Jah Strange

Position:
Jumps
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Indio, Calif.
High School:
Purdue

2020-21:
Outdoor: Competed at the 2021 NCAA Division I West Preliminary Round in the 4x400 and triple jump ... Jumped to a mark of 15.95m and placed 14th ... In the 4x400, placed 17th with a time of 3:07.76 ... Ran a season best time of 10.54 in the 100 meters at the Jim Click Shootout, earning fourth ... Placed first in the triple jump at the Jim Click Shootout with a season-best mark of 16.26 ... Earned fourth place at the Michael Johnson Invitational in the long jump with a leap of 7.32m/24-0.25.
Indoor: Competed unattached at the KSU Steven Miller Invitational and earned first in the 200 meter dash with a time of 22.03 ... Also jumped to a mark of 15.23m in the triple jump as an unattached competitor and placed first ... At the KSU DeLoss Dodds Invitational, ran the 60 meter dash unattached with a time of 6.94, clinching second place ... Was also unattached in the 200 meter dash, placing first overall with a time of 21.81.

2019-20 - Junior (Purdue)

Second Team All-America in the triple jump (outdoor)... Academic All-Big Ten... Collected 12th-place at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a triple jump mark of 16.03-meters... Led the Boilermakers at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with 11 points and two top-five finishes... Broke into the Purdue top-10 list during both the indoor and outdoor seasons... In the indoor triple jump, produced the best mark by a Boilermaker in 20 years, notching a distance of 15.99m/52-05.00 on February 9... Placed third in the triple jump at the Big Ten indoor meet with a distance of 51-03.00/15.62-meters... Registered a fourth-place finish at the Big Ten Indoor Championship in the long jump with a distance of 23-08.75/7.23-meters... Finished in third place at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in the long jump, with a mark of 7.38-meters... Placed third at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in the triple jump (15.94-meters) and long jump (15.94-meters)

2018-19 - Sophomore (Sacramento State)

NCAA West Preliminary in the long jump and triple jump... All-Big Sky honors after finishing third in both events at the conference meet... Third place in school history in the triple jump after going 51-03.75 at the Causeway Classic... Set a PR and made the Sacramento State record books, owning the ninth-best mark in the long jump with a distance of 24-03.75 at the Big Sky meet... Qualified for the Big Sky meet in the 100... Career best of 10.79 at the Causeway Classic... Big Sky champion in the triple jump, indoors... All-Big Sky honors by placing 3^rd in the long jump... Set school record in the triple jump at 51-03.50 at the New Mexico Classic... Placed eighth all-time at Sacramento State his long jump of 23-11.75 at the conference meet

2017-18 - Freshman (Sacramento State)
All-America honors after placing 5^th in the triple jump at the USATF Junior Nationals... All-Big Sky accolades following a third-place finish in the triple jump... Career long of 50-04.00 at the meet which moved him into 4^th place in school history, and qualified him for the NCAA West Preliminary... Season best of 22-03.75 in the long jump at the Big Sky meet... All-Big Sky after placing 3^rd in the triple jump, indoors... PR of 49-11.25 at the meet, 2^nd in school history... Qualified for the Big Sky meet in the long jump... Best mark during the season was 23-01.75 at the Bronco Invitational

High School

Two-time California state meet qualifier in the triple jump... Placed sixth as a senior in 2016 at state meet... Earned first at the Desert Valley League finals and the Southern Section Div. IV championships... Recorded second-place at the Southern Section master's meet... Owns a PR for triple jump at 49-01.00... DVL and Southern Section Div. IV champion in the long jump and... DVL champ in the high jump... Top mark of 6-00.00 in the high jump... Top mark of 21-05.50 in the long jump

Personal
Full name: Jah-Jah Strange
Major: Consumer Science, with plans of going into Sports Management
Parents: Troy and Tanya Strange
Siblings: sisters Atiya and Malia
Father Troy played football at Cal State Northridge, graduating in 1993