Rutgers sophomore Jenovia Logan opened her sophomore season with a big high jump PR and the No. 3 clearance in Rutgers indoor track history.
Logan cleared a lifetime-best 5-10 to win the high jump at the Rutgers Holiday Classic at the Armory in New York.
Logan, whose previous PR was a 5-7 from a meet last April in Tampa. Her previous indoor PR was 5-6 ½ twice last February. At Sterling, she cleared 5-6 numerous times.
The only Rutgers women to go higher than Logan indoors are Courteney Campbell, who set the school-record 5-11 ½ in a meet at the Armory in February 2022, and Rhonda Rogombe, who cleared 5-10 ¾ in a meet at Rutgers’ Bubble in January 2016.
Including indoor and outdoor marks, Logan’s 5-10 ranks tied for 5th in Rutgers history.
Logan passed the first four heights before clearing 5-3 and 5-5 on her 1st attempts. She cleared 5-6 on her 2nd attempt and a PR 5-7 ¼ on her 1st.
Three jumpers were still left when the bar went up to 5-8 ½, a group that also included Clayton graduate Alanna Woolfolk, a Rutgers freshman in her first college meet.
Logan was the only jumper to clear 5-8 ½, but Woolfolk moved into the No. 9 spot in Rutgers history indoors with her 5-7 ¼. Her lifetime best is 5-8, which she cleared multiple times at Clayton.
Logan had the bar moved up to 5-10, which she cleared on her 3rd attempt, then took three shots at 6-0.
Logan is only the 7th South Jersey woman ever to clear 5-10 indoors or outdoors. Here’s that full list:
6-3 … Priscilla Frederick [Paul VI], July 22, 2015, Toronto, Canada
6-1 ½ … MaryBeth Labosky [Holy Cross], April 17, 1992, Lawrence, Kan.
6-0 ¾ … Kenady Wilson [Willingboro], April 23, 2022, Greensboro, N.C.
5-10 ½ … Megan Kirschling [West Deptford], June 2, 2012, South Plainfield
5-10 … Tierra Hooker [Timber Creek], June 9, 2018, Mansfield Twp.
5-10 … Bryanna Craig [Millville], April 14, 2022, West Monroe, La.
5-10 … Jenovia Logan [Sterling], Dec. 6, 2024, New York
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 