Friday, May 8
Lincoln, NE
1:30 PM
Creighton University
at
Nebraska Spring Tune-Up
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Shadd-Ceres Wins Long Jump at Nebraska Spring Tune-Up
5/8/2026 5:30:00 PM | Women's Cross Country / Track
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Creighton Track's Trinity Shadd-Ceres won the Nebraska Spring Tune-Up in the long jump on Friday in Lincoln, Neb., soaring to the top of the BIG EAST charts with one of the top leaps in the country this season.
The redshirt freshman, who transferred to CU in the spring to also join the Bluejay volleyball program, was competing in just her second track meet in the last two years. After an opening jump of 6.08 meters (19' 11.5" inches), Shadd-Ceres soared 6.40 meters (21' 0") in her second jump to win the competition. Her jump was the longest in the BIG EAST this season, far outdistancing St. John's Cassandra Lemmus-Sodji (6.15m) and was a distance long enough to win the BIG EAST Championships every season since 2013.
Shadd-Ceres' jump ranks as the 20th-best mark in the country this season, and all but assures that she'll become CU's first female track and field athlete to qualify for the NCAA First Round on May 27-30 in Fayetteville, Ark. The top 48 long jumpers in the West Region will qualify for that event, and Shadd-Ceres' leap is currently 13th-best in the Region.
"She's been trying to adjust and get back into track after two years," said CU head coach Chris Gannon. "As talented as she is, we can take care of business and get what we were looking for today. The weather was perfect. We were hoping for an allowable wind and we got that. Her mark today will get her in the Region for sure and has got her sitting in a pretty good place to hopefully have big dreams and goals for the next few weeks."
Shadd-Ceres' mark was just shy of her personal best of 6.49 meters set on August 4, 2023, at the U18 Athletics Championships in Ontario, Canada.
CU's only other competitor was Sophia Valentine in the javelin. The junior placed seventh with a distance of 27.83 meters (91' 3"). Former Olympian and NCAA champion Rhema Otabor topped a strong field while competing unattached.
Creighton Track next heads to the BIG EAST Championships Presented by JEEP, which will be held in Storrs, Conn., from May 14-16.
The redshirt freshman, who transferred to CU in the spring to also join the Bluejay volleyball program, was competing in just her second track meet in the last two years. After an opening jump of 6.08 meters (19' 11.5" inches), Shadd-Ceres soared 6.40 meters (21' 0") in her second jump to win the competition. Her jump was the longest in the BIG EAST this season, far outdistancing St. John's Cassandra Lemmus-Sodji (6.15m) and was a distance long enough to win the BIG EAST Championships every season since 2013.
Shadd-Ceres' jump ranks as the 20th-best mark in the country this season, and all but assures that she'll become CU's first female track and field athlete to qualify for the NCAA First Round on May 27-30 in Fayetteville, Ark. The top 48 long jumpers in the West Region will qualify for that event, and Shadd-Ceres' leap is currently 13th-best in the Region.
"She's been trying to adjust and get back into track after two years," said CU head coach Chris Gannon. "As talented as she is, we can take care of business and get what we were looking for today. The weather was perfect. We were hoping for an allowable wind and we got that. Her mark today will get her in the Region for sure and has got her sitting in a pretty good place to hopefully have big dreams and goals for the next few weeks."
Shadd-Ceres' mark was just shy of her personal best of 6.49 meters set on August 4, 2023, at the U18 Athletics Championships in Ontario, Canada.
CU's only other competitor was Sophia Valentine in the javelin. The junior placed seventh with a distance of 27.83 meters (91' 3"). Former Olympian and NCAA champion Rhema Otabor topped a strong field while competing unattached.
Creighton Track next heads to the BIG EAST Championships Presented by JEEP, which will be held in Storrs, Conn., from May 14-16.
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