After taking the National Collegiate of Athletics Association (NCAA) Indoor Championship in the triple jump in March, Ruth Usoro made her outdoor triple jump debut in spectacular fashion. Saturday, Usoro broke the school triple jump record in her first appearance at the Fuller Track & Field.
On the same jumps runway on which she practices every day, she downed the school mark with a top leap of 13.81m).
Then, two jumps later, she landed a monstrous 14.50m which had the record books opening. Usoro’s jump broke the Nigerian record she had earlier set last month.
The mark also counts as the sixth-farthest in NCAA history. She is the number-two performer in NCAA history behind Georgia’s Kenturah Orji, who owns the top-five marks. Usoro’s leap makes her the sixth person in NCAA history to jump over 47 feet.
She is also number two in the world so far this year behind Jamaica’s Shanieka Rickkets (14.63m) and first in Africa.