Furman University

Jais Ward's Personal Bests

Honors & Awards
2025 SoCon All-Freshman Team Indoor Track (800m)
2025 SoCon All-Freshman Team Outdoor Track (800m)
2025 All-SoCon Second Team (Cross Country)
2025 SoCon All-Freshman Team (Cross country)
2026 NCAA East Preliminaries Qualifier (3,000m Steeplechase)
School Record Holder (Distance Medley Relay, 4x400m Indoors, 4x400m Outdoors)
 
Sophomore Year (2025-26):  Qualified for the NCAA East Regional in the 3,000m Steeplechase, where she finished 30th with a time of 10:21.14…a member of the Furman 4x400m relay team that set a program record indoors with a time of 3:50.60…honored as a member of the All-SoCon second team for cross country after finishing eighth with a PR of 17:44.5 and helping the Paladins to their 13th-straight SoCon title…won the SoCon title in the DMR (11:20.41) and finished second in the mile (4:45.02) at the league indoor meet…placed second in the Steeplechase at the SoCon Outdoor Championship with a personal-best time of 10:18.21…named to the CSC Academic All-District Team, the SoCon Academic All-Conference Team, and the SoCon Academic Honor Roll…honored as a member of the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

Freshman Year (2024-25):  A member of the Paladin DMR team that set a program record of 11:20.25 at Clemson’s Bob Pollock Invitational…also competed on the 4x400m team that established an indoor school record of 3:52.30 at the Clemson Opener and an outdoor record of 3:51.35 at the SoCon Championship…posted an 800m PR of 2:08.72 at the Bob Pollock indoor meet…finished second in the 800m with a time of 2:11.22 at the SoCon Indoor Championship…placed fifth in the 800m (2:10.88) at the SoCon Outdoor Championship…honored as a member of the SoCon All-Freshman team in the 800m indoors and outdoors…established a new 1,500m PR of 4:30.17 at the Duke Outdoor Invitational…finished eighth in the 800m at Vanderbilt’s Outdoor Music City Challenge…named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll…honored as a member of the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

High School
400m - 58.20
800m - 2:12.28 
1600m - 4:51.23
Mile - 4:50.12
XC 5K - 18:03

2023 South Carolina 4A Cross Country State Champion...2022 outdoor track South Carolina 1600m & 3200m state champion...2022 outdoor track South Carolina state runner-up in 400m and 800m.