Ademola Titcombe, known to the team as “Dada” (pronounced Day-Day), is one of the conference top all-around jumpers as well. He came into VMI as the triple jump and long jump champion of his high school’s district, and living up to that billing as a freshman. Titcombe posted a fourth-place finish in the triple jump and a fifth-place finish in the long jump at the Big South Indoor Championships, while also finishing fourth in the triple jump at the conference’s outdoor meet, thanks to a personal best 14.61 M leap. He also posted a personal best in the long jump that day, clearing 7.08 M to earn a runner-up finish, and concluded his first collegiate season as a two-time IC4A qualifier.

Titcombe will be supported by junior Terrance Green. Green, who tends to favor the long jump, was the runner-up in that event at the Big South Indoor Championships on the strength of a personal best 7.01 M jump. He also was sixth in that event outdoors, while he just missed scoring in the triple jump as well.

Sophomore Jasmine Hariston leads the women’s jumpers into the 2009-10 season. Hariston, who came to VMI from nearby Rocky Mount, Va., quickly served notice that she’d be an impact performer as a freshman as she set the school indoor triple jump record (11.01 M) in her first collegiate meet. She then went on to place 10th in that event at the Big South Indoor Championships, while also competing in the long jump during her initial campaign. She scored eight points at the conference outdoor meet, as she notched five points with a fourth-place finish in the triple jump and a personal-best effort (5.35 M) pushed her to a sixth-place result in the long jump.

Hariston will be joined by Zipporah McCann, who posted a personal-best in the long jump at last year’s Liberty Twilight Qualifier (5.40 M) where she earned a runner-up finish. McCann has also competed in the high jump and triple jump during her career, and began her multi-event efforts late last season with an appearance in the heptathlon at the conference’s outdoor championships.

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