I’m a little late on this one, but I don’t check results from Addis Ababa all that often. In any case, huge long jump result for Winslow’s Tionna Tobias, who popped the 2nd-best long jump of her life at the Addis Ababa Grand Prix in Ethiopia.
That’s a World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze Level meet held in front of about 30,000 fans at Addis Ababa Stadium.
Tobias, 25, jumped 21-10 ½ to win the competition. Series info isn’t available, but the 21-10 ½ is her 2nd-best jump ever, behind her historic 22-9 ¼ in Gainesville in 2024 – No. 22 in U.S. history.
With her 21-10 ½, Tobias moved up to No. 8 in the U.S. this year and No. 27 in the world.
Tobias stayed in Africa a few extra days and ran a 100-meter dash at the Simbine Classic at Pilditch Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, two days after the Addis Ababa meet. She ran a wind-legal PR 11.69 in her first 100 since the 2019 Group 3 state meet in Bayville.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 