Stockton senior Khristina Washington from Hammonton opened her season with a triple jump PR at the Fastrack Season Opener at Ocean Breeze.
Washington leaped 36-4 on her final attempt to move from 8th to 3rd. She opened with two fouls, 35-0 ½, 33-8 ½, 35-2 ½ before closing with a new PR.
Her previous wind-legal jump was a 36-3 ½ outdoors at Widener this past April. She had a wind-aided 35-4 ¾ when she won the New Jersey Athletic Conference meet in Mahwah in May. Her previous indoor PR was a 35-1 ¼ when she placed 2nd at last year’s indoor NJAC meet at Ocean Breeze.
Her 36-4 ranks No. 18 through opening weekend in NCAA Division 3 and No. 1 in the NJAC.
Washington also placed 6th in the long jump with a 16-7 ¾. She has a long jump PR of 17-6 ¼, also from last year’s outdoor NJAC meet, where she placed 2nd. Her indoor long jump PR is 17-2 ¾ from a meet this past January at the Armory.
Washington is tied for No. 1 in the early going in the NJAC in the long jump. Teammate Emma Petrolia from New Milford also jumped 16-7 ¾ at Ocean Breeze on Friday.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 