Track & Field

ArielPedigo

  • position Jumps
  • class Senior
  • Previous School Oklahoma
  • Hometown Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • High school Parkview Baptist
  • Major Health and Exercise Science Premed

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Personal Bests:

Indoor:
800m – 2:24.59
60H – 8.96
HJ – 5-8.5 (1.74m)
LJ – 18-6 (5.64m)
SP – 43-8 (13.31m)
PENT – 3,985

Outdoor:
200m – 26.51 (-1.4w)
800m – 2:21.96
100H – 14.55
HJ – 5-7 (1.70m)
LJ – 18-0.5 (5.50m)
SP – 41-4.5 (12.61m)
JT – 144-0 (43.89m)
HEP – 5,437

Career Accolades

  • 2023 Big 12 Outdoor Championships Scorer (Heptathlon)
  • 2023 Big 12 Indoor Championships Scorer (Pentathlon)
  • 2022 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships Qualifier (Heptathlon)
  • 2022 Big 12 Outdoor Championships Scorer (Heptathlon)
  • 2022 Big 12 Indoor Championships Scorer (Pentathlon)

In The Record Book:

  • Ranks 5th all-time in the javelin throw with a mark of 144’0″/43.89m set in 2024
  • Ranks 9th all-time in the pentathlon with 3599 points set in 2024

Academic Accolades 

  • SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll – 2024

2023-24 (Junior)

Outdoor

  • Won the javelin throw with a personal best mark of 139’2″/42.42m at the EKU Spring Meet
  • Placed 10th in the javelin throw with a mark of 144’0″/43.89m at the Battle on the Bayou
  • Placed 18th in the long jump with a mark of 12’8″/3.86m (1.5) at the Battle on the Bayou
  • Placed 24th in the 100mH with a time of 15.78 (1.6) at the Battle on the Bayou
  • Placed 3rd in the heptathlon after scoring 4,908 points winning the javelin throw (140’8″/42.87m), finishing 3rd in the high jump (5’1.75″/1.57m) and shot put (41’1.5″/12.53m), 4th in the long jump (17’4″/5.28m), 5th in the 100mH (15.33), 7th in the 800m (2:29.59) and 8th in the 200m (27.69) at the Jim Green Invitational
  • Placed 3rd with a throw of 131’0″/39.93m in the javelin throw at the Drake Relays
  • Placed 9th in the heptathlon after scoring 4878 points winning the javelin throw (138’10″/42.32m), placing 7th in the shot put (37’9.50″/11.52m), placing 8th in the high jump (5’3″/1.60m) and 800m (2:28.70), placing 10th in the long jump (17’2″/5.23m), placing 11th in the 200m (27.65) and 14th in the 100mH (15.24) at the SEC Outdoor Championships

Indoor

  • Placed 2nd in the pentathlon after scoring 2,878 points winning the 60H (9.44), High Jump (5’3.25″/1.61m) and Shot Put (37’8.75″/11.50m) and finishing 2nd in the 800m (2:30.82).
  • Member of 4×400 relay team that placed 17th with a time of 4:06.34 at the Rod McCravy Memorial meet
  • Placed 19th in the high jump with a mark of 5’1″/1.55m at the Rod McCravy Memorial meet
  • Placed 26th in the long jump with a mark of 16’2.5″/4.94m at the Rod McCravy Memorial meet
  • Placed 22nd in the long jump with a mark of 17’7″/5.36m at the Vanderbilt Invitational
  • Placed 23rd in the shot put with a throw of 39’0.5″/11.90m at the Vanderbilt Invitational
  • Placed 15th in the pentathlon after scoring 3,599 points placing 8th in the shot put (39’3.75″/11.98m) and 800m (2:24.86), placing 12th in the high jump (5’4.25″/1.63m), placing 18th in the 60mH (9.16) and 21st in the long jump (16’1″/4.90m) at the Razorback Invitational
  • Placed 16th in the high jump with a mark of 5’3″/1.60m at the Tiger Paw Invitational
  • Placed 48th in the long jump with a mark of 16’8″/5.08m at the Tiger Paw Invitational
  • Placed 19th in the shot put with a throw of 36’7″/11.15m at the Tiger Paw Invitational
  • Placed 9th in the pentathlon after scoring 3,590 points placing third in the shot put (38’5.5″/11.72m), fourth in the 800m (2:25.18), eighth in the long jump (17’2.25″/5.24m) and ninth in the high jump (5’1.25″/1.56m) and 60-meter hurdles (9.16) at the SEC Indoor Championships.

2022-23 (Sophomore) (Oklahoma)

Outdoor:

Scored fifth in the heptathlon with a PR at 5,437 points at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (claimed PR’s in the 200m and 800m); placed 13th in high jump (1.67m) and 14th in javelin (38.57m) … Took third in high jump (1.66m, fifth in the 100H (14.45, 3.4w) and 30th in the 200m (25.94, 2.8w) at the Corky/Crofoot Shootout … Placed second in javelin (39.15m), 11th in shot put (11.96m) and 11th in the 800m (2:24.35) at the John Jacobs Invitational … Claimed fifth in the 100H (14.68, 2.4w), 12th in long jump (5.64m) and 31st in the 200m (26.59, -0.5w) at the Sooner Invitational & Multis … Finished 13th in the heptathlon with 5,204 points at Texas Relays … Threw a PR at 139-0 (42.36m) in javelin for fourth, took eighth in long jump (5.47, 5.0w) and eighth in 100H (15.04, -3.0w) at Island Relays Bahamas …

Indoor:

Placed sixth in the pentathlon with 3,824 points at the Big 12 Indoor Championships … Finished 24th in long jump with a 5.17m and 26th in 60h with a 9.13 at Windy City Invite … Collected 3,634 points for 14th place at the Texas Tech Open in the pentathlon … Took second in high jump (1.65m) and ninth in the 60H (9.21) at JD Martin Invitational … Opened the season with a 17th-place finish in long jump (5.37m) and 25th in the 60H (9.21) at the Arkansas Invitational …

2021-22 (Freshman) (Oklahoma)

Outdoor:

Tallied a PR in the heptathlon, scoring 5,272 points, racking up PR’s in the 800-meter run, 100-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put and javelin for seventh place at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships … Clocked a PR at 27.22 in the 200-meter dash, ran a 14.96 in the 100-meter hurdles at the Alumni Muster … Finished seventh in javelin (38.36m), 14th in shot put (12.39m), 12th in the 100-meter hurdles (15.26w (2.3)) and 17th in long jump (5.42mw (3.7)) at the John Jacobs Invitational … Placed third in javelin (38.91m), fourth in high jump (1.65m), 11th in shot put (12.52m) and ran a 27.54 in the 200-meter dash at the Sooner Invitational … Leaped to 14th in long jump with a mark at 17-5.25 (5.31m) and ran for 17th in the 100-meter hurdles, clocking 15.14w (3.8) at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational … Finished 17th at the Texas Relays in the heptathlon with 3,462 points … Placed sixth in javelin, marking 129-0 (39.33m) at the TCU Invitational.

Indoor:

Placed eighth in the pentathlon with a score of 3,754, finished 14th in high jump with a height of 5-5 (1.65m) at the Big 12 Indoor Championships … PR’d in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.90, placed ninth in high jump with a height of 5-7.75(1.72m), finished 11th in shot put with a mark of 42-2 (12.85m), took 17th in long jump with a mark of 17-8(5.38m) at the Texas Tech Shootout … PR’d and placed fourth overall in the pentathlon with a score of 3,985 at the Texas Tech Open and Multis … Grabbed third in high jump with a height of 1.68m(5-6) and finished seventh in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.99 at the JD Martin Invite … PR’d and took fourth in shot put, throwing 43-8 (13.31m) at the Arksanas Invitational, ran in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.16.

High School
Recorded the sixth All-Time High school heptathlon en route to breaking the AAU Junior Olympic Games meet record with a score of 5,493 … Ranked No. 17 U20 Heptathlete in the world for 2021 according to World Athletics … Nike Outdoor Nationals High School Champion in the heptathlon … Won the LHSAA Outdoor State Championship in the 100m Hurdles, High Jump, Long Jump and Javelin throw … Adidas Indoor National Champion in the high jump … LHSAA Indoor State Champion in 2021 for the 60 hurdles, high jump and long jump … Second in the same meet in shot put … Ranked No.1 in all US High School heptathlon and No. 3 in the high jump for the class of 2021 … Personal Bests: Heptathlon-5493; High Jump – 5-10 (1.77m); Long Jump – 19-9.75 (6.03m); Javelin Throw -143-10.5 (43.85m).

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