Georgian Court freshman Daizhae’ Brown from Cedar Creek surpassed the 19-foot plateau for the first time Friday and won the long jump at the Larry James Twilight Invitational in Galloway Township.
Brown won the long jump with a 19-2, which puts her at No. 39 in NCAA Division 2. She jumped with a legal wind at minus-1.8.
Brown’s previous PR was an 18-10 ½ from her win at the Coastal Athletic Conference Championships a week ago. Before that, she jumped 18-8 ½ at indoor ECACs in February at Ocean Breeze.
Brown’s mark is No. 3 in Georgian Court history behind Aniyah Russell from Jackson Liberty [20-2 ½ in 2023] and Charisma Bosley from Ewing [19-2 ¾ in 2021].
Brown technically PR’d twice in the meet. She opened with a 19-0 into a 1.3 headwind before hitting the 19-2 ½ on her 2nd jump. She added two more 18-plus jumps, an 18-4 ½ and an 18-3 ¼. Brown was also 2nd in the 200 in 25.66.
Stockton sophomore Elaina Styer, a heptathlon All-America, placed 2nd with a 17-8 ¼.
Aniyah Russell 6.16m (20-2.50) 2023
2 Charisma Bosley 5.86m (19-2.75) 2021
3 Octavia Booker 5.80m (19-0.50) 2014
4 Daizhae’ Brown 5.75m (18-10.50) 2026
5 Samantha Osadacz 5.56m (18-3.00) 2012
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 