Jaden Kingsley - TFRRS Profile
School Records: As of 4/4/2025
2nd at CSU / 8th in Big South - Indoor Mile - 4:04.08 - 2024 USC Invitational (2/3)
2nd at CSU / 8th in Big South - Indoor 3K - 8:00.27 - 2025 Gamecock Opener (1/11)
2nd at CSU / 8th in Big South - Indoor 5K - 13:52.71 - 2025 David Hemerey Valentine Invite 2/14)
1st at CSU/2nd in Big South - Indoor DMR - 9:50.36 - 2025 Orange & Purple (1/26)
8th - Indoor DMR Relay - 10:09.75Â - 2024 Big South (2/23)
6th - Outdoor 1500m - 3:46.80 - 2025 Buc Open (3/14)
2nd in CSU/5th in Big South - Outdoor 10K - 28:40.56 - 2025 Raleigh Relays (3/28)
2025 Outdoor at Charleston Southern: Named Big South Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week (4/2)
2025 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Continued one of the most dominant careers in Charleston Southern distance running history throughout his final winter season ... Recorded a pair of podium finishes and scored in three events to help set up the Buccaneers second-place finish at the Big South Championships (2/28-3/1) to tie their highest in program history with his performances leading to 17 points for the squad ... Took third in both the 3K and the 5K with time of 8:13.17 and 14:50.53 and was fourth in the mile with a 4:09.03 ... Recorded a personal best time in the 5K at Boston's David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/14-15) with a time of 13:52.71 with the time ranking as a school record at the time and ending the year as the second-fastest in CSU history and eighth-best in Big South history ... Ran an 8:00.27 for the second-fastest time in program history at the Gamecock Opener (1/11) with it also ranking as the eighth fastest in Big South history ... Ran on CSU's top DMR squad at Clemson's Orange & Purple which broke the school record and recorded the second fastest time in league history with their 9:50.36 to win the event at the meet.
2024 Cross Country at Charleston Southern: Did not compete ... Redshirted season.
2024 Outdoor at Charleston Southern: Raced as an unattached individual at a pair of meets, redshirting the season.
2024 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Big South Champion in the 3K and the DMR at the conference championships (2/23-24) ... Recorded a time of 8:30.68 to take the crown in the 3K and ran the anchor leg of the DMR sealing their victory in it with a 10:09.75 to rank 5th-fastest in school history ... In total, helped the team to score 26 points to take second overall at the meet, tying the highest finish in program history and record their highest point total at the meet ever with 136.5 ... Named Big South Indoor Track Athlete of the Week twice during the season (12/6 & 2/7) ... Opened the season by breaking the school record in the indoor 5K at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener (12/2) with a time of 14:12.06 ... Won the 3K at the Gamecock Opener with a time of 8:13.76 for a personal best and 3rd-best in program history in the event ... Won the mile at the South Carolina Invitational (2/3) recording another personal best time on the year and the 2nd-fastest in CSU history and 8th in Big South history with a time of 4:04.08.
2023 XC at Charleston Southern: Named First-Team All-Conference and to the All-Academic Team at the Big South Championships (10/29), becoming just the 15th runner in league history to become a four-time honoree for the designation .. Earned NCAA All-Region status at the NCAA Southeast Regionals as he was the 20th overall finisher at the race and was the top finisher for the Buccaneers ... Had a personal best time of 29:35.7 in the 10K and helped the team to a 9th-place finish at the race ... Named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete, just the second in CSU history and seventh in Big South Conference history ... At the conference championships, he finished in 6th overall, his highest since he was 3rd overall during his freshman season, and earned First-Team status for the first time in his career after earning Second-Team honors for each of the past two seasons ... He competed at every race during the year, slotting himself into the Top 40 at every competition, within the Top 15 at four of them and inside the Top 10 at three ... Additionally, he was always in the team's top seven at every race and was a top four runner for CSU at four of the meets ... Opened the year with an 8th-place finish at the CSU Buccaneer Invitational (9/1) with a time of 19:11.3 in the 6K and followed that with a career best time in the distance of 18:33.8 at the Furman Invitational (9/16) a few weeks later to be 13th overall ... Had his season-best in the 8K come at the Live in Lou Classic (9/30) as he recorded a time of 24:27.0 ... He crossed the line at 24:28.0 at the Upstate Invite (10/14) to conclude the regular season and then had a 24:33.4 at the Big South Championships (10/29) to be in sixth place at each race ... At the conference championship, his performance helped lead the team to their fourth straight title in the sport.
2023 Outdoor at Charleston Southern: Raced in five meets on the spring, ranging from the 1500 to the 10K ... Set 6th-fastest time in program history in the Outdoor 10K with a 30:25.81 at the Big South Championships (5/10-12) for 6th place at the meet as well ... In the 5000 at the meet, ran a 14:57.24, finishing in 9th being just edged out of a scoring position in a second event ... Ran a career best in the 1500 in the Charleston Southern Invitational (3/17) with a time of 3:56.03 for 4th overall.
2023 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Set career bests in all three events that he ran in during the winter season as well as broke into the school's all-time Top Ten for the events ... At the Big South Championships (2/24-25) recorded a 4th-place finish with a time of 14:41.20, an indoor career best and the second-fastest in CSU history ... Opened the year with a 8:27.04 in the 3000 at the Clemson Invite (1/13-14), a personal best and the 10th-best in CSU program history ... Ran the mile at the South Carolina Invitational (2/3-4) and had a time of 4:12.86, a career best and another top ten time in the record books for the Buccaneers.
2022 XC at Charleston Southern: Eighth at the Big South Cross Country Championships with a time of 25:09.2 … Ran his personal best 6K time of 18:51.9 at the Adidas XC Challenge.
2022 Outdoor at Charleston Southern: Fifth at the Big South Outdoor Championships with a 10K time of 30:29.04 ... Ran his personal best 5K at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a time of 14:36.36 ... Won the 5K at the CSU Distance/Throws Carnival with a time of 15:19.76.
2022 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Did not compete.
2021 XC at Charleston Southern: Ran a personal best 10K time of 30:54.5 at the NCAA Southeast Regional … Ninth at the Big South Cross Country Championships with an 8K time of 25:21.5 … Sixth at the Chanticleer Challenge with an 8K time of 25:33.4.
2021 Outdoor at Charleston Southern: Ran a personal best 5K time of 14:45.47 at the Raleigh Relays ... Ran a personal best 1500m time of 4:01.29 at the Aggie Invitational ... Tenth at the Yellow Jacket Invite with a 5K time of 14:49.27 ... Fifth in the 10K Big South Championships with a personal best time of 31:11.52.
2021 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Did not compete.
2021 Spring XC at Charleston Southern: Named to the All-Conference Team with a third-place finish at the Big South Championships … Tenth with a time of 24:51.8 at the 8K CSU Invitational to open the spring season … Ran a time of 25:38.3 in the 8K FSU Winter XC Classic … Ran a personal best 8K time of 24:16.9 at the Big South Championships.
2020 Outdoor at Charleston Southern: Season canceled due to COVID-19 Pandemic.
2020 Indoor at Charleston Southern: 12th in the mile at the Gamecock Opener with a personal best time of 4:27.29.
2019 XC at Charleston Southern: Ran a personal best 34:52.4 in the 10K NCAA Southeast Regional … Ran a personal best 25:45.4 in the 8K Louisville Classic … Ran a personal best 20:12.7 in the 6K Adidas XC Challenger … Third at the Coastal Carolina Invitational with a personal best time of 16:30.4.
High School: Took home a top-three finish in the South Carolina 5A State Championships twice … Has a personal record of 4:26.17 for the mile … Personal record of 9:33.55 for the 3200M … Personal-best 15:50 for 5K while on the cross country team.
