University of California, Santa Barbara

2026 TRACK & FIELD: Opened up his season with a first place finish in the 110m hurdles at Gaucho Relays (Mar. 7)...Ran the 100m (10.82) and 200m (21.74) at the Westmont Dual (Mar. 13)...Posted a third place finish at Jim Bush Legends (Apr. 28) in the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.17...Finished second overall in the finals of the 110m hurdles at the Stanford Invite (Apr. 4), posting a time of 14.09...Placed 10th in the 110m hurdles at the 66th Mt SAC Relays (Apr. 17)...Finished first in the 110m hurdles at the UCSB Invitational (Apr. 25)...In the prelims for the 110m hurdles at the Big West Championships, finished first with a time of 14.06...Contributed to a third place finish in the 4x100m relay at the Big West Championships (May 16)  with a time of 40.29...Placed second in the 110m hurdles at the Big West Championships (May 16) with a personal record of 13.87...Qualified for NCAA West Regionals (May 27) where he posted a time of 14.09

2025 TRACK & FIELD: Set a personal record in the 400m hurdles (55.99) at Beach Opener (March 7) … Notched personal bests in both the 200m (27.57) and 110m hurdles (14.48) at UCSB Invite (April 26) … Qualified for the 110m hurdles final with a time of 14.51 in prelims at Big West Championships (May 16)

TRACK & FIELD 2024: Competed in five meets… Recorded a PR in the 400m (52.56) at the Mark Conover Classic (Mar. 22-23)… Hit a PR in the 110m hurdles (15.08) at the Triton Invite (Apr. 5-6)… Recorded a PR in the 400m hurdles (58.01) at the Beach Invitational (Apr. 12-13)… Competed in the Big West Track & Field Championships (May 13-14)

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Chaminade and Thousand Oaks High Schools of the Ventura League … Earned four varsity letters for coach Marlene Wilcox … Competed in hurdles … Was CIF D2 Champion 300H … Earned All-State in 110H and 300H … Holds 300H school record … Is second overall in 110H record … Made state finals for 300h and CIF finals for 110h … Won CIF 300H … Also played basketball at Chaminade High School … Made honor roll.

PERSONAL
Pyrce “PAE” Edwards was born in Virginia Beach, Va. … Grew up in Thousand Oaks, Calif. … Son of Andrea and Quadar … Has little brother, Ethan … Majoring in Data Science … Would like to be an Olympic hurdler/sprinter … Favorite sports memory was being a CIF Champion … Favorite sports team is the Los Angeles Lakers … Favorite athletes are Usain Bolt and Grant Holloway … Enjoys listening to music, learning new skills, and hanging out … Favorite movies are Speed Racer, Entergalactic, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse … Favorite TV shows are The Boys and Invincible … Favorite music genres are Rap and RnB … Favorite novels are Atomic Habits and Relentless.