Stellar Performance Nets IWU’s Ogunribido NCAA Triple Jump Crown

GENEVA, Ohio — Sophomore Imani Ogunribido utilized a massive final jump to become the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field National Champion in the women’s triple jump Saturday, May 24. The Illinois Wesleyan University men’s and women’s track and field teams closed out an outstanding outdoor season with a total of four podium finishes at the NCAA Championships as junior Evan Lowder also earned All-American hardware, joining junior Adriana Crabtree and senior Lauren Huber who earned the distinction earlier in the weekend.

Ogunribido wasted no time making her presence known in the women’s triple jump, turning in a school-record jump of 12.65m (41’6″) on her first attempt of the day before extending that record again with her third jump to 12.67m (41’7″) and was the second-best mark headed into finals.

On her last jump of the competition, Ogunribido left it all in the pit, turning in a dominant 12.96m (42’6.25″) jump to break the school record for the third time today and claim the triple jump title. The jump ranks third all-time in Division III. Ogunribido was presented her All-American trophy by two-time long jump champion and head coach Amelia Marino (nee Glueck).

Ogunribido becomes Illinois Wesleyan’s first-ever triple jump national champion and is just the 20th individual champion in a storied Illinois Wesleyan women’s track and field program.