Emi Erekosima

Position:
Jumps
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Hagerstown, Md.
Prev School:
Penn State

Indoor (2025-26): Won triple jump at Harvard Classic at 15.00m.

Competed at Penn State University before transferring to UConn:

COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: LJ – 24-1.5 (7.35m), TJ - 49-9.75 (15.18m)

CAREER RECORDS, AWARDS, AND NOTES

AWARDS:

1x Academic All-Big Ten (’24)

2024 Outdoor

Season: Set his triple jump PR at the Big Ten Championships.

Hurricane Alumni Invitational (4/5-6): Went 47-7.75 (14.52m) in the triple jump to finish eighth…Jumped 6.85m in the long jump. Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/10-12): Achieved his triple jump PR with his first career 15m-or-better jump, going 49-9.75 (15.18m) for 12^th in the conference…Added a season-best long jump mark (23-3.5, 7.10m).

2024 Indoor

Season: Made his return from injury in 2024, recording a long jump PR at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge.

Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Finished second in the triple jump with a 46-10.25 (14.28m) leap in his first meet since 2022. Penn State National Open (1/26-27): Placed fourth in the triple jump with a season-best 48-2 (14.68m) mark…Went 22-7.75 in the long jump, placing ninth. Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/3): Recorded a personal-best 24-1.5 (7.35m) in the long jump to finish third overall. Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/23-24): Finished 12^th in the Big Ten in the triple jump with a 47-5.75 (14.47m) leap…Jumped 22-5.75 (6.85m) in the long jump, finishing 17^th.

2023 Outdoor

Season: Did not compete.

2023 Indoor

Season: Did not compete.

2022 Outdoor

Season: Competed once in the long jump, finishing 14^th at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational with a 21-11.75 (6.70m) leap.

2022 Indoor

Season: Recorded four top-four finishes in long jump and triple jump events.

Nittany Lion Challenge (1/15): Placed first in the long jump and second in the triple jump in his first collegiate competition. Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/25-26): Finished top-ten in the conference in both of his events and set personal bests with both efforts…Came in ninth in the conference in the triple jump with a 49-9 (15.16m) leap and finished tenth with a 23-4.5 (7.12m) long jump mark.

BEFORE PENN STATE

HIGH SCHOOL PRs: TJ - 48-0.25, LJ - 21-7.25, 400m - 50.51

Four-year letterwinner...2019 USATF All-American...2021 long jump and triple jump State Champion…2019 and 2021 First Team All-County.