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Jah Strange Season 2018-19

YearJunior
HometownIndio, Calif.
Previous SchoolSacramento State

2019 (JUNIOR)

  • Second Team All-America in the triple jump (outdoor)
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Collected 12th-place at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a triple jump mark of 16.03-meters
  • Led the Boilermakers at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with 11 points and two top-five finishes
  • Broke into the Purdue top-10 list during both the indoor and outdoor seasons
  • In the indoor triple jump, produced the best mark by a Boilermaker in 20 years, notching a distance of 15.99m/52-05.00 on February 9
  • Placed third in the triple jump at the Big Ten indoor meet with a distance of 51-03.00/15.62-meters
  • Registered a fourth-place finish at the Big Ten Indoor Championship in the long jump with a distance of 23-08.75/7.23-meters
  • Finished in third place at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in the long jump, with a mark of 7.38-meters
  • Placed third at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in the triple jump (15.94-meters) and long jump (15.94-meters)


2018 (SOPHOMORE - AT SACRAMENTO STATE)

  • NCAA West Preliminary in the long jump and triple jump
  • All-Big Sky honors after finishing third in both events at the conference meet
  • Third place in school history in the triple jump after going 51-03.75 at the Causeway Classic
  • Set a PR and made the Sacramento State record books, owning the ninth-best mark in the long jump with a distance of 24-03.75 at the Big Sky meet.
  • Qualified for the Big Sky meet in the 100
  • Career best of 10.79 at the Causeway Classic
  • Big Sky champion in the triple jump, indoors
  • All-Big Sky honors by placing 3rd in the long jump
  • Set school record in the triple jump at 51-03.50 at the New Mexico Classic
  • Placed eighth all-time at Sacramento State his long jump of 23-11.75 at the conference meet


2017 (FRESHMAN - AT SACRAMENTO STATE)

  • All-America honors after placing 5th in the triple jump at the USATF Junior Nationals
  • All-Big Sky accolades following a third-place finish in the triple jump
  • Career long of 50-04.00 at the meet which moved him into 4th place in school history, and qualified him for the NCAA West Preliminary
  • Season best of 22-03.75 in the long jump at the Big Sky meet
  • All-Big Sky after placing 3rd in the triple jump, indoors
  • PR of 49-11.25 at the meet, 2nd in school history
  • Qualified for the Big Sky meet in the long jump
  • Best mark during the season was 23-01.75 at the Bronco Invitational


HIGH SCHOOL

  • Two-time California state meet qualifier in the triple jump
  • Placed sixth as a senior in 2016 at state meet
  • Earned first at the Desert Valley League finals and the Southern Section Div. IV championships
  • Recorded second-place at the Southern Section master's meet
  • Owns a PR for triple jump at 49-01.00
  • DVL and Southern Section Div. IV champion in the long jump and
  • DVL champ in the high jump
  • Top mark of 6-00.00 in the high jump
  • Top mark of 21-05.50 in the long jump


PERSONAL

  • Full name: Jah-Jah Strange
  • Major: Consumer Science, with plans of going into Sports Management
  • Parents: Troy and Tanya Strange
  • Siblings: sisters Atiya and Malia
  • Father Troy played football at Cal State Northridge, graduating in 1993.
  • Chose Purdue for its great academics and athletics.
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Senior
2019-20

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