Jordan Sessom

position Sprints
class Fifth Year
Hometown Stone Mountain, Ga.
High school Stephenson

position Sprints
class Fifth Year
Hometown Stone Mountain, Ga.
High school Stephenson

Season and Career Results
2023

Indoor

Did not compete.

Outdoor

Did not compete.

2022
Indoor

Ran in five indoor meets on the season, competing in the 60m, 200m, 400m, 4x400m relay and the distance medley relay … Opened the season with an indoor 60m personal-best of 7.35 at the Orange and Purple Elite (Jan. 8) to place fifth overall … Ran a season-best 22.15 in the 200m at the Gamecock Opener, placing 13^th in the field … Won the DMR at the Carolina Challenge when he and the team ran 10:06.01 … That same meet, he clocked a season-best 49.39 in the 400m race … Cracked 50 seconds twice in the 400m during the indoor season.

Outdoor

Did not compete.

2021
Indoor

Ran in four 200-meter races for the Gamecocks … Took eighth at the USC Indoor Open with a season-best time of 22.02 … Also ran in the 200 meters at the Carolina Challenge, Bob Pollock Meet and the South Carolina Invitational.

Outdoor

Ran in seven races for Carolina … Competed in the 400 meters at the SEC Championships and took 28^th with a time of 49.84 … Ran his season-best time of 48.34 in the 400 meters at the UNF Invitational … Earned a fifth-place finish in the 400 meters at the Charlotte Invitational … Also ran sub-50 seconds at the Weems Baskin and USC Open … Ran the 200 meters twice … Ran a season-best time in the 200 meters of 22.16 at the Florida Relays … Took 34^th in the 200 meters at the Gamecock Invitational.

2020
Indoor

Ran in every meet for the Gamecocks during the indoor campaign … Set two new PRs while primarily running the 400m … Set a 200m PR at the USC Indoor Open, dropping a time of 21.84 to take 9th, his best finish during the season … his season-best 400m time of 48.74 at the SEC Championships where he took 26^th … Ran a 300m PR at the Clemson Opener in a time of 34.60 … Competed in the DMR at the 2020 SEC Championships.

Outdoor

Cancelled.

2019
Indoor

Saw action in seven indoor meets, as a 200m and 400m sprinter … ran his best 200m time, 22.08, at the Tiger Paw Invitational … earned a third-place finish in the 400m at the Orange & Purple Elite, with a time of 48.95 … ran his career-best time at the SEC Championships, finishing 31st with a mark of 48.54 … ran the 4x400m relay twice, including a victory at the Gamecock Inaugural … was an alternate on Carolina’s mile relay team at the NCAA Championships.

Outdoor

Took part in the 200m and 400m in his first outdoor campaign, as he donned the Garnet & Black for six meets … ran his personal-best 200m time at the SEC Championships, where he finished 38th with a time of 21.99 … posted a season-best 47.81 in the 400m at the Gamecock Invitational … finished 26th in the quarter mile at the conference meet … was a big part of Carolina’s relay efforts … part of a fifth-place finish in the 4x200m at Penn Relays … ran on 4x400m victories at the Black & Gold Challenge, the Buccaneer Invitational and the Spec Towns Invitational … served as an alternate for the Carolina 4×4 at the NCAA Championships.

Pre-South Carolina
High School

Was a versatile student-athlete at Stephenson High School, where he ran the 200m, 400m, 4x100m and 4x400m relays and played football and baseball … Led the Jaguars to region championships in 2017 and 2018 … Won an individual region title in the 400m in 2017 … Was an honor roll student.

Personal

Son of Edward and NaTasha Sessom … Has two brothers, Trey and Tyler, and two sisters, Amari and Kyndall … His mother and sisters also ran track … Plans to major in exercise science at Carolina with the goal of serving as an athletic trainer … Chose Carolina because he liked the environment and the success of the track team … Picked the Gamecocks over Louisiana Tech and others.

Personal Records

Indoor