Ocean City senior Sophia Curtis won the triple jump Sunday at the Meet of Champions and she did it in style, recording the six-best jumps of the competition and breaking the previous meet record three times.
Curtis placed 2nd last year to Union Catholic’s Alexandra Bonn, who set a meet record of 39-6 ¼. After a 38-8 ¾ on her 1st attempt Sunday at Ocean Breeze, Curtis broke the meet record with a 40-2 ½ on her 2nd jump. She hit 39-9 on her 3rd and in the finals broke her own meet record with a 40-5 ½. She added a 39-5 ¾ on her 5th jump and finished with her 3rd meet record of the day at 40-9 ¼.
Curtis averaged 39-10 ¾ on her six jumps, so her average jump Sunday exceeded the previous meet record.
Curtis, the outdoor Meet of Champions last spring at 40-7 ½, has a lifetime-best of 41-3 ¼ to place 3rd at Boston Nationals last March. She also jumped 40-10 ¼ to place 2nd at the Penn Relays last April. Sunday’s 40-9 ¼ is her 3rd-best performance ever.
Ocean City’s other indoor Meet of Champions winners were both in the 3,200 – Brittany Sedberry with a 10:44.23 in 2004 and Devon Grisbaum with 10:45.20 in 2015.
Curtis also has indoor PRs of 57.80 in the 400 and 8.33 in the hurdles and outdoor PRs of 17-8 ½ in the long jump, 15.02 in the hurdles, 56.04 in the 400 and 1:00.42 in the intermediates.
Winslow sophomore My’Syiah Brawner and Rancocas Valley senior Lauren Fadairo made it a 1-2-3 South Jersey sweep.
Brawner was 2nd with a 37-8 ¼ on her 3rd attempt, and Fadairo hit 37-6 ¼ on her 4th. Moorestown junior I’Mara Ford and Sterling senior Ayanna Brown also finished among the top eight, Ford with a 36-9 ¾ for 6th and Brown 36-6 ¼ for 8th.
All-Time Meet of Champions Triple Jump List
40-9 ¼ .. Sophia Curtis [Ocean City], 2024 [1]
39-6 ¼ … Alexandra Bonn [Union Catholic], 2023 [1]
38-8 …… Curtis [Ocean City], 2023 [2]
38-2 … Teja Brown [Pope John XXIII], 2020 [1]
37-8 ¼ … Ma’Syiah Brawner [Winslow Twp.], 2024 [2]
37-6 ¼ … Lauren Fadairo [Rancocas Valley], 2024 [3]
37-5 ¾ … Arden Gray [Franklin Twp.], 2024 [4]
37-4 … Olivia Wright [Winslow Twp.], 2020 [2]
37-3 … Tatiana Camilo [Woodbridge], 2024 [5]
37-2 ¾ … Dai’jah Wiggins [Elizabeth], 2020 [3]
37-2 ½ … Alexandra Bonn [Union Catholic], 2022 [1]
36-11 … Amanda Barrett [Lodi], 2022 [2]
36-9 ¾ … I’Mara Ford [Moorestown], 2024 [6]
36-8 ½ … Felicia Quainoo [Union Catholic], 2020 [4]
36-7 ¾ …..… Bonn, 2020 [5]
36-6 ¼ … Ayanna Brown [Sterling], 2024 [7]
36-6 … Kiley Mironenko [Waldwick], 2022 [3]
36-4 ¾ … Chloe Montgomery [Hillsborough], 2024 [9]
36-4 ½ … Sophia Dongaris [Tenafly], 2020 [6]
36-4 ½ … Adannia Agbo [Morris Hills], 2023 [3]
36-4 ½ … Leah Ellis [Millville], 2020 [7]
36-4 … Kristina Tossas [Rancocas Valley], 2020 [8]
36-2 … Ayotunde Folawewo [Toms River North], 2023 [4]
36-1 … Alicia Jones [Mount Olive], 2022 [4]
36-0 ¾ …Talia Ferguson [Hasbrouck Heights], 2020 [8]
36-0 ½ … Emily Turschmann [River Dell], 2022 [5]
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 