Moon Township, Pa. – Fifth-year
Tara Gologram of the RMU track & field team earned gold in the long jump in her final collegiate competition at the Harrison Dillard Twilight on the campus of Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio, at George Finnie Stadium.
On her fourth attempt of the event, Gologram finished with a leap of 5.81 meters (19'0.75"), which outlasted Simone Green (5.61 meters) of Findlay and Sierra Lanham (5.48) of West Liberty. Gologram traveled to the last chance meet in an attempt to qualify for the NCAA East Preliminaries in Jacksonville, Fla.
The performance caps a stellar two-year run for the Industry, Pa., native at RMU. Gologram posted her best distance of the 2023 outdoor season thanks to a leap of 5.94 meters (19'6") in the
long jump to finish first at the Mountaineer Twilight (4/29) before earning silver and
All-Horizon League Second Team accolades in the event with a leap of 5.92 meters (19'5.25") at the 2023 #HLTF Outdoor Championships (5/6).
Gologram established the outdoor program record in the long jump during the 2022 campaign, recording a distance of
5.98 meters (19.7.50") at the Mountaineer Classic (4/2). That mark is also a Mylan Park facility record. Gologram owns each of the top five distances in program history for outdoor track & field in the long jump.
For indoor track & field, Gologram also
garnered 2023 All-Horizon League Second Team accolades thanks to a distance of 5.98 meters in Fort Wayne, Ind., at the #HLTF Indoor Championships (2/25). That mark is also a school record. In the same meet, Gologram posted a time of 7.69 seconds in the prelims of the 60-meter dash to establish a new program standard.
Gologram was also part of
RMU's 4x100-meter relay (46.52 seconds) and 4x200-meter relay (1:42.50) that established outdoor school records during the 2023 season at the Colonial Relays.
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