Egg Harbor’s Ahmad Brock, a senior at Monmouth, joined the 25-foot club Saturday on his final attempt at the Rutgers Invitational in Piscataway.
Brock jumped 25-3 ½ with the maximum allowable legal tailwind at 2.0 meters per second. His mark is No. 2 in Monouth history, behind only Khalid Slocum, whose best jump was 25-11 ¼ in Charlottesville on April 19, 2019 – exactly six years before Brock’s jump.
Brock’s previous PR was a 24-7 two weeks ago in a meet in Fairfax, Va. Brock’s 25-3 ½ is No. 1 in the Coastal Athletic Conference. He’s also run 10.63 in the 100 this spring, and he’s No. 6 in school history in the triple jump at 48-3 ½, although he hasn’t triple jump in over a year.
On the all-time South Jersey alumni performance list, Brock becomes the 11th known 25-footer and moves into the No. 9 spot. His jump appears to be the best ever by an Atlantic County native, 1 ½ inches past Paul Klemic of Mainland and Stockton, who jumped 25-2 in 2005.
Brock opened with a 23-3 1/4 , a foul and a 23-7 ¾ and another foul. He popped the PR on his fifth attempt before passing his final jump.
His jump is the best wind-legal jump by an athlete in the CAA – which used to be the Colonial Athletic Conference and is now the Coastal Athletic Conference – since Kyle Darrow of Northeastern jumped 25-10 ¼ to place 6th at the 2018 NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore.
All-Time South Jersey 25-Foot Club
29-1 ¼ … Carl Lewis [Willingboro], Aug. 30, 1991, Tokyo
26-3 ¼ … Matt Rose [Bordentown], Mary 4, 1991, Knoxville, Tenn.
26-1 ¾ … Greg Foster [Lumberton], May 6, 2023, Philadelphia [1.4]
26-1 ¾ … Chris Gillis [Pennsauken], May 12, 2006, Waco, Texas [0.1]\
26-1 ½i … Kerry Vivett [Edgewood], 1991, Track and Field News
26-1 ¼ … Mike Morrison [Willingboro], May 13, 2006, Fayetteville, Ark.
25-8 ¼ … Desmond Hamilton [Pennsauken], May 13, 2007, Princeton
25-7 … Jerome Robinson [Bordentown], July 20, 1991, New York
25-3 ½ … Ahmad Brock [Egg Harbor Twp.], April 19, 2025, Piscataway
25-2 … Paul Klemic [Mainland Reg.], May 26, 2005, Waverly, Iowa
25-0 ¾ … Zach Manorowitz [Pennsville], May 7, 2022, Lawrenceville, N.J.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 