Winslow and Iowa graduate Tionna Tobias popped her best long jump since 2024 Saturday at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix at the TRACK at Shoe Company in Boston.
Tobias placed 4th with a jump of 20-10, which ranks her 12th among American jumpers this year.
It was Tobias’s best jump since her historic 22-9 ¼ at the Holloway Pro Classic at Percy Beard Track in Gainesville in July 2024. That’s No. 22 in U.S. history.
Tobias surpassed 20 feet on each of her first four jumps – 20-10, 20-6 ½, 20-0 ½ and 20-1 ½ – before finishing with a foul.
The 20-10 is only 2 ½ inches off her indoor PR. She jumped 21-0 ½ at a meet in Albuquerque in February 2024.
Tobias won the 2023 Big Ten heptathlon in Bloomington and an NCAA hurdle qualifier, but she is now exclusively a long jumper. Her last multi was 2024 Big Ten indoors in Geneva, Ohio, and her last hurdles race was 2024 outdoor NCAAs in Fayetteville, Ark.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 