The phrase “records
are made to be broken” is certainly a cliché. But if ever there was a record
made to be broken, it was our men’s long jump mark. Not because Tim Murphy’s
1973 leap of 22 feet, 3 inches (6.78 meters) was “made” to be broken, per se, but
for the fact that at nearly 50 years old, it was our oldest school record on
the books. Key word = WAS. Freshman Lukas Bussetti, competing in his first
collegiate indoor meet (last year, as a true freshman, there was no indoor
track season!), broke that elusive mark on his third jump on Saturday afternoon
at Boston University, eventually placing sixth overall with a leap of 22 feet,
6.5 inches (6.87 meters). Earlier in the day, he has a strong debut at the
60-meter dash. Pretty awesome stuff!
Long jump
6. Lukas Bussetti
6.87 meters (22 feet, 6.5 inches) *school record, old record by Tim Murphy, 6.78
meters (22 feet, 3 inches) set in 1973
1 comment:
Congratulations Lukas, for breaking the oldest INDOOR record on the books.
I encourage you to keep training and maintain your fine performance level, keep extending your indoor record this current season- and then- take down the outdoor long jump record....very within your capability at this point.
Maybe eventually in my lifetime, someone will come along with the ability to participate in throwing events, and beat the OLDEST track and field record- outdoor season Men's Discus, 1971, Hank Blum, 44.24 meters. At the time, Marist was a Division III program, and this was a pretty good mark- and Blum did other throwing events as well.
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