Sandra Ekblom

Sandra Ekblom, 2018-19 Women's Track and Field

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Photo by: Matthew Kamph

Position:
Jumps
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Tuusula, Finland

Career
Has 10 top-three finishes (7 indoor/3 outdoor) … Has won two titles, with both coming in the long jump … In indoor, has improved by more than 26 inches in the triple jump … In outdoor, has improved by more than 15 inches in the long jump (three seasons) and 25 inches in the triple jump (two seasons).

Honors
2019 NCAA East Preliminaries qualifier (triple jump).

Outdoor
2020: Canceled due to pandemic … 2019: Competed in six meets, including the postseason … Recorded personal-bests in both jumps in the last month of the campaign … Her long jump personal-best came at the Memphis Tigers Invitational … Posted her triple jump personal-best at the American Athletic Conference Championships … Had one top-three performance, coming in the triple jump at Auburn’s War Eagle Invitational … 2018: Made six meet appearances … Posted two top-three finishes … Placed second in the long jump at Arkansas State’s Red Wolves Open … Third in the triple jump at Southeast Missouri’s Joey Haines Invitational … Logged a season-best in the triple jump at the Memphis Tigers Invitational … Had a season-best in the long jump at the American Athletic Conference Championships … 2017: Competed exclusively in the long jump … Jumped in four meets … Made her college outdoor debut at Ole Miss’ Joe Walker Invitational … Posted a season-best in the event at the Memphis Tigers Invitational … Competed in the long jump at the American Athletic Conference Championships.

Indoor
2019-20: Appeared in only two meets … Placed second with a season-best in the triple jump at the KMS Invitational in Birmingham … Other meet action came in long and triple jumps at Birmingham-Southern’s Panther Indoor Icebreaker (season opener) … 2018-19: Competed in all seven meets … Jumped primarily in the triple jump … Logged runner-up finishes in the event at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener and Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Open … Her jump at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Open was a personal-best … Competed in the triple jump at the American Athletic Conference Championships … 2017-18: Made seven meet appearances … Competed exclusively in the long jump … Won the long jump title with a season-best effort at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Open … Jumped in the event at the American Athletic Conference Championships … 2016-17: Jumped in seven meets … Posted three top-three performances … Won the long jump at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Invitational … Had third-place jumps finishes in consecutive meets at the Arkansas State Invitational (long) and Southern Illinois’ Don DeNoon Invitational (triple) … Logged a personal-best in the long jump at the Arkansas State Invitational … Had a season-best in the triple jump at Southern Illinois’ Don DeNoon Invitational … Jumped in both event at the American Athletic Conference Championships.