EUGENE, Ore. — Missoula Sentinel grad Ashley McElmurry ended her senior season at Nebraska with a second-team All-American finish Saturday at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field.
McElmurry placed 10th in the women's triple jump by winning the first flight with a best jump of 43 feet, 5 inches.
Ashley McElmurry brings in her first All-America honor!
— Nebraska Track & Field/Cross Country (@HuskerTFXC) June 8, 2024
With a 43-5 (13.23m) in the triple jump, she finished 10th at her first-career NCAA Championship meet to be named a Second-Team All-American💥 pic.twitter.com/zUa6umtfQR
Unfortunately for McElmurry, the second flight featured nine jumpers who bested her to qualify for finals. Texas junior Ackelia Smith won the event with a jump of 47-7¾.
McElmurry, who qualified for the NCAA Championships by recording the fifth-best triple-jump mark in Nebraska school history (44-8¾) at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds in May, started her performance Saturday with a jump of 42-10¾. She went 43-5 on her next jump and scratched her third and final attempt.
