Lumberton’s Greg Foster, a Princeton junior, advanced to the second round of the long jump at the NCAA Championships Wednesday evening.
After a long rain delay, Foster jumped 25-0 ¼ on his 2nd of three attempts, the 4th-best mark out of 48 qualifiers at the first round of NCAA East Prelims in Jacksonville.
The top 12 jumpers advanced to NCAAs June 11-14 in Eugene. Foster will jump next at Hayward Field on 5:40 p.m. June 11. The top 12 from East prelims in Jacksonville and West prelims in College Station, Texas, will compete in Eugene.
Foster jumped 24-1 ¾ on his 1st attempt before the 25-0 ¼ and then finished with a foul. The cutoff to advance was 24-6 ¼. It was 24-11 3/4 in the West prelims.
Foster has a legal PR of 26-1 ¾ from the 2023 Ivy League Championships at Franklin Field. His legal season best is a 25-8 ¾ at Princeton in April. Foster missed nearly a year from February 2024 through this past January after undergoing foot surgery.
This is Foster’s 4th trip to NCAAs. He placed 10th in Virginia Beach this past indoor season.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 