Bryanna Grant Sets New Triple Jump Record at B1G T/F Championships

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Bryanna Grant Sets New Triple Jump Record at B1G T/F Championships

May 13 | Women's Track & Field

Oniesha Clarkes Reaches 100m Finals With Third Fastest Time in Rutgers History

BLOOMINGTON, IND. – The Rutgers women's track and field team closed out the 2018 Outdoor Big Ten Championships with fifth-year Bryanna Grant setting a new triple jump record and junior Oniesha Clarke qualifying for the 100m finals with the third fastest time in the RU record books in the preliminaries.

After being one of the top nine out of the preliminaries of Sunday's triple jump, Grant bested her outdoor mark for a fifth time this season setting a new Rutgers outdoor benchmark of 12.80m (42' 0") on her final takeoff to take fifth place. She resets the previous record of 12.57m (41' 3") captured by Kahimah Liverman at the Metropolitan Championships back on April 21, 2007 at Rutgers' home track.

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Bryanna Grant sets new #RUTF Outdoor Record taking fifth place in the triple jump at the #B1GTF championships at 12.80m (42' 0") pic.twitter.com/kWcNXQzpQo
— Rutgers Womens TF/XC (@Rutgers_WomenTF) May 13, 2018

Clarke, meanwhile, reached the 100m finals with a new PR of 11.59 during Saturday's preliminaries, which marked the third fastest time in the event in the Scarlet Knight logs. She raced her way to the finish line in 11.66 in Sunday's final to finish in seventh. It was the junior Scarlet Knight's second Big Ten Championship finals appearances after placing fourth in the 60m at the indoor championship in March.

Rutgers finished the 2018 outdoor championship 13^th overall, while Minnesota won this year's crown followed by Purdue in second and Iowa in third.

Up next, the Scarlet Knights will be waiting to see which members of the squad will qualify for the NCAA East Regional being held in Tampa, Florida on May 24-26.

2018 Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field Championship Results
100m
7. Oniesha Clarke – 11.66
25. Bria Saunders – 12.29
27. Ariel Strunkey – 12.31

200m
19. Bria Saunders – 24.49
24. Phyllis Gordon – 24.82
27. Ariel Strunkey – 25.06

400m
27. Ain Jones – 57.85
28. Phyllis Gordon – 58.20
31. Dakota Gerges – 59.84

1500m
20. Stephanie Mauer – 39:17.77

3000m Steeplechase
22. Lou Mialhe – 11:10.91

5000m
21. Kiera Nealon – 18:16.62
24. Nadia Saponara – 18:54.64

100m Hurdles
16. Lynnea Davis – 14.75

400m Hurdles
26. Dakota Gerges – 1:04.60

High Jump
11. Rhonda Rogombe – 1.71m (5' 7.25")
14. Selena Thorne – 1.66m (5' 5.25")

Long Jump
13. Oniesha Clarke – 5.93m (19' 5.5")
24. Nyamekye Opoku-Agyemang – 5.42m (17' 9.5")
25. Jacqueline Simmons – 5.35m (17' 7")

Triple Jump
5. Bryanna Grant – 12.80m (42' 0") – New Rutgers Record

Discus
22. Halia Rosemond – 40.34m (132' 4")

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