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Mercy Abire Matanmi Season 2024

Position
Jumps
Height
5'7
Class
Senior
Hometown
Lagos, Nigeria
Previous School
Oral Roberts

Career Records

2021 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020 All-American (indoor long jump)
2020 All-SEC Second Team (indoors)

LSU Top 10 Marks
No. 5 – Long Jump (indoors) – 21’ 1.50” (6.44m)
No. 9 – Long Jump (outdoors) – 21’ 1.25” (6.43m)

2021 Outdoor (SENIOR)
Competed solely in the long jump … represented LSU at the NCAA Championships and placed 14th with a mark of 20’ 7.25” (6.28m) … claimed gold at the Crimson Tide Invitational with a leap of 21’ 0.75” (6.42m) … earned silver at the LSU Alumni Gold with a mark of 20’ 11.75” (6.28m) … leaped out to a mark of 20’ 7.25” (6.28m) at the LSU Invitational to place fourth.

2021 Indoor
Did not compete.

2020 Indoor (SENIOR)
Captured bronze at the SEC Championships in the long jump with a leap of 20’ 11.75” (6.39 meters) … registered personal best of 21’ 1.50” (6.44 meters) in the long jump at the Corky Classic to claim gold … took second at the Razorback Invitational in the long jump with a leap of 20’ 8.50” (6.31 meters) … earned silver with a career-best triple jump of 42’ 8” (13.00 meters) at the MLK Jr. Invitational … place second in the long jump at the Purple Tiger Invitational (20’ 5.25”/6.23 meters) … ended the season with the No. 8 long jump mark in the NCAA (21’ 1.50”).

2019 OUTDOORS (JUNIOR)
Represented LSU in the triple jump and long jump at the NCAA East Preliminaries … took 11th in the long jump at the SEC Championships with a mark of 19’ 11.75” … placed 13th in the triple jump at the SEC meet with a mark of 40’ 11.75” … won gold at the Battle on the Bayou with a wind-aided mark of 20’ 10.75” … took second in the triple jump at the Miami Hurricane Invitational with a leap of 42’ 0.5” … picked up a fifth-place finish in the long jump at the Texas Relays with a wind-aided mark of 20’ 9.25” … took fifth in the 100 meters at the Louisiana Classics (12.01w).

2019 INDOORS (JUNIOR)
Finished fourth in the long jump at the SEC Championships with a season best leap of 20’ 6.50” … took second in the long jump at the LSU Twilight (20’ 0.50”) and LSU Bayou Bengal (19’ 10.25”) …  went PR of 41’ 10.75” in the triple jump at the Tyson Invitational to take third … garnered bronze in the long jump at the Razorback Invitational with a mark of 19’ 11.75” … took fifth in the long jump at the Red Raider Invite with a leap of 20’ 1.50”.

Prior to LSU
Competed at Oral Roberts in 2017 and 2018 as a freshman and sophomore … competed at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the long jump and finished 13th with a bound of 6.27 meters (20-7) … her career-best wind-legal long jump came at the 2018 Summit League Championships when she jumped 6.33 meters (20-9.25) … she won the 2018 Summit League outdoor long jump title with a wind-aided leap of 6.50 meters (21-4) … lead leg of the 4×100 meter relay that won the 2018 Summit League title with a time of 45.48 … won her third Summit League title of the outdoor season with a personal best triple jump of 13.10 meters (42-11.75) … won a total of five events in the long and triple jump during the 2018 outdoor season prior to the postseason … captured second-place finishes in the long jump (5.90m/19-4.25) and triple jump (12.64m/41-5.75) at the 2018 Summit League Indoor Championships … 2018 Oral Roberts Field Athlete MVP.

Personal
Has two sisters and one brother … her cousin, Ese Brume, is the African junior record holder in the long jump (6.83 meters) … majoring in sports administration … chose to transfer to LSU because of the high performance of the team and the coaching staff.

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