MAJOR: Social and Behavioral Sciences
2012 & 2016 Olympian for the United States
Olympic Games History
| Olympic Medal Summary |
| 2012 London Games |
1 SILVER, 1 BRONZE
[Silver: Triple Jump; Bronze: Long Jump] |
| Event |
Result |
| 2012 London Games |
| Qualifying Long Jump |
Finished 6th in flight (8th overall), 7.99m/26-2.75, advanced to final |
| Final: Long Jump |
WON BRONZE MEDAL, 8.12m/26-7.75 |
| Qualification: Triple Jump |
4th in flight (7th overall), 16.87m/55-4.25 (-0.2), advanced to final |
| Final: Triple Jump |
WON SILVER MEDAL, 17.62m/57-9.75 |
| Olympic Medal Summary |
| 2016 Rio Games |
1 SILVER,
[Silver: Triple Jump] |
| Event |
Result |
|
| Qualifying Long Jump |
17.05 meters, advanced to final (automatic) |
| Final: Long Jump |
WON SILVER MEDAL, 17.76 meters |
COLLEGIATE PERSONAL RECORDS
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INDOOR
Triple Jump – 16.80m/55-1.50, 2009 NCAA Indoor Championships (College Station, Texas)
OUTDOOR
Triple Jump – 17.19m/56-4.75, 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships (Fayetteville, Ark.)
Long Jump – 7.89m/25-10.75, 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships (Fayetteville, Ark.)
AS A JUNIOR (2011):
2011 NCAA triple jump champion and runner-up in the long jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships, scoring 18 points for the national team champion Gators …USTFCCCA National Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year and Track and Field News Collegiate Men’s Field Athlete of the Year … Runner-up in 2011 NCAA Outdoor triple jump and third in long jump … SEC Outdoor Men’s Field Athlete of the Year … Two-time SEC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week in 2011 … SEC Outdoor long jump and triple jump champion … Four-time All American for the indoor and outdoor long jump and triple jump … Named to 2011 All-SEC First Team for outdoor and Second Team for indoor … Led the Gators in the indoor and outdoor long jump with 26-4.50 and 27-2.50, respectively…Finished second in the triple jump at the USA Championships, qualifying to compete at the IAAF World Championships in August 2011…turned pro following 2011 collegiate season.
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PRIOR TO FLORIDA
A junior transfer jumper from the University of Oklahoma, originally hailing from Phoenix, Ariz. … The 2009 NCAA outdoor men’s triple jump champion and a four-time All-American … Competed in the triple jump and long jump events, holding Oklahoma’s school record in the triple jump both indoors (16.80m/55-1.50) and outdoors (17.19m/56-4.75) … Won the U.S. Junior Championship in the triple jump in the summer of 2009 with a mark of 17.14m/56-3, also claimed the triple jump at the Pan Am Junior Championships that summer with a mark of 16.57m/54-4.50 … Also holds a personal best in the long jump of 7.89m/25-10.75.
HIGH SCHOOL/PREP:
Two-time Arizona state champion in the triple jump ... Named to the 2008 USA Today All-USA Track & Field Team in both the long and triple jump ... Posted the nation's best jump, 52-4.25, in 2008 high school triple jump action ... Two-time U.S. Junior Olympic triple jump champion ... Finished first in the triple jump as a member of Team USA at the 2008 Bank of Scotland Cup with a jump of 50-6.75 (15.41) ... Holds the Arizona triple jump record ... Became the first ever Arizona high school athlete to triple jump over 50 feet ... Set Arizona state meet record in 2007 ... Won the triple jump title at the 2008 Great Southwest Classic with a distance of 51-0.25 (15.55) ... Two-time triple jump winner and one-time long jump winner at the Arcadia (Calif.) jumps event.
MAJOR: Family, Youth and Community Sciences
