University of Tennessee Athletics
2020-21 Track & Field / XC Roster
Roster
Perinchief, Jah-Nhai

Jah-Nhai Perinchief
- Position:
- Jumps
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Hamilton, Bermuda
Bio
Personal Records
Indoor Track
- High Jump: 2.22m (2018)
- Long Jump: 7.35m (2017)
- Triple Jump: 16.75m (2019)
Outdoor Track
- 400m: 48.99 (2016)
- High Jump: 2.26m (2016)
- Long Jump: 7.81m (2021)
- Triple Jump: 17.03m (2021) - School Record
SEC Scoring
Outdoor Track
- 2021 - Triple Jump - 1st - 16.89mw
NCAA Scoring
Outdoor Track
- 2021 - Triple Jump - 2nd - 17.03m
HONORS
- 2021 Outdoor USTFCCCA First Team All-America - Triple Jump
- 2021 Outdoor NCAA Runner-Up - Triple Jump
- 2021 Outdoor All-SEC First Team
- 2021 Outdoor SEC Champion - Triple Jump
- 2019 Indoor Big 12 Silver Medalist - Triple Jump
- 2019 Indoor Big 12 Silver Medalist - High Jump
- 2017 Indoor NJCAA National Champion - High Jump
- 2016 Outdoor NJCAA National Champion - Triple Jump
- Seven-time NJCAA All-American
2021 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Took first place at the Bermudan Championships with a mark of 16.94 meters (55-7) in the triple jump, his second-best career performance
- Earned Tennessee's second national runner-up finish in the men's triple jump, leaping a school-record 17.03 meters (55-10.5) on his first attempt
- Punched his ticket to the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a seventh-place triple jump finish at the East Prelims (16.05m / 52-8)
- Claimed SEC gold in the triple jump with a wind-aided mark of 16.89 meters (55-5) on his third attempt
- Became the first Vol to win an SEC outdoor triple jump title since John Tillman in 1987
- Set a new personal-record performance of 7.81 meters (25-7.5) in the long at the Tennessee Challenge (5/1)
- Made his Volunteer debut at the Clark Wood Open (4/24) in the triple jump, notching a win and meet record with a jump of 16.04 meters (52-7.5)
PRIOR TO TENNESSEE
- Graduate transfer - spent the 2019 season at Texas Tech University after one year at Arkansas under current UT associate head coach Travis Geopfert
- Competed at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships, taking seventh place in the high jump
- Was an NJCAA All-American seven times
- Won two NJCAA National Championships in the indoor high jump and outdoor triple jump while at Iowa Central CC from 2016-17
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