University of California, Santa Barbara

UC Santa Barbara

2022 Track & Field

• Competed in eight meets, ending the year placing 3rd in the triple jump (15.00m, 1.1) at the Big West Championships
• Took 1st in the triple jump at the UCSB Invite (14.09m, 2.0) and Challenge Cup (14.35m)
• Also contributed to the 4th-place 4x400 time of 3:24.32 at the UCSB Invite
• Participated in the high jump (1.83m) for the first time, taking 10th at the Vince O'Boyle Classic

2021 Track & Field

• Competed in the long jump and triple jump at seven meets, taking a top-two finish seven different times
• Ended the year taking 5th in the triple jump (14.80m) and 13th in the long jump (6.79m) at the Big West Championships
• Set a PR in the long jump (7.03m) while finishing 1st at the Cal Poly Blue-Green Rivalry Meet
• Also took 1st in the triple jump at both the Westmont Classic (14.47m) and Fullerton Spring Invite (14.30m, 0.2)
• Finished 2nd in the triple jump four times, setting a season-best mark of 14.85m at the Cal Poly Blue-Green Rivalry meet

2020 Track & Field

• Redshirt season

2019 Track & Field

• Competed in nine meets for his first season as a Gaucho
• Won the triple jump at the Beach Opener with a mark of 14.12m (46' 4")
• Bested that mark a few weeks later at the 41st Annual Aztec Invitational with a jump of 14.17m (46' 6")
• Took another win at the Cal Poly Dual with a wind-aided collegiate best of 14.61m (47' 11.25")(+2.2 m/s)
• Scored for the first time at the Big West Conference Championships with a seventh place finish in the triple jump with a wind-legal best of 14.34m (47' 0.75"). 

Collegiate Bests

• High Jump - 1.83m - 2022 Vince O'Boyle Classic
• Long Jump - 7.03m (0.8) - 2021 Cal Poly Blue-Green Rivalry Meet
• Triple Jump - 15.00m (1.1) - 2022 Big West Championships

Big West Championships

2022 - Triple Jump, 3rd, 15.00m
2021 - Triple Jump, 5th 14.80m
2021 - Long Jump, 13th, 6.79m
2019 - Triple Jump, 7th, 14.34m 

High School

• Graduated from Rancho Bernardo High School where he was a CIF State Meet Finalist in 2018 in the triple jump, finishing tenth overall
• He was part of four Palomar League Championship Team Titles and two CIF San Diego Section Champsionship Team Titles at his high school
• He also stands at No. 2 All-Time in the triple jump at Rancho Bernardo with a massive jump of 48' 1"
• Coached by Matt Farmer and Don Jones

Prep Bests

• High Jump - 1.93m (6' 4")
• Triple Jump - 14.65m (48' 1")  

Personal

• Parents are Rene and Jackie Mbamo
• Majoring in Statistics
• Career Goals are to become and Actuary
• Athletic goals are to break the UCSB school record in the triple jump and place at the Conference Championships
• Hobbies include basketball and body boarding