Lumberton’s Greg Foster hit an indoor long jump PR Saturday morning with the No. 4 jump in NCAA Division 1 this year.
On his final attempt at the Quaker Invitational at the Ott Center, the Princeton senior jumped 25-11, a quarter of an inch beyond his indoor PR of 25-10 ¾ from January 2023 in Annapolis, Md.
That’s No. 2 in Princeton history behind Al Dyer’s 26-3 at the 1990 Manhattan Invitational.
Foster came within three inches of his lifetime legal-wind best of 26-1 ¾ from the 2023 Ivy League Championships at Franklin Field. That’s the Princeton outdoor school record.
Foster opened with a 25-4 ¾ and a 25-8 ¼ before popping his indoor PR, which is the best indoor jump by a South Jersey athlete since Carl Lewis’s final indoor meet, which was the 1992 U.S. Indoor Championships at Madison Square Garden, where he jumped 27-4 ¾.
Foster is also No. 3 in Princeton history in the 60-meter hurdles at 7.85 and No. 9 in the triple jump at 50-7 ½. Outdoors he’s No. 2 in the hurdles at 13.78. He is scheduled to hurdle later today. Foster hasn’t triple jumped since the 2024 Ivy League indoor championships in Cambridge, Mass.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 