Women's Outdoor Track and Field | 5/27/2021 6:08:00 PM
Results
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Nazareth College junior Brenna Johnson and Utica College sophomore Kelsey Wands completed their three preliminary jumps in the women's long jump competition at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships Thursday. Johnson finished in 15th place among 19 competitors, while Wands was 18th at Greensboro's Irwin Belk Track Complex.
The top nine jumpers advanced to the finals of the competition with Chicago's Isabel Maletich recording the best jump at 5.88 meters (19 feet, 3 1/2 inches). That would end of being the championship jump, as Maletich would win the NCAA Championship in the event with that leap.
Johnson jumped three times in the first of two randomly drawn flights and had her best jump of 5.26 meters (17 feet, 3 1/4 inches) on her first attempt. She followed that with subsequent jumps of 5.05 and 4.96 meters. Wands jumped three times in the second flight and had a top leap of 5.19 meters (17 feet, 1/2 inch).
Making her first appearance at the NCAA meet, Johnson was seeded 13th in the long jump after recording a personal-best jump of 5.76 meters (18 feet, 10 3/4 inches) at the All-Atlantic Championship meet last week at St. John Fisher. Wands, who qualified for nationals in the event for the second time (2020 Indoor), was the No. 4 seed after setting a personal record of her own of 5.84 meters (19 feet, 2 inches) at the All-Atlantic Championship meet.
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