Jaz Thompson

Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Harlingen
Hometown:
Harlingen, Texas

Career Records

Top-10 Wake Forest Marks
No. 4 - Discus Throw (Outdoor) - 50.48m
No. 8 - Shot Put (Outdoor) - 15.00m
No. 10 - Weight Throw (Indoor) - 16.12m

Collegiate PR
SP - 15.00m (49’ 2.5”)
DT - 50.48m (165’ 7”)
WT - 16.12m (52’ 10.75”)

2026 (Sophomore)
Outdoor - Placed 13th in the discus at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships… Logged a personal-best throw of 50.48 meters to place third in the discus at the Wake Forest Invitational and move her into third all-time in program history… Moved into eighth all-time in program history after recording a throw of 15.00 meters in the shot put at the Bob Davidson Team Challenge… Added a top-10 finish in the shot put at the Duke Invitational.

Indoor - Logged a personal-best throw of 16.12 meters to finish runner-up in the weight throw at the ASICS Last Chance Invitational… Added a third-place finish in the shot put at the ASICS Last Chance Invitational… Placed inside the top five in both the shot put and the weight throw at the Mondo College Invitational.

2025 (Freshman)
Outdoor - Set a season-best distance of 42.65m to place seventh in the discus throw at the Webb Davidson Meet.

Indoor - Recorded a fifth place finish in the shot put on a distance of 11.99m at the JDL Early Bird Invitational… Set a season-best throw of 12.16m to finish in eighth place in the shot put during the Camel City Distance meet.

High School
Female Athlete of the Year … High school and District Record Holder in shot and discus … Four time All-American, Two time TAAF State Champion and record holder in shot and disc … Member of the CCMA Program, National Technical Honors Society, and Student Athlete Leadership Team.