Jasmine Moore Crowned U.S. Triple Jump Champion, Secures Spot in Paris

EUGENE, Ore. – The second day of the U.S. Track & Field Olympic Trials brought forth the first Gator to clinch their spot in Paris: Jasmine Moore. The Gator Great has earned her spot on the 2024 Olympic roster after winning her first Triple Jump U.S. Championship on Saturday night in Eugene, Ore.
 
Although Moore does not have the Olympic Standard at this time, her World Ranking is strong enough for her to qualify for the team. This will mark Moore’s second Olympics as she made the team in 2020 for the Tokyo Olympics.
 

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Other Gators that competed during Saturday’s competition include Pjai Austin, Malcolm Clemons, Marquis Dendy, Talitha Diggs and Caleb Foster.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED – Finals
Women’s Triple Jump
Moore opened the competition with a jump of 14.07m/46’2″ placing her in first for the time being. Later in Round 1 she was passed by a mark of 14.18m/46’6.25″ (Keturah Orji), pushing Moore into second. This stood for the majority of the series until Moore stood on the runway for her final jump. Her sixth attempt landed at 14.26m/46’9.5″, launching her into first-place and declaring her the U.S. Triple Jump Champion.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED – Semifinals
Women’s 400m
Despite running a season-best of 50.78, Talitha Diggs placed 11^th in the 400m semifinal just two spots short of Sunday’s final.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED – First Rounds
Men’s Long Jump
The Gators had three competitors in the first round of the Men’s Long Jump. Gator Great and 2015 The Bowerman winner Marquis Dendy was the top Gator finisher (fourth place) as he landed a spot on the event final with a mark of 7.96m/26’1.5″. Dendy also logged jumps of 7.95m and 7.86m, both of which would have also qualified him for the final. Coming off a third-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, Malcolm Clemons also punched his ticket to the finals as his second jump of 7.87m/25’10” earned him a tenth-place finish.
 
The duo will resume action on Monday, June 25 at 8:25 p.m. ET.
 
Caleb Foster finished 18^th with a mark of 7.66m/25’1.75″ in Saturday’s competition.
 
Men’s 100m
Pjai Austin earned an auto-qualifying bid to the 100m semifinal with a second-place finish in his heat. His time of 10.06, which is just 0.04 off of his season’s best which he ran at Pepsi Florida Relays, resulted in an overall finish…