Greg Foster popped an outdoor long jump Friday in his 2026 outdoor opener in Athens, Ga., breaking the overall Ivy League outdoor record and extending his own Princeton school record.
Foster, who smashed both records indoors with his 27-0 ½ at the Armory, jumped 26-2 ¾ twice, on his 1st and 5th jumps at the Spec Towns Invitational at the University of Georgia.
The previous Ivy League outdoor record was 26-2 set in 1985 by both Chris Chrysostomou of Cornell and Eugene Profit of Yale. Chrysostomou and Profit both jumped 26-2 at IC4As in Cambridge on May 4, 1985, with Chrysostomou winning on a superior 2nd-best jump.
Foster’s previous outdoor best was 26-1 ¾ at 2023 Heps at Franklin Field.
Foster, a Lawrenceville Prep graduate from Lumberton, is No. 3 in NCAA Division 1 outdoors. He’s already the No. 3 American and No. 8 in the world with his 27-0 ½ on Feb. 28.
Germantown Academy’s Kyle Garland, the decathlon bronze medalist at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, placed 2nd on his home track from college with a 25-2 ¾.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 