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Jasmine Moore makes history qualifying for Olympic long jump

Jasmine Moore already punched her ticket to the Paris Olympics for the triple jump, and now she’s qualified for the long jump as well.

Jasmine Moore made history on Saturday when she qualified for the United States Olympic long jump team.

Moore finished second in the event with a 6.98-meter jump, which came on her third attempt. Moore led the event until the fifth round when eventual first-place winner Tara Davis-Woodhall went 7 meters with a 2.6-meter-per-second tailwind. Anything over 2.0 m/s is generally considered wind-assisted.

A similar outcome transpired in the opening round on Thursday. Davis-Woodhall bested Moore by one-hundredth of a meter (.01), but Moore only had 0.4 m/s of wind behind her compared to 1.9. Wind is part of the game, but the margins are so slim here that Moore could be the one who advances further in Paris.

As mentioned above, Moore’s qualification for the Olympic Team was a historical moment. No American woman has qualified for the long jump and triple jump in the same year before.

Monae’ Nichols is the third medalist of the day and will join Moore and Davis-Woodhall in Paris.

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Former Gator Jasmine Moore headed to Paris Olympics for Triple Jump

Former Florida Gator Jasmine Moore just won the United States Triple Jump Championship and will represent the U.S. at the Paris Olympics.

Former Florida track and field star [autotag]Jasmine Moore[/autotag] became the first Gator to make the 2024 Olympic team after her first Triple Jump U.S. Championship on Saturday night.

This marks Moore’s second trip to the Olympics after competing in the 2020 Tokyo Games. Although she does not have the Olympic Standard, currently, she should qualify based on world ranking.

Moore’s first jump would have earned her second place alone at 14.07 meters, but Georgia alumna Keturah Orji passed her in the first round for the top spot. It wasn’t until Moore’s sixth and final jump that she passed Orji, reaching 14.26 meters.

“That one was straight prayer,” Moore said after the meet. “I just wanted to set the tone for the rest of the competition, especially since I’m competing in another event. So I was like, ‘got to have good vibes the whole time I’m in Oregon.'”

Far from her personal best and American record of 15.12 meters in March, Moore will still head to the 2024 Olympics as a favorite to win the event with world record holder Yulimar Rojas missing the Paris Games with a torn Achilles tendon.

Moore is also participating in the long jump event on Monday.

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Track and field star seeks Gators’ third-ever The Bowerman award

Florida track and field star Jasmine Moore was named one of three finalists for The Bowerman.

Florida track and field star [autotag]Jasmine Moore[/autotag] was named a finalist for The Bowerman, an award given to the top male and female collegiate athletes in her sport. The senior from Grand Prairie, Texas, put up a historic performance for the Gators last season, which landed her among the final three contestants.

Also named were the Texas Longhorns‘ Julian Alfred and Arkansas Razorbacks‘ Britton Wilson.

Moore is one of seven track and field athletes in the program’s history named a Bowerman Finalist and one of three times that a Florida women’s athlete has been named a finalist. Anna Hall was the most recent finalist in 2022, preceded by horizontal jump Yanis David in 2019.

On the men’s side, Christian Taylor was a finalist in 2011, followed by Tony McQuay (2012), Marquis Dendy (2015) and Grant Holloway (2018, 2019). Dendy brought home the trophy in 2015 while Holloway did the same in 2019.

The Bowerman presentation is set to be held on Dec. 14 in Denver, Colorado. and will be broadcast live on RunnerSpace.

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2023 Bowerman women’s finalists announced, including this Gator

The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced on Monday its women’s finalists for The Bowerman award.

The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced on Monday its women’s finalists for The Bowerman — collegiate track and field’s highest individual honor.

Julien Alfred (Texas Longhorns), Jasmine Moore (Florida Gators) and Britton Wilson (Arkansas Razorbacks) were the three chosen by The Bowerman Advisory Board as the most outstanding athletes in collegiate women’s track and field during the 2023 indoor and outdoor seasons. The trio combined for 10 NCAA titles — eight individual, two relay — plus a share of 12 collegiate records and 33 all-time top-10 performances in the collegiate record books.

Take a look below at what College Sports Wire’s Alex Sinatra had to say about Florida’s finalist.

This season, Moore swept the indoor long jump and triple jump titles at SEC and NCAA championships and set the indoor collegiate records in the long jump and triple jump at NCAA championships.

Moore also swept the SEC outdoor long jump and triple jump during the spring season. Moore won the outdoor triple jump and set an NCAA record. If Moore wins the award, she will be the first woman to win in Florida history.

According to the award’s website, the Bowerman Advisory Board is a panel of track and field experts from around the nation who select finalists based on performances recorded during the 2023 indoor and outdoor track and field seasons. Only performances from December 1, 2022, through the conclusion of the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Austin, Texas, were eligible for consideration. Voting for The Bowerman closes July 14.

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2023 Bowerman women’s finalists announced

The Bowerman is “given each year to the most outstanding male and female NCAA track & field athletes.”

The finalists for the women’s 2023 Bowerman Award were announced and three athletes made the list. The Bowerman is “given each year to the most outstanding male and female NCAA track & field athletes.” The award debuted in 2009 and was named after the legendary track and field coach and co-founder of Nike, Bill Bowerman. Bowerman coached 24 NCAA individual champs, 33 Olympians and 64 All-Americans, and coached the 1972 Olympic Team.

The 2023 finalists include:

Julien Alfred | Sprints | Texas

Alfred is the fourth female University of Texas to be named a Bowerman finalist. The only female Longhorn to take home the award was Courtney Okolo in 2016. This season Alfred broke her own 60-meter collegiate record six times before taking home the NCAA title. Alfred also added a collegiate record during the indoor 200 meters.

During the outdoor season, she set three collegiate records in the 4×100, 4×200, and sprint medley relays. She also set the standing record in the DI championship semifinals.

Alfred ran the fastest all-conditions times in NCAA history to win the outdoor 100 and 200-meter crowns. She also scored 22.5 total points at the NCAA championships and led Texas to a National Championship, the first for the Longhorns in 18 years.

Jasmine Moore | Jumps | Florida

This season, Moore swept the indoor long jump and triple jump titles at SEC and NCAA championships and set the indoor collegiate records in the long jump and triple jump at NCAA championships.

Moore also swept the SEC outdoor long jump and triple jump during the spring season. Moore won the outdoor triple jump and set an NCAA record. If Moore wins the award, she will be the first woman to win in Florida history.

Britton Wilson | Sprints/Hurdles | Arkansas

Wilson specializes in 400-meter hurdles and this season at the DI indoor championships she won the indoor “400-meter title with the first sub-50 second finish in collegiate history.”

During the outdoor season, she set the collegiate record in the 400 flat at the SEC outdoor championships. This performance helped Arkansas win the team title, sweeping the SEC crowns for the calendar year.

The finalists for the 2023 award will be announced December 14, at the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Convention.

Florida’s Jasmine Moore is Indoor National Women’s Field Athlete of the Year

Florida’s track and field program continues to stand out from the rest.

For the second consecutive season, Florida’s track and field athlete [autotag]Jasmine Moore[/autotag] earned the Indoor National Women’s Field Athlete of the Year award presented by the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, the organization announced on Monday. The honor puts her in rare company, making her the fourth field athlete to ever win back-to-back awards.

Moore’s standout event is the horizontal jump, in which she became the first woman to ever clear the 15-meter mark in the triple jump as well as the 7-meter mark in the long jump indoors — also making her only the fourth woman ever in indoor or outdoor horizontal jumps to clear these marks.

The senior out of Grand Prairie, Texas, originally competed for Florida’s fierce rivals, the Georgia Bulldogs, before transferring to Gainesville following the 2020-21 season. She has won every SEC and NCAA horizontal jump competition she has participated in as a Gator, giving her six conference crowns and the same number of national titles.

Moore set the American and collegiate record in the triple jump and the collegiate record in the long jump at this year’s NCAA Indoors on her way to her fifth and sixth national title wearing the Orange and Blue. Her final collegiate campaign continues on March 23 and 24 in Tallahassee when Florida kicks off its outdoor campaign at the FSU Relays.

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