Definition of triple jump
: a jump for distance in track-and-field athletics usually from a running start and combining a hop, a stride, and a jump in succession
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The Bulldogs will have Keturah Orji in the triple jump — as sure a bet as there is; Lynna Irby in the 400 and 200; Louisa Grauvogel, who leads the heptathlon after the first day; and Tatiana Gusin in the high jump.
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Texas A&M sophomore Tahar Triki won the triple jump with a leap of 55 feet, 1 inch.
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On the boys side, Brookfield East’s Cameron Bauer had a big state meet, taking his own second place in the triple jump with his jump of 45 feet, 8¼ inches.
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Chateau Reed of Lathrop won the boys triple jump with an effort of 45-9.25.
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Huntley sophomore Daryn Davis finished 12th in the triple jump with a 36-9.75, but could not improve on that Friday qualifying mark in Saturday’s final.
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Freshman Riley Ammenhauser won the triple jump with a 40-2.25 to lead Neuqua Valley to a 12th-place finish.
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In girls’ 4x800s, Pine Crest and Hallandale finished second and third in 2A while Benjamin was third in 1A. Broward boys went 1-2 in the 2A triple jump with Pine Crest’s Tony Bridges winning ((48-0.5) and Heritage’s Dyllon Lester runner-up (46-2).
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Myers dominated the triple jump with a winning leap of 37-feet, 8-inches.
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First Known Use of triple jump
1964
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