World under 20 triple jump record Holder Jaydon Hibbert has been voted the NCAA freshman male athlete of the year.

Hibbert, the reigning world under 20 champion won the NCAA triple jump title on his first-round leap of 17.56 meters in Austin Texas last week.

The former Kingston College standout had set an outright World under 20 triple jump record of 17.54 meters to take the title at the NCAA Division One Indoor Championships in New Mexico in March. 

Representing the University of Arkansas, he beat the outdoor mark of 17.50 meters that had stood for 38 years and the 1986 Collegiate Indoor record. 

In May, the 18-year-old sailed out to 17.87 meter at the SEC championships in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to move up to 13th on the World all-time list.