Rancocas Valley’s Kristina Tossas, a junior at Rutgers, opened her 2024 season with some big jumps Saturday at the Knights Invitational at Central Florida in Orlando.
Tossas hit a lifetime-best 20-11 ½ on her final jump, although that was wind-aided. But she did have a wind-legal 20-1 ¼ on her 3rd attempt
Teammate Celine Brown from Plainfield won with a 21-0 ½ that was also wind-aided. She had a legal 20-2.
For Tossas, the 20-1 ¼ is only a few inches shy of her wind-legal outdoor PR of 20-5 set last March in a meet in Orlando last March.
Tossas was the Big East long jump champ last winter in Geneva, Ohio, with her lifetime-best 20-9. She was 3rd this past spring.
Tossas is No. 4 in Rutgers history outdoors and No. 3 indoors. She’s also No. 9 in the triple jump indoors at 39-6, although she only triple jumped once indoors.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 