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Waithe jumps to Big Ten silver

Steve Waithe earned men's triple jump silver at the Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in Michigan, USA, at the weekend. The Pennsylvania State University student jumped a wind-aided 16.06 metres. His best legal effort on the day was 16.00m.

Waithe also competed in the long jump, finishing eighth with a windy 7.24m leap. He also had a legal jump of 7.20m. At the IC4A/ECAC Championships, in New Jersey, Coppin State University's Deandra Daniel cleared the bar at 1.75m to claim bronze in the women's high jump.

In England, Nicholas Landeau returned a time of one minute, 51.62 seconds to bag bronze in the Loughborough International Athletics Meet men's 800m "B" race.

At the American Athletic Conference Championships, in Connecticut, USA, Kiersten LaRoche finished fifth in the women's long jump with a 5.90m leap. The Temple University senior was 15th overall in the 100m hurdles in 14.69 seconds.

In California, Jamol James finished sixth in the Pac-12 Championship men's 100m final in 10.46 seconds. He had clocked a wind-assisted 10.46 in the heats. The Arizona State University senior was 11th overall in the 200m in 21.46 seconds, and 18th in the long jump with a 5.04m jump.

At the Conference USA Championships, in Texas, Peli Alzola finished sixth in the women's 100m final in a windy 11.64 seconds, and sixth in the 200m championship race in 23.92. The Western Kentucky University sophomore clocked 11.61 seconds in the 100m preliminaries, and a windy 24.06 in her 200m heat. University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) senior, Aeisha McDavid accumulated 4,601 points to finish seventh in the women's heptathlon. In the individual 100m hurdles, McDavid was 16th overall in 14.24 seconds. And in the shot put, she was 17th with a 12.08m throw.

In Illinois, Missouri State University's Kadisha Francois finished ninth overall in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Outdoor Championship women's 400m preliminaries in 56.42 seconds. The top eight advanced to the final.

At the Big 12 Championships, in Iowa, Dannielle Davis was 11th overall in the women's 100m hurdles in 14.33 seconds. The Baylor University senior finished 17th in the long jump with a windy 5.44m leap. She also had a legal jump of 5.30m.

And at the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championships, in Florida, University of Miami freshman, Trishelle Leacock was 18th overall in the women's 100m in 12.17 seconds, and 23rd in the 200m in 24.89.

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