Jasmine Todd

Jasmine Todd
Personal information
Born (1993-12-23) December 23, 1993
San Diego, California
Residence Phoenix, Arizona
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Sport
Country  United States
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Long jump, sprints, 200 metres, 100 metres,
College team Oregon Ducks
Club ALTIS
Turned pro 2016
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) Long jump: 6.84 m
100 m dash: 10.92 sec
Medal record
Women’s athletics
Representing the  United States
World Championships
2015 Beijing 4×100 m relay

Jasmine Todd (born December 23, 1993) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the long jump and short sprinting events. She holds bests of 6.84 m (22 ft 5 1⁄4 in) for the long jump and 10.92 seconds for the 100-meter dash.

She competes for the Oregon Ducks college team and has won several NCAA All-American honours. She was third in the 100 m and fourth in the long jump at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 2015.

Prep

Born to Larry and Kim Todd in San Diego, California and raised in Chandler, Arizona, Jasmine Todd grew up in a sporting family, as both her parents had been track athletes at college. She too took up track and field and while at Chandler High School she won titles in the long jump, triple jump and 100-meter dash.

Jasmine Todd claimed seven individual titles as Chandler Wolves swept four straight Arizona Interscholastic Association team crowns during her prep career. Todd won three straight AIA triple jump titles (2009, 2010, 2011) and two straight long jump crowns (2010, 2011).

Todd as a senior in 2012 prior to her injury, recorded a high school best 20 feet 1.5 inches (6.134 m) in the long jump, which ranked 8th nationally among high school athletes.

As a junior in 2011, Todd set the Arizona record in the triple jump 41 feet 5 inches (12.62 m) in 2011. That was the No. 5 prep triple jump nationally in 2011. Also ranked 10th nationally in the long jump with a leap of 18 feet 10.75 inches (5.7595 m).

As a sophomore in 2010, Todd won the Arizona state long jump title with a personal best leap of 19 feet 11 inches (6.07 m). That was the 8th-best mark nationally among high school track and field student-athletes in 2010. Todd claimed AIA 100 meter state title.

As a freshman in 2009, Todd won AIA triple jump state title. Todd claimed AIA 100 meter state division I title.

High School Bests: 100 meters - 11.64w, 2011; Long jump - 20 feet 1.5 inches (6.134 m), 2012; Triple jump - 41 feet 5 inches (12.62 m), 2011; 60 metres - 7.42 (i), 2012.

Oregon

She began a psychology major at the University of Oregon but missed most of the 2012 and 2013 collegiate track seasons due to an injury.[1]

Todd quickly established herself among the nation's top collegiate athletes in 2014. At the 2014 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships she was sixth in the long jump and third in the 60-meter dash with a best of 7.16 seconds. This time ranked her in the top fifteen athletes globally for the year.[2] She won the 100 m dash at the Mt. SAC Relays with a personal record of 11.25 seconds and won the 4×100-meter relay with an Oregon team of Marybeth Sant, Phyllis Francis and Jenna Prandini. She placed fourth in the long jump at the Pac-12 Conference championships. She improved her long jump best to 6.50 m (21 ft 3 3⁄4 in) that year, placing her in the global top thirty for the season.[3]

Todd was again third in the 60 m dash at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships, but managed only eleventh in the long jump. She also won the regional Mountain Pacific Sports Federation title in the 60 m dash. At that year's Pac-12 championships she won the 100 m and triple jump – in a best of 13.10 m (42 ft 11 1⁄2 in) – as well as coming runner-up in the long jump. She was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 100 m at the 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, but placed well in the long jump, taking fourth. The Oregon Ducks team was disqualified in the relay final.[3] She hit new heights at the 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, established herself as one of the country's best track and field performers. She came a surprise third in the 100 m in a new best of 10.92 seconds. Another best followed in the long jump, where she took fourth through a mark of 6.84 m (22 ft 5 1⁄4 in). These placings brought her selection for both events at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics.[4][5]

Todd graduated in May 2016 from Oregon and finished her career in a Duck uniform after the team won outdoor track and field Pac-12 Conference title.[6] Todd placed twelfth in long jump in 6.04 m (19 ft 9 3⁄4 in) and twentieth in 100 meters in 11.30 at 2016 United States Olympic Trials (track and field).[7]

Professional career

In October 2016, Jasmine Todd joined Altis in Phoenix.

Personal records

References

  1. ↑ Jasmine Todd. Oregon Ducks. Retrieved on 2015-07-06.
  2. ↑ 60 Metres - women - senior - indoor - 2014. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-06.
  3. 1 2 Jasmine Todd. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2015-07-06.
  4. ↑ Greif, Andrew (2015-06-27). Oregon's Jasmine Todd earns second world championships berth: USA Track & Field Championships roundup, Day 3. The Oregonian. Retrieved on 2015-07-06.
  5. ↑ Chavez, Chris (2015-06-27). Kynard soars to second US title, Nelvis flies to 12.34. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-06.
  6. ↑ Jasmine Todd says goodbye as the Oregon Ducks battle weather at the NCAA West Regional
  7. ↑ "2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field Results - 6/30/2016 to 7/10/2016 Eugene, Oregon". USATF. July 10, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
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