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Coach Jake Brydson enters his third season with the Salukis for the 2024-2025 season. In 2024, Brydson’s jumpers closed out the outdoor season with a 1-3-6-7 finish at the 2024 MVC Championship in the Men’s Triple Jump, headlined by Darius Fuller’s championship-winning and regional qualifying performance. Throughout the season, the Saluki jumps group tallied 56 team points across indoor and outdoor, with three podium finishes.
In 2023, the Saluki jumpers amassed another three podium finishes, book ended with Dawson Plab’s Indoor MVC Championship in the Men’s High Jump and Jadon Robertson’s podium finish in the Outdoor Men’s Long Jump. Indoors, Plab was named the MVC Performance of the Meet, and Outdoors, Robertson was named the MVC Freshman of the Meet, with scoring performances in the Long Jump (Third), High Jump (Fourth), 110m Hurdles (Fourth), and Javelin Throw (Sixth). Plab’s season concluded at the NCAA First Round and Robertson capped the year with a Fourth Place Finish at the USA U20 National Championship in his debut decathlon.
Prior to joining the Salukis, Brydson spent four years at Missouri State University, where athletes he coached amassed five MVC Individual Championships across Triple Jump, Long Jump, and Javelin, as well as six second-place finishes and five third Place Finishes. At the 2022 MVC Championship, his Women Javelin Group finished 1-2-5.
Brydson began his collegiate coaching career as a volunteer assistant at the University of Oklahoma, assisting with vertical jumps, men’s hurdles, and combined events. Freshman Sooner Vernon Turner cleared 2.33m (7’7.75”) which stood as the highest jump for a Freshman in NCAA History, and the fourth-highest clearance in NCAA Indoor history.
From 2014-2017, Brydson coached at West lake High School in Saratoga Springs, Utah, coaching a State Champion in the Boy’s110m Hurdles and State Record in the Girl’s Pole Vault.
Competing collegiately for Utah Valley University, Brydson was part of three school-record relays, and five team conference championships, and was a conference champion on relays as well as a conference podium finisher in the sprints.
He has received certificates from the USTFCCCA Academy in the Jumping Events and Combined Events, as well as an advanced endorsement in Strength and Conditioning. He is in the process of earning a master’s endorsement in the Horizontal Jumps and High Jump.
In February 2020, Techniques Magazine published his article “High Jump: A 3-D Technical Model and Practical Application” https://issuu.com/renaissancepublishing/docs/techfeb2020/12
