Greg Foster, sitting in 3rd place going into his 5th jump, sailed 25-2 to win his 3rd straight Ivy League long jump championship at Harvard’s Gordon Indoor Track in Cambridge, Mass.
Foster, a Lumberton native who graduated from Lawrenceville Prep, had a best jump of 24-9 ¼ through four rounds and trailed Brown’s John McNeil, who had PR’d with a 25-1 ¾, and Brown’s Zachary Love, who had jumped 24-11.
But Foster, who has been dealing with injuries and sickness, went a quarter of an inch farther than McNeil to move into the lead. Love fouled on his final attempt, but McNeil hit 24-8 ½, coming up just a few inches short of overtaking Foster.
Foster won the Ivy indoors as a freshman in Hanover, N.H., at 25-9 ½ and last spring with a a 26-1 ¾.
Foster placed 8th in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.22 on Sunday afternoon.
Later Sunday, Foster will compete in the triple jump starting at 2:30 p.m. He’s the No. 5 seed with a season-best 49-1.
Foster has an indoor triple jump PR of 50-7 ½ from last year’s indoor Ivy League meet, where he placed 2nd. He hit his lifetime-best 51-0 ½ as a high school senior outdoors at the West Philly Nationals in June 2022.
Another interesting note from the Ivy League meet: Princeton sophomore Tessa Mudd, who won the pole vault at 14-4 ¾, a meet record, Ivy League record and No. 13 mark in NCAA Division 1, is coached by former Seneca pole vaulter Mike Maira.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 