Jason DeWitt

Position:
Combined Events
Height:
6-3
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Arvada, Colo.
High School:
Ralston Valley

PERSONAL BESTS
INDOOR
Heptathlon: 5,035 (2012)
60 Meters: 7.24 (2014)
Long Jump: 22-02.25/6.77m (2011)
Shot Put: 42-10.25/13.06m (2014)
High Jump: 6-09/2.06m (2012)
60-Meter Hurdles: 8.40 (2013)
Pole Vault: 14-09/4.50m (2012)
1,000 Meters: 2:52.86 (2012)
OUTDOOR
Decathlon: 6,837 (2014)
100 Meters: 11.44 (2012)
Long Jump: 22-3/6.78m (2014)
Shot Put: 41-2.5/12.56m (2014)
High Jump: 6-8.25/2.05m (2014)
400 Meters: 52.25 (2014)
110-Meter Hurdles: 14.98 (2014)
Discus: 125-4/38.21m (2014)
Pole Vault: 14-05.25/4.40m (2012)
Javelin: 161-03/49.14m (2012)
1,500 Meters: 4:56.01 (2012)
Triple Jump: 45-01 (2009)

PAC-12 SCORING
2014 Decathlon, 8th (6,837)

2014: Indoor: DeWitt competed in three heptathlons during his final campaign and recorded his season-best score of 5,021 points at the Air Force Invitational (1/25), where he placed fourth overall. That score was the 10^th best ever recorded by a Buffalo. At that same meet, DeWitt recorded a throw of 42-5.50 in the shot put, which broke the CU heptathlon record. Earlier in the season, DeWitt won the Oredigger Early Bird Multi meet with 4,904 points.

Outdoor: DeWitt finished his career at CU on a strong note, finishing eighth in the decathlon at the Pac-12 Championships with a personal best score of 6,837. At the meet, he recorded two personal bests, as well as a pair of season bests. DeWitt had PRs in the long jump (22-3) and discus (125-4) and earned season bests in the 100 meters (11.59) and 1,500 (5:11.38). During the season, he also had PRs in shot put (41-2.5), high jump (6-8.25), 400 (52.25), 110-hurdles (14.98) and pole vault (14-5.25).

2013: Indoor: DeWitt tied or recorded a personal best in three events during the indoor campaign. He tied his best high jump at 6-9 at the Air Force All-Comers Meet (1/12) to start the season. The mark was also the second best at the meet. The following week at the Potts Invite (1/19), DeWitt had PRs in the shot put and the 60-meter hurdles. He threw the shot put 39-10.75, and then raced to a time of 8.40 on the 60-hurdles.

Outdoor: DeWitt suffered an injury in his first decathlon of the season, withdrawing after the sixth event. He finished the Jim Click Combined Events (4/5-6) with 3,866 points.

2012: Indoor: DeWitt became the fifth Buff in CU history to record 5,000 points or more in the heptathlon when he reached 5,035 at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships, placing 11th overall. DeWitt won the high jump portion of the event with a jump of 6-08.25, the third best in CU combined events history. He ran to a personal best time of 2:52.86 in the 1,000 at the meet as well. DeWitt etched his name in other portions of the record book during the season. He had the fifth best throw in the shot put (39-02.50) at the ISU Classic (2/9). DeWitt owns three of the top five high jumps, including the second best in Buffs’ history. He jumped 6-09 at the ISU Classic, winning the event. He ranks fourth on the 60-meter hurdles list (8.47) and eighth in the pole vault (14-09).

Outdoor: DeWitt had a breakout redshirt sophomore season, totaling a season best mark of 6,671 points at the Jim Click Shootout (3/30-31) for seventh place. He also placed 13^th at the Pac-12 Championships (6,588). DeWitt recorded personal bests in five of the 10 events, four of those happened at the conference meet. He recorded the fourth best throw in CU decathlon history (40-09.75), jumped the fourth best mark in school history in the high jump (6-08), recorded a jump of 20-10.75 in the long jump and ran 4:56.01 in the 1,500. DeWitt also cleared the 10^th best mark in the pole vault at 14-05.25 at the Jim Click Shootout.

2011: Indoor: Redshirt. Did not compete.

Outdoor: Redshirt. Did not compete.

2010: Indoor: DeWitt led the Buffs in the high jump in the indoor season. He recorded a season best jump of 6-06.75 on three occasions, the last time at the Air Force Invite (2/13). DeWitt won the Don Barrett Duals with that jump (1/30) and tied for first at the Air Force All-Comers Meet (1/15).

Outdoor: DeWitt stuck with the high jump during the outdoor campaign but also competed in one decathlon. He recorded a score of 5,557 points for fourth-place at the Glenn Morris meet (4/22-23). He tied for second in the long jump (20-00.25) and was second in the high jump (6-03.25), 110-hurdles (15.69) and javelin (110-02). DeWitt reached a height of 6-08, the best by a Buff, at the Front Range Classic (5/1) and was third in the meet.

HIGH SCHOOL: DeWitt was an all-conference selection for four years in the high jump and was all-conference in the long jump as a junior. The two-time all-state selection in the high jump was named the 2009 Ralston Valley High School Male Athlete of the Year. DeWitt owns school records in the high jump (6-6) and the long jump (22-11.50). While at RVHS, he earned eight letters and was named the track MVP as a senior.

HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: High Jump: 6-6; Long Jump: 22-11.50; 110-meter hurdles: 14.65; Triple Jump: 45-01.00.

IN THE CLASSROOM: DeWitt graduated with a degree in international affairs.

PERSONAL: Jason Kelly DeWitt was born on June 25, 1991 in Wheat Ridge, Colo. He is the son of Kelly and Debbee DeWitt of Arvada, Colo. and has two sisters. DeWitt enjoys playing the guitar and has volunteered as a freshman mentor and as an outdoor lab instructor.