![]() Ayden Owens-Delerme at the 2022 World Athletics Championships | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Stateside Puerto Rican |
Born | Ayden Owens-Delerme 28 May 2000 Pittsburgh, United States |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (184 cm) [1] |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | Decathlon |
College team | Arkansas Razorbacks Michigan Wolverines USC Trojans |
Coached by | Petros Kyprianou |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal bests | Decathlon: 8,784 (2025) NR Heptathlon: 6,518 (2023) NR |
Medal record |
Ayden Owens-Delerme (born 28 May 2000) is a Stateside Puerto Rican decathlete. He won a silver medal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Owens-Delerme was first recognised as a multi-sport athlete at statewide athletic powerhouse North Allegheny in suburban Wexford. Michael Owens, Ayden Owens-Delerme's father, captained the 1980 basketball team at the University of Virginia. [2]
Owens-Delerme was the 2018 PIAA state champion in the 110 meters hurdles, 300 meters hurdles, and 200 meters dash. Additionally, he finished second in the long jump. By winning three events and finishing second in another, he single-handedly won the state title for North Allegheny.
Owens-Delerme was a four-time New Balance National All-American, won the 2018 New Balance indoor 60-meter hurdles title with a state-record time of 7.59, and decathlon champion at the 2017 New Balance Nationals Outdoor. These accomplishments made him the 2018 Gatorade Pennsylvania Men's Track and Field Athlete of the Year. Owens-Delerme concluded his prep career ranked in the Top 10 nationally in seven different track events. [3]
Owens-Delerme first attended the University of Southern California, where he was named 2019 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. He then transferred to the University of Michigan, where he earned the 2021 Big Ten Field Athlete of the Year Award, before transferring to the University of Arkansas, for whom he won the 2022 NCAA championship decathlon, following which he was named the 2022 SEC Field Athlete of the Year. [4] Owens-Delerme graduated from the University of Michigan in 2021 and the University of Arkansas in 2023. [5]
Owens-Delerme finished his collegiate career as a 9-time All-American, 3-time NCAA Champion, 2-time Southeastern Conference Champion, 1-time Big Ten Conference Champion, 1-time Pac-12 Conference Champion, and 17-time All-Conference finalist. [6]
Despite being born and raised in Pennsylvania, Owens-Delerme represents the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico on the international stage, as his family on his mother's side are Puerto Rican, and he visited the island yearly in his childhood. [7]
Competing at the 2022 World Athletics Championships decathlon in Eugene, Oregon, Owens-Delerme was placed third overall after the 100 metres, shot put and long jump events and took the lead overnight after a personal best 45.07 in the 400m. [8] [9] After subpar second-day performances in the javelin and pole vault, he fell behind eventual champion Kevin Mayer and others, eventually finishing 4th.
He competed in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the decathlon, finishing in ninth place after winning the decathlon at Mt. SAC Relays and setting a Central American and Caribbean record, scoring 8,732 points. [10]
He finished seventh at the Hypo-Meeting in Götzis on 1 June 2025 with a tally of 8,486 points, setting a meeting record time for the 400 metres. [11] He won the 2025 Décastar decathlon in Talence, France, scoring 8,478 points. [12]
Owens-Delerme won a silver medal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, setting a new national record of 8,784 points, becoming the third Puerto Rican after Javier Culson and Jasmine Camacho-Quinn to win a world championship medal. [13] [14]
Collegiate
International
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes | |
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Representing ![]() | ||||||
2025 | World Athletics Championships | Tokyo | 2nd | Decathlon | 8,784 points | |
2024 | Olympic Games | Paris | 9th | Decathlon | 8,437 points | |
2023 | World Athletics Championships | Budapest | 16th | Decathlon | 6,148 points | |
Central American and Caribbean Games | San Salvador | 1st | Decathlon | 8,281 points | ||
2022 | World Athletics Championships | Eugene | 4th | Decathlon | 8,532 points | |
2018 | World Athletics U20 Championships | Tampere | 12th | Decathlon | 6,744 points | |
2018 | Puerto Rico U20 Outdoor Championships | Peñuelas | 1st | 200 meters | 21.29 | |
Representing ![]() | ||||||
2017 | USATF U20 Outdoor Championships [18] | Sac State | 12th | 110m hurdles | 14.19 | |
26th | 400m hurdles | 54.99 | ||||
2016 | USATF U20 Outdoor Championships | Sac State | 1st | 400m hurdles | 53.13 | |
2015 | USATF Junior Olympics [19] | UNF | 3rd | Decathlon | 5,626 points |
Information from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.
Outdoor
Event | Performance | Location | Date |
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200 meters | 20.88 (+0.0 m/s) | Fayetteville | April 21, 2023 |
300 meters | 36.68 | Shippensburg | May 26, 2018 |
400 meters | 46.39 | Kortrijk | July 13, 2024 |
110 meters hurdles | 13.59 (+1.3 m/s) | Fayetteville | June 23, 2023 |
13.57 (+3.8 m/s) | Fayetteville | June 23, 2023 | |
400 meters hurdles | 48.26 | Baton Rouge | May 13, 2023 |
Long jump | 7.09 m (23 ft 3 in)(+0.5 m/s) | Shippensburg | May 25, 2018 |
Pole vault | 4.97 m (16 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | Champaign | May 2, 2025 |
Discus throw | 47.42 m (155 ft 6+3⁄4 in) | Champaign | May 2, 2025 |
Javelin throw | 56.07 m (183 ft 11+1⁄4 in) | Gainesville | April 18, 2025 |
Event | Performance | Location | Date | Score | Ref. |
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Decathlon | — | Tokyo | September 20–21, 2025 | 8,784 points | — |
100 meters | 10.27 (+1.2 m/s) | Walnut | April 13, 2022 | 1,030 points | |
Long jump | 7.66 m (25 ft 1+1⁄2 in)(+0.2 m/s) | Paris | August 2, 2024 | 975 points | |
Shot put | 16.26 m (53 ft 4 in) | Walnut | April 17, 2024 | 867 points | |
High jump | 2.02 m (6 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Paris | August 2, 2024 | 822 points | |
400 meters | 45.07 NR | Eugene | July 23, 2022 | 1,056 points | [20] |
110 meters hurdles | 13.73 (+0.9 m/s) | Walnut | April 18, 2024 | 1,010 points | |
Discus throw | 46.25 m (151 ft 8+3⁄4 in) | Eugene | June 9, 2022 | 793 points | |
Pole vault | 5.10 m (16 ft 8+3⁄4 in) | Walnut | April 18, 2024 | 941 points | |
Javelin throw | 59.28 m (194 ft 5+3⁄4 in) | Walnut | April 18, 2024 | 727 points | |
1500 meters | 4:13.02 | Eugene | July 24, 2022 | 860 points | [21] |
Virtual Best Performance | 9,081 points | — |
Indoor
Event | Performance | Location | Date |
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60 meters | 6.89 | Bloomington | January 23, 2021 |
60 meters hurdles | 7.71 NR | Albuquerque | February 4, 2023 |
Long jump | 6.79 m (22 ft 3+1⁄4 in) | Seattle | February 22, 2019 |
High jump | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | Albuquerque | January 18, 2019 |
Pole vault | 4.80 m (15 ft 8+3⁄4 in) | Fayetteville | January 14, 2022 |
Shot put | 14.85 m (48 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Bloomington | January 23, 2021 |
Event | Performance | Location | Date | Score |
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Heptathlon | — | Albuquerque | March 10–11, 2023 | 6,518 points |
60 meters | 6.75 | Birmingham | March 8, 2019 | 973 points |
Long jump | 7.82 m (25 ft 7+3⁄4 in) | Albuquerque | March 10, 2023 | 1,015 points |
Shot put | 15.27 m (50 ft 1 in) | Albuquerque | March 10, 2023 | 806 points |
High jump | 2.04 m (6 ft 8+1⁄4 in) | Fayetteville | January 28, 2022 | 840 points |
60 meters hurdles | 7.73 | Albuquerque | March 11, 2023 | 1,056 points |
Pole vault | 4.96 m (16 ft 3+1⁄4 in) | Albuquerque | March 11, 2023 | 898 points |
1000 meters | 2:31.55 | Albuquerque | March 11, 2023 | 970 points |
Virtual Best Performance | 6,553 points |