How to Use triple jump in a Sentence

triple jump

noun
  • Among them are the triple jump, the pole vault, the steeplechase, and the hammer throw.
    Oliver Staley, Quartz, 24 July 2021
  • Moore, 20, will compete in the triple jump and long jump at the trials.
    Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 17 June 2021
  • Zell earned runner-up medals in both the long jump and triple jump.
    Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 2 June 2023
  • Surrey finished third in the triple jump at the 2A state meet in June.
    James Weber, The Enquirer, 18 Aug. 2021
  • Long jumpers will also try the triple jump, or the 100-meter dash.
    Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 29 June 2021
  • His success in the triple jump has added to his sports options.
    Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2021
  • Smith won the high jump, while the Murray sisters won the long jump (Kiara) and triple jump (Tahlea).
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, baltimoresun.com, 5 June 2021
  • Floréal competed for Canada in the Olympics in the triple jump and long jump.
    Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2023
  • In the field, there are finals in the men’s hammer, the women’s high jump and the women’s triple jump.
    oregonlive, 20 June 2021
  • Walden’s Amelia Svidal won the 100 hurdles and long jump and was second in the triple jump.
    Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 27 May 2021
  • Rojas is the only woman to cross the 51-foot threshold in the triple jump.
    USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2021
  • In the girls’ triple jump, Morese senior Tyriesha Green won with a mark of 36-feet, 6-inches.
    Ramon Scott, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2021
  • At states, Hall finished second in the triple jump with a distance of 34-10½.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2022
  • 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
  • Defending indoor champ in the triple jump and long jump and placed in high jump and the 60 hurdles.
    Rick Fires, Arkansas Online, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela broke a world record set in 1995 to win the women’s triple jump.
    New York Times, 1 Aug. 2021
  • Fields won a track and a field title, taking first in 300 hurdles and triple jump.
    oregonlive, 21 May 2022
  • In the jumping events, Paige Nelson managed to pull off a sweep of her own, winning the triple jump and long jump.
    Anchorage Daily News, 22 May 2022
  • Two-time Olympic silver medalist Will Claye won the men's triple jump and will be favored to win his first gold in the event.
    USA Today, 29 June 2021
  • After that, Samara Jones gave the Wolverines a victory in the triple jump with a leap of 35-4.
    Jeff Seidel, baltimoresun.com, 18 June 2021
  • The man who gets to figure that out is Willie Banks, the former world record holder in the triple jump and an Oceanside High alum.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2022
  • Her longest triple jump last year: 45-1, which would’ve ranked fifth in the trials final.
    Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 20 June 2021
  • He was undefeated in the triple jump as a senior and jumped over 48 feet in each of his last three meets.
    Dallas News, 1 June 2022
  • Phillips won the boys’ triple jump with a leap of 44-feet, 11-inches as part of a spectacular meet for the senior.
    Ramon Scott, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2021
  • The San Diego State alum entered the women’s triple jump ranked No. 2 in the world and finished second, the mix of joy and relief etched in a wide smile.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2022
  • Ford on her performance in the triple jump and 100-meter hurdles.
    Arthur L. MacK, al, 2 Apr. 2023
  • In the triple jump, competitors take a running start followed by a hop, step and a jump into a sand pit.
    Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 26 May 2021
  • Venezuelan triple jumper Yulimar Rojas broke a triple jump world record that stood for 26 years.
    USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Woods was the top seed entering the boys triple jump event, recording a 48-10 in regionals.
    David Harten, The Courier-Journal, 13 June 2021
  • Owens won county, regionals and state titles in the triple jump.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2022

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