How to Use triple jump in a Sentence

triple jump

noun
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  • Among them are the triple jump, the pole vault, the steeplechase, and the hammer throw.
    — Oliver Staley, Quartz, 24 July 2021
  • Stephen Lines improved on his PR in the triple jump with a 38′1″.
    — oregonlive, 5 May 2021
  • Rush won the state title in the triple jump, posting a mark of 47-5.
    — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
  • 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
  • Campers wanting to learn about the pole vault and triple jump must be at least 9 years old.
    — Houston Chronicle, 26 May 2018
  • 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
  • In 2019, Joseph was second at state in the triple jump, third in the high jump, and didn’t make finals in the long jump.
    — Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 8 May 2021
  • Jasmine Moore is from Grand Prairie and will compete in the long and triple jumps.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2024
  • Does the triple jump have a future in the Diamond League?
    — oregonlive.com, 19 July 2019
  • Floréal competed for Canada in the Olympics in the triple jump and long jump.
    — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2023
  • However, Howard pulled away thanks in large part to the triple jump.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • Liu completed six more triple jumps to leapfrog the field.
    — Elliott Almond, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2019
  • In the triple jump, UO senior Chaquinn Cook leaped 45 feet, ¼ inch with the first of her six attempts.
    — oregonlive.com, 8 June 2019
  • James Carter, Oak Creek: The senior missed the state record by a quarter-inch but won the triple jump with a leap of 49-2.
    — Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2018
  • Texas A&M sophomore Tahar Triki won the triple jump with a leap of 55 feet, 1 inch.
    — Joseph Duarte, Houston Chronicle, 8 June 2018
  • 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
  • McKenzie Mitchell also placed sixth in the triple jump.
    — Rick Armstrong, Naperville Sun, 29 May 2018
  • Niles West senior Jon Cherian advanced to the finals in the high jump but missed the cut in the triple jump.
    — Bob Narang, chicagotribune.com, 25 May 2018
  • At states, Hall finished second in the triple jump with a distance of 34-10½.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2022
  • Wise also won the triple jump (39-7 ½) by nearly two feet.
    — David Hinojosa, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • Now the Bronx native has a chance to continue a legacy in triple jump for the U.S., which has won five of the last 10 gold medals in the event.
    — Mark Osborne, ABC News, 26 July 2024
  • The sophomore concluded her season with a bronze medal in the triple jump at states.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2024

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