Triple jumper, Natrecia Hooper has once again leaped into the record books.
Over the weekend, the Florida Gator competing at the Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational, reset the national triple jump record with a hop, skip and jump of 14.10m.
However, it was good only enough for a second place finish to fellow ‘Gator’ Jasmine Moore who won the event with a leap of 14.55m.
In May of last year, Hooper erased Guyana’s 26-year-old National women’s triple jump record of 13.74m which was set by Nicola Martial (June 3, 1995) and replaced it with 13.92m.
Hooper now holds the second and third best all-time distances in the women’s triple jump at the University of Florida.
She was named on the 2021 USTFCCCA Indoor First-Team All-American (triple jump) and 2021 USTFCCCA Outdoor Second-Team All American (triple jump).
Hooper is considered as one of the best triple jump athletes to compete in the NCAA.
