Kobe-Jordan Rhooms Qualifies for NCAA I East Prelims

BALTIMORE, Md. (May 20, 2022) — Kobe-Jordan Rhooms of the Morgan State men's track and field team qualified in the triple jump for the NCAA Division I East Preliminaries. Held in Bloomington, Ind., the NCAA Division I Track and Field East Regional begin on Wednesday, May 25, and will go through Saturday, May 28. The triple jump is scheduled for Friday, May 27, at 6 p.m.

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Rhooms will be one of 48 triple jump competitors and 36 Division I programs, and joins Norfolk State's Isaac Haywood as the only two Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) student-athletes participating at the NCAA Division I Outdoor East Preliminaries.

A native of Montego, Jamaica, Rhooms enters the meet as the No. 21 seed. He earned the ranking after clearing a school-record height of 51.70 meters at the Morgan State Legacy Track & Field Meet, held at Morgan on April 23^rd. Rhooms has dominated the triple jump this season, most recently recording a gold-medal winning performance of 15.31meters at the MEAC Track & Field Championships in Norfolk, Va.

Rhooms is currently wrapping up what has been a sensational collegiate career and he was recently recognized as the Student-Athlete of the Year at Morgan State's 34th Annual Athletics Awards Banquet.

The graduate student started off the Indoor Track & Field season be being named MEAC Indoor Field Performer of the Week after posting the top mark in the triple jump, leaping 15.91 meters to win the event at the Navy Invitational. He led the Bears with 20 points and repeated as Outstanding Field Performer of the MEAC Indoor Track & Field Championships where he medaled in all three of his jumping events by recording a silver medal in the high jump (6-10.75) and bronze medals in the triple jump (49-09.75) and long jump (24-4.5).

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Players Mentioned

Kobe-Jordan Rhooms: HJ; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Kobe-Jordan Rhooms
: Freshman
: HJ