Jasmine Todd (born December 23, 1993) is an American

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athlete who competes in the

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...

and short sprinting events. She holds personal bests of for the long jump and 10.92 seconds for the 100-meter dash. She competed for the

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college team and has won several NCAA

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n honours. She was third in the 100 m and fourth in the long jump at the

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in 2015.

Prep

Jasmine Todd was born to Larry and Kim Todd in

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and raised in

Chandler, Arizona Chandler is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, and a suburb in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). It is bordered to the north and west by Tempe, to the north by Mesa, to the west by Phoenix, to the ...

. She 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

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

and 100-meter dash. Jasmine Todd claimed seven individual titles as Chandler Wolves swept four straight

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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 in the long jump, which ranked 8th nationally among high school athletes. As a junior in 2011, Todd set the

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record in the triple jump 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 . As a sophomore in 2010, Todd won the

state long jump title with a personal best leap of . 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:

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– 11.64w, 2011;

Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...

– , 2012;

Triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

– , 2011;

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– 7.42 (i), 2012.

Oregon

She began a psychology major at the

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but missed most of the 2012 and 2013 collegiate track seasons due to an injury.Jasmine Todd
Oregon Ducks. Retrieved on 2015-07-06. Todd quickly established herself among the nation's top collegiate athletes in 2014. At the

2014 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships The 2014 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships was the 50th NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships and the 33rd NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, held at the Albuquerque Convention Cen ...

she was sixth in the long jump and third in the

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with a best of 7.16 seconds. This time ranked her in the top fifteen athletes globally for the year. 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 that year, placing her in the global top thirty for the season.Jasmine Todd
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2015-07-06. 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

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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 – 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. She hit new heights at the

2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were held at Hayward Field, University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. Organized by USA Track and Field, the four-day competition took place June 25–28 and served as the national championships i ...

, 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 . These placings brought her selection for both events at the

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

. 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. Todd placed twelfth in long jump in and twentieth in 100 meters in 11.30 at 2016 United States Olympic Trials (track and field).

Professional career

In October 2016, Jasmine Todd joined Altis in Phoenix. In 2022, Todd joined Citius Mag.Jasmine Todd On The Financial Realities, Struggles Of A Professional Jumper While Chasing American Records
Citius Mag

Personal records

* 100-meter dash – 10.92 seconds (2015) *

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– 22.89 seconds (2015) *

– (2015) *

indoor – 7.15 seconds (2015) * 200-meter dash indoor – 23.87 seconds (2014) * Long jump – (2014) * Triple jump – (2015)

References

External links

College results at TFRRS

Jasmine Todd's 2016 Oregon profile
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