BEVO BEAT Track & Field
Texas’ O’Brien Wasome earns NCAA championship with a record-breaking jump
Posted March 10th, 2018
On Saturday, sophomore O’Brien Wasome set a new standard at Texas.
At the NCAA’s indoor championships in College Station, Wasome was crowned the champion in the triple jump. One day after he placed 10th in the long jump, Wasome leaped 55 feet, 2.25 inches meters in College Station to edge Florida’s KeAndre Bates (54-8.25).
Texas had never won an NCAA title in the triple jump during the indoor or outdoor season. Tyrone Scott had established the school record when he jumped 55-1 in 1992. (A 1992 leap of 55-10.50 by Scott is UT’s all-time outdoor mark).
O'Brien Wasome. National Champion.#HookEm pic.twitter.com/Vyf5Ds9EEs
— Texas T&F/XC (@TexasTFXC) March 11, 2018
Wasome, who is from Jamaica, was the runner-up in the triple jump at last month’s Big 12 meet. He finished third at the NCAA’s indoor competition in 2017.
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