This year there are more girls than in recent years who have jumped over 40 feet in the triple jump heading into the 2018 outdoor season. That number is 30 to be exact--30 girls returning who have jumped over 40-0 in the triple jump and six who have jumped over 42-0.
Leading the charge this season and setting records as she goes is Mansfield Lake Ridge's (TX) Jasmine Moore. Moore jumped 43-7.25 last year to win New Balance Nationals Outdoor. This year she claimed another triple jump national title indoors by jumping a new junior class record of 42-11.75, beating her previous record of 42-9.5 from earlier in the season at the Texas Tech Under Armour High School Classic. Moore was also the leader coming into the 2017 season with a jump of 43-5.75.
The only athlete with a better jump than Moore's heading into a season over the past five seasons is 2016 Rio Olympian Keturah Orji, who jumped a mark of 44-11 in 2013 during her junior year of high school. In her 2014 season, she ended up finis...