Eastern Connecticut State University

 Jason D. Edwards is the most accomplished athlete in Eastern track and field history, having earned All-America honors four times. The Old Saybrook native finished sixth or higher in NCAA Division III national long jump competition four times and also claimed five New England championships. In his career, Edwards gained All-New England and All-ECAC accolades a total of 21 times indoors and outdoors in the long jump and 100 and 200 meters. He additionally captured 30 Little East Conference and New England Alliance individual championships in the long jump and at distances between 55 and 400 meters, and was part of four relays which took LEC/NEA titles. Today, Edwards still holds the New England Alliance and Little East Conference indoor (23-8) and outdoor (24-9 ¼) and Eastern indoor (24-5 ¾) and outdoor (25-2 ½) long jump records, as well as current Eastern indoor (22.19) and outdoor (21.74) records at 200 meters and the indoor record of 3:52.68 in the sprint medley relay. At the time of graduation, Edwards additionally held Eastern records at 55 meters and 100 meters, as well as with the 4x400 meter relay. Edwards met the NCAA national qualifying standard in the long jump in six of eight seasons -- three times indoors and three times outdoors -- and once also was a “just-miss” after initially qualifying on a provisional basis. As the No. 2 seed outdoors as a sophomore, Edwards finished second in the national championships at Baldwin-Wallace College. His mark of 25-2 ½ in that meet remains the best in Eastern program history. In his freshman season in the long jump, Edwards won the New England Alliance Championship with a then-program record mark of 23-feet-4 inches, then captured the New England Division III title, and followed with a fourth-place finish at the New England Open (as the seventh seed, he finished only behind three Division I competitors).