Women's
Triple Jump

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Shannon O'Keeffe
SUNY Brockport
Brockport SUNY junior Shannon O’Keeffe finished strong and won the national title with a jump of 38-4 3/4 on her second attempt in the finals.

Washington (Mo.) senior Danielle Washington finished in a close second when she jumped 38-4 on her second attempt in the finals. Sophomore Kristin Bates of Messiah clinched third with a leap of 38-3 1/4 in her first attempts of the day.

O’Keeffe’s winning jump was 2 1/2 inches further than her qualifying effort of 38- 2 1/4. She was in third place entering round five.

“It’s an amazing feeling to be a national champion. There were a bunch of amazing girls competing today. I came in ranked number one but I knew that didn’t matter and I was going to have to jump my best.” -- Shannon O’Keeffe, SUNY Brockport
Appie Herve of Chicago was fourth with a jump of 37- 6 3/4, Ashlea Peter of Wisconsin-Stout was fifth with an effort of 37-4 and St. Lawrence’s Jessica Venezia was sixth at 37- 3 1/4.

Emily Pfeufer of Allegheny was seventh at 37-3 and Shamyra Brown of New Jersey City was eighth with a jump of 37-1 1/4 to earn All-America honors.

Final Results
Triple Jump
Round 1, Flight 1
    1 Danielle Wadlington, Sr, Washington (Missouri)
                                                     37-5 3/4 (11.42m)q
    2 Ashlea Peter, So, Wisconsin Stout              37-2 1/4 (11.33m)q
    3 Akilah Bond, Jr, Hamilton College              36-9 1/2 (11.21m)q
    4 Jessica Venezia, Fr, St. Lawrence                  36-9 (11.20m)q
    5 Shamyra Brown, Fr, New Jersey City U           36-8 1/4 (11.18m)q
    6 Selina Dehn, Sr, Univ of St. Thomas                36-5 (11.10m) 
    7 Nikki Hay, So, Springfield College             36-2 3/4 (11.04m) 
    8 Dominique McCoy, So, Roanoke College          35-11 1/2 (10.96m) 
Round 1, Flight 2
    1 Kristen Bates, So, Messiah College             38-3 1/4 (11.66m)q
    2 Shannon O'Keeffe, Jr, Brockport S U N Y        38-2 1/4 (11.64m)q
    3 Appie Hirve, Sr, University of Chicago         37-6 3/4 (11.45m)q
    4 Emily Pfeufer, Sr, Allegheny College               36-7 (11.15m)q
    5 Shannon Yates, Sr, Gettysburg College          36-6 1/4 (11.13m) 
    6 Lauren Lourick, Fr, Lehman College             35-8 3/4 (10.89m) 
    7 Katie Fondow, Jr, Wisconsin La Crosse          35-6 1/2 (10.83m) 
    8 Caitlin Schetter, Jr, Wisconsin La Crosse      34-1 1/2 (10.40m) 
Final
    1 Shannon O'Keeffe, Jr, Brockport S U N Y        38-4 3/4 (11.70m) 
                           (11.64, F, 11.43, 11.51, 11.70, F)
    2 Danielle Wadlington, Sr, Washington (Missouri)     38-4 (11.68m) 
                   (11.18, 10.91, 11.42, 11.33, 11.68, 11.43)
    3 Kristen Bates, So, Messiah College             38-3 1/4 (11.66m) 
                           (11.66, 11.44, P, P, 10.97, 11.02)
    4 Appie Hirve, Sr, University of Chicago         37-6 3/4 (11.45m) 
                       (F, 10.69, 11.45, 10.97, 10.75, 11.28)
    5 Ashlea Peter, So, Wisconsin Stout                  37-4 (11.38m) 
                   (11.27, 11.33, 11.00, 11.32, 11.38, 11.23)
    6 Jessica Venezia, Fr, St. Lawrence              37-3 1/4 (11.36m) 
                       (F, 11.20, 11.09, 10.73, 10.97, 11.36)
    7 Emily Pfeufer, Sr, Allegheny College               37-3 (11.35m) 
                   (11.07, 10.90, 11.15, 11.35, 11.07, 11.30)
    8 Shamyra Brown, Fr, New Jersey City U           37-1 1/4 (11.31m) 
                           (F, 10.84, 11.18, 11.31, 10.95, F)
    9 Akilah Bond, Jr, Hamilton College              36-9 3/4 (11.22m) 
                                   (F, 11.21, F, F, 11.22, F)
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