How to Use the long jump in a Sentence

the long jump

noun

• Zell earned runner-up medals in both the long jump and triple jump.
  — Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 2 June 2023
• Moore won the triple jump and was runner-up in the long jump trials.
  — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 1 July 2024
• Owens and Long were seen as the two favorites to compete for the gold medal in the long jump at the Berlin Games.
  — Ben Morse, CNN, 4 July 2024
• She is tied for second in the nation in the long jump (20-8.5) among all FAT marks.
  — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 2 June 2023
• Staats also finished third in the 55 and fourth in the triple jump, while Hall placed third in the long jump and seventh in shot put.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2024
• Stadium staff work on the long jump track inside the Stade de France.
  — Jorge Garay, WIRED, 30 July 2024
• Dan Phoenix was second in the shot put and Jayden Dougherty and Ahmed finished 2-3 in the long jump.
  — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2024
• Tara Davis-Woodhall soared to a new world lead and personal best of 7.18 meters in the long jump.
  — Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
• Webb’s mark of 18-9 in the long jump was one inch away from Brandeis’ Alyssa Rodriguez’s winning mark.
  — David Hinojosa, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Apr. 2023
• Randolph sophomore Taylor Nunez set a girls 3A meet record in the long jump with a mark of 20-2½ inches.
  — David Hinojosa, San Antonio Express-News, 11 May 2023
• State champion Alyssa Hope of Riverside King returns in the long jump.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2023
• Her qualifying distance in the long jump (19-6 ½) is the best by nearly one foot.
  — David Hinojosa, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2023
• Tara Davis-Woodhall, who trains at Arkansas, is projected to win a gold medal in the long jump.
  — Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 2 Aug. 2024
• For the girls, sophomore Cassie Poulard captured district titles in the long jump and 100-meter hurdles.
  — Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• Boston dominated the long jump through much of the 1960s by breaking or tying world records six more times over that span.
  — Glenn Rifkin, New York Times, 1 May 2023
• Her best friend, Oregon City senior Sophia Beckmon is, as of last outdoor season, the state’s record holder in the long jump.
  — Shane Hoffmann, oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2023
• Thomas, a former Indiana All-Star, starred at Brownsburg on the court and won a track and field state championship in the long jump as a sophomore.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Mar. 2023
• The returning state champion finished second this year in the long jump at states.
  — Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2023
• As a high school senior, Ware finished 15th in the long jump at the Alabama outdoor track and field championships.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2023
• Davis wasn’t adjusting the way Lewis wanted, so Lewis walked over, ran down the long jump runway, and did the jump himself as sand bounced into his pant leg.
  — Kris Rhim, New York Times, 7 June 2023
• Marshall also qualified for state in the long jump but scratched from Friday’s prelims in that event.
  — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2024
• Tara Davis-Woodhall ran collegiality for Texas and will compete in the long jump.
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2024
• Davis is known for her achievements in the long jump and hurdles, while Woodhall has earned acclaim as a Paralympic medalist.
  — Maddie Garfinkle, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
• Arkansas has two national leaders with Wayne Pinnock in the long jump and Romaine Beckford in the high jump.
  — Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 29 Feb. 2024
• Abrahams badly injured his leg doing the long jump the year after the Paris Olympics, forcing him to retire from athletics.
  — George Ramsay, CNN, 19 July 2024
• There was Queen Creek senior Catherine Littlewood, nine weeks removed from having surgery, breaking the girls state record in the long jump at 20 feet, 7 inches.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2023
• Their wins included the long jump, however; Lyles would be making history for those four sprints.
  — Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 23 July 2024
• Castaic’s Meagan Humphries, a track Swiss Army knife, didn’t win any individual field event but earned four medals — fourth in the high jump, second in the long jump, second in the triple jump and fifth in the 200 meters.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
• Calenda talks to Dixon-Bodie, who also competes in the long jump for Florida, after every meet but didn’t talk to him Friday.
  — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2024
• His dream of representing Haiti at the 1976 Montreal Olympics in the long jump, however, got sidelined by a ruptured tendon in his right ankle.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 11 July 2024

Last Updated: 17 Sep 2024