Columbia University Athletics

2022-23 (Senior): (ITF) Finished with a time of 50.07 in the 400m at David H. Valentine Invite (Feb. 10-11) … Participated in DMR at the Ivy League Heps Indoor Championships earning 7th place with a final time of 10:03.45 (Feb. 25-26) … (OTF): Took 1st in the 4x400m with a time of 3:14.17 and 14th in the 100m with time 10.76 at the 2023 Colonial Relays … Competed in UCONN Northeast Challenge … Earned 12th in 100m with time 10.65 and earned 5th in 4x100m with 40.83 seconds (Apr. 14-15) … Ran in the Penn Relays 4x400m event with finishing time 3:19.79 (Apr. 27-29) … Ran the 200m at Ivy League Heps Outdoor Championships, placing fourteenth with a time of 21.78 (May 6-7) … Finished at 19th place in the 4x400m at the NCAA East Preliminaries with time 3:11.72 (May 25-27)

- School Indoor Record Holder 200-Meter Dash (21.58)

2019-20 (First-Year): (Indoor) Holds the school record in the 200-Meter Dash, clocking a record setting time of 21.58 and a sixth place finish at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Track & Field Championships (Mar. 6-8) ... Finished fourth in the 60-Meter Dash with a time of 7.00 at the Fastrack Season Opener (Dec. 6) ... Set a personal record time of 6.96 in the 60m at the Dartmouth-Columbia-Yale (Jan. 18) meet ... Ran 7.03 in the 60m to finish seventh at the Villanova Invitational (Feb. 1) ... First set the 200m school record with a time of 21.61 at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational (Feb. 14-15). (Outdoor) Season canceled.

High School: Ran track while at Queen's Royal College in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago ... Competed for the Trinidad and Tobago national team ... Ran the 100-meter, 200-meter, 400-meter, 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay.

Personal: Born, Jahi Jude Arden Hernandez, on Oct. 28, 1999 in St. Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago ... Son of Derrick and Fabia Hernandez ... Has two siblings, Chike and Denicia ... Has bounced back three times from a broken hand ... Received recruiting attention from fellow Ivy League program Cornell and non-Ivy League program Syracuse ... Settled on Columbia because "it gives me the best chance to further my progression towards my future plans and goals" ... Will attend Columbia College ... Plans on majoring in Psychology.

Career Bests

60-Meter Dash (Indoor) - 6.96
Dartmouth-Columbia-Yale - Jan. 18, 2020
200-Meter Dash (Indoor) - 21.58 (School Record)
IC4A/ECAC Indoor Track & Field Championships - Mar. 6-8, 2020
500-Meter Dash (Indoor) - 1:07.35
Fastrack Season Opener - Dec. 6, 2019
4x400-Meter Relay (Indoor) - 3:19.42
Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps - Feb. 29-Mar. 1, 2020