athlete of the Year
· Graduated from Arkansas with an MBA in 2023
· 2023 NCAA Championships…4x400m finalist, 400m hurdles semifinalist
· 2023 SEC Championships 400m hurdles champion
· 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships…2nd in heptathlon, 1st in 4x400m
· 2022 NCAA Championships decathlon champion
· 2022 NCAA Indoor Championships heptathlon champion
PUERTO RICO:
· 2024 Puerto Rican Championships…3rd in the discus throw
· 2023 World Championships qualifier
· 2023 CAC Games decathlon champion
· 2022 World Championships…4th in the decathlon
· 2018 World U20 Championships…12th in the decathlon
PERSONAL:
· Ayden was born on May 28, 2000 in Pittsburgh, Pa.
· His parents are Carmen and Michael Owens and he has seven siblings…his father played basketball at Virginia
· He was the 2018 Gatorade Pennsylvania Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year