Rewritten: Elijah Harris leaps to Triple Jump state record.

We are just less than a month away from the OATCCC Indoor State Championships, and the heat has been starting to turn up a bit the last few weeks from around the state. With that being said, we had our first state record get broken and Ohio's Indoor All-Times list get rewritten on Sunday by Westerville Central's Elijah Harris (Wester. Central), who demolished the Triple Jump record (previously 47-6.5 by Del'Mario Hairston (Lake Cath. 2019)) at the HS Light Giver Open at Ashland University with a mark of 48-1.75 (14.67m). This also means that Harris is the first athlete to set a mark of over 48 feet indoors during the OATCCC season. Along with this, while not an event typically competed during the outdoor season, Harris also matched Michael Ohiembor (Dunbar 2012)'s OH #1 All-Time mark with his performance on Sunday.

Coming into the meet, the junior had a personal best of 47-4.25 from 2024 which at the time was OH #3 All-Time for the indoor season. Yesterday, asides from the fact that he cleared 48 feet for the first time, but he also had broken the record on the attempt prior to that with a mark of 47-6.75. As of now, he is currently US #14 in the event.

See below for his field series at the pit, attempts 2 and 3 surpassed the previous All-Time #1

This likely won't be the last we hear of the junior this indoor season, as he has been eyeing to clear the 7-0 height (current personal best of 6-10) over at the high jump pit as well. That clearance would move him up to OH #8 alongside several athletes from the previous years. Without taking into account the amount of those who already have the mark, this would be good for an OH #6 All-Time. Considering he is only a junior, we could definitely see him claim that record, currently 7-3.5 by Erik Kynard (Rogers 2009) from 2009, as well before his high school career comes to an end.