Weekend Recap: Moore’s Triple Jump Collegiate Record Leads The Way

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What’s a weekend without a collegiate record?

But, seriously…

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Collegiate track & field athletes continue to rewrite the all-time charts.

Here are some of the biggest moments from the past weekend.

Moore Takes Flight In South Carolina

Jasmine Moore, take your place atop the collegiate record book.

Moore, competing at the Bob Pollock Invitational, set a collegiate record in the women’s triple jump of 14.55m (47-9). That came on the Florida standout’s second attempt of the meet and topped the previous all-time best of 14.53m (47-8), established by 2018 The Bowerman winner Keturah Orji four years ago inside the same building at the Clemson Invitational.

It was a remarkable indoor PR for Moore, who previously was the 15^th best performer in collegiate history at 13.97m (45-10). Moore won the SEC title last year with that mark.

Not Many Faster Than Cunningham

Trey Cunningham is ready for his moment.

Cunningham, who opened the season with a 7.56 effort in the 60 hurdles at the Clemson Invitational two weeks ago, dropped a 7.49 burner in the first round of the event at the Texas Tech Open on Friday and then sizzled a 7.46 in the semifinals to move up to No. 4 in collegiate history. He opted not to compete in the final, having already put his work in for the day.

That obviously puts Cunningham in elite company. Only three men clocked faster marks in collegiate history: Grant Holloway at 7.35; Daniel Roberts at 7.41; and Omar McLeod at 7.45. You might remember that Holloway and Roberts rewrote the entire collegiate record book three years ago when they recorded six of the current all-time top-10 marks during the season.

All-Time Marks Galore In Fayetteville

Three all-time top-5 collegiate performances highlighted the ultra-competitive Razorback Invitational at Fayetteville, Arkansas.

The fireworks started Friday when the hosts went all-out in the women’s distance medley relay. A time of 10:51.63 put the Razorbacks No. 3 all-time, with the team of Krissy Gear (3:22.47 for 1200 meters), Britton Wilson (52.37 for 400), Shafiqua Maloney (2:01.96 for 800) and anchor Lauren Gregory (4:34.84 for 1600).

Saturday afternoon added another No. 3 all-time mark, with LSU’s Alia Armstrong skimming the 60-meter hurdles in 7.86 to win that final. Among the others at 7.86 are current co-collegiate leader Grace Stark of Florida and former LSU standout Tonea Marshall.

The highest all-time mark of the meet came from a new Razorback, Ayden Owens, in the men’s heptathlon, which started on Friday and was completed on Saturday. Last year’s runner-up in the decathlon at the NCAA DI Outdoor Championships while at Michigan, Owens combined PRs in four events to total 6271 points. That slots him as the second-best performer with the second-best performance in collegiate history, trailing only 2010 The Bowerman winner Ashton Eaton (6499). Owens’ achievement was also notable in defeating Kyle Garland of Georgia, last year’s runner-up in the NCAA Indoor heptathlon. Garland also had four PRs, adding up to an impressive 6103-point total.

Collegians Shine At Millrose Games

Morgan Beadlescomb and Courtney Wayment are now among the best in collegiate history for their respective genders in the 3000 meters.

Both moved up to No. 6 on the all-time chart in that event with their efforts at the Millrose Games. BYU’s Wayment started things off with an 8:50.05 effort to finish sixth in the Women’s 3000, while Michigan State’s Beadlescomb took the track for the Dr. Sander Men’s 3000 not long after and finished seventh in 7:43.22 thanks to a final 1000 meters of 2:29.78.

Wesley Kiptoo of Iowa State and Charles Hicks of Stanford also competed in the Dr. Sander Men’s 3000. Kiptoo ended up 11^th in 7:55.53 and Hicks earned a PB in 7:59.02.

UW-Eau Claire = NCAA DIII Multi U

There is no doubt about it: UW-Eau Claire is Multi U in NCAA Division III.

Marcus Weaver took down a divisional record in the heptathlon previously held by former teammate Dylan Cooper and Will Daniels of Central (Iowa). Weaver totaled 5533 points at the Warren Bowlus Multi & Open, which was 92 points more than Cooper and Daniels amassed in back-to-back years to tie for the previous best of 5441 (Cooper in 2020; Daniels in 2019).

After tallying 3190 points in Day 1, Weaver opened Day 2 with an 8.48 effort in the 60 hurdles for 865 points, added 766 more in the pole vault thanks to a 4.52m (14-10) clearance and ended the multi in style with a 2:55.25 winner in the 1000 for 712 points to seize the all-time best.

Getting The Baton Around In Record Time

American International had no equal on Friday at the John Terrier Classic.

The Yellow Jackets don’t have anybody near them in NCAA Division II history, either.

American International won the men’s distance medley relay inside the Boston University Track & Tennis Center in 9:36.62 and shattered a five-year-old divisional record of 9:40.15 set by Western Oregon in 2017 to win the event at the NCAA DII Indoor Championships. The Yellow Jackets’ team consisted of Gavin Smith, Marvin Dure, Clement Paillon and Callum Elson.

This Greyhound Can Run!

Bernice Cleyet-Merle put herself into elite company on Saturday.

Competing at the Indiana Relays, UIndy’s Cleyet-Merle outpaced a stellar field in the 800 meters by more than three seconds and finished in 2:03.89 for the second-fastest mark in NCAA Division II history. Cleyet-Merle is just the second woman in NCAA DII history to crack the 2:04 barrier, joining record holder Kristen Metcalfe of Embry-Riddle (Fla.) in that regard (Metcalfe ran her all-time best of 2:03.59 three years ago at the Boston University Last Chance Meet).