2015 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Jessie Maduka
- Position:
- Sprints
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Gorres Gymnasium
- Hometown:
- Dusseldorf, Germany
2018
Earned both Indoor and Outdoorย USTFCCCAย First Team All-America honors in the triple jump after finishing third at the NCAA Indoor Championships andย fourth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Set a lifetime best in the triple jump at the Indoor NCAA Championships, hitting the 13.81m (45-3.75) mark ... That mark was the best indoor triple jump in UCLA history (as of summer 2018) ... At outdoorย NCAAs, set an outdoorย lifetime best on her very first attempt, reaching 13.65m (44-9.75) for the No. 3 mark in the UCLA all-time top-10 (as of summer 2018) ...ย UCLA's first female outdoor NCAA qualifier in the triple jump since 2006, her finish was the best for the Bruins in that event since Candice Baucham was the NCAA triple jump champion in 2005 ... Won the Pac-12 Championship with a 13.59 (44-7) triple jump at the league championships ... Finished fourth at the NCAA West Regionals, recording a 13.42m (44-0.5) jump ... Also raced in the 4X100 at regionals, with the Bruins crossing the line in 45.16 en route to a 17th-place finish ... Won the triple jump in four meets overall: Dr. Martin Luther King Invitational (indoor), MPSF Championships (indoor), USC Dual (outdoor), and Pac-12 Championships (outdoor) ...ย Pac-12 All-Academic Team honorable mention ...ย Honored at the 2018 UCLA student-athlete banquet with the Athletic Director's Academic Excellence Award, given to student-athletes who have made the Director's Honor Roll (3.0 or higher GPA in 12 or more graded units) every quarter they were enrolled at UCLA ...ย Named to the 2018 MPSF Indoor Track All-Academic Team.ย
2017
Made the finals and finished eighth in the triple jump at the U23 European Championships in July with a 13.43 (44-0 3/4) โฆ Jumped a PR of 44-8 in Germany in June to post the third-best mark all-time at UCLA โฆ Qualifier for the NCAA West Region Preliminaries in the triple jump, where she posted a mark of 43-02.25, good for 21st place โฆ Doubled in the long jump (11th) and triple jump (fourth) at the Pac-12 Championships, posting marks of 18-07.25 and 42-08.75, respectively โฆ Competed in three events at the USC Dual, including a second-place finish in the long jump (20-02.25) and a victory in the triple jump with a mark of 43-01.00, her lifetime best under all conditions โฆ Opened her 2017 outdoor campaign with a victory in the triple jump at the UCLA Legends Invite, recording a clearance of 42-06, which was good for ninth in UCLA school history โฆ Competed in two indoor events for the Bruins โฆ Posted an indoor-best triple jump mark of 42-01.25 at the MPSF Championships, good for second place overall and fourth all-time in UCLA history โฆ MPSF Indoor All-Academic selection.
2016
Earned USTFCCCA second team All-America honors on the 4x100m relay and honorable mention accolades in the long jump โฆ A NCAA Championship qualifier in both the long jump and 4x100m relay โฆ Ran the second leg on the 4x100m relay that placed 15th at the NCAA Championships โฆ Leaped 19-7 to finish 21st in the long jump โฆ Placed eighth in the long jump at the NCAA West Prelims with a season best mark of 20-1.75 โฆ Ran a leg on the 4x100m relay that finished ninth with a time of 44.77 โฆ Leaped 20-0.25 to finish fifth in the long jump at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ Was the runner-up in the long jump against Texas A&M with a mark of 20-0.25 โฆ Ran a leg on the 4x100m relay that posted a 43.91 to win the dual meet against Texas A&M โฆ The time of 43.91 was the fastest relay run by the Bruins since 2004 โฆ Leaped a wind-aided 20-4.25 to finish second at the Legends Invitational โฆ Clocked a collegiate personal best 11.68 in the 100m to finish second at the Jim Bush Collegiate โฆ Competed in five indoor meets โฆ Was the runner-up in the long jump at the MPSF Championships with a season best mark of 20-3.75 โฆ Finished 13th in the 60m with a collegiate personal best time of 7.53 โฆ Finished second in the long jump at the Husky Classic with a leap of 20-2.25 โฆ Placed second in the 200m with a time of 24.51 โฆ Placed third in the long jump at the Husker Invitational with a mark 19-9.75 โฆ Opened the season by winning the long jump at the Lumberjack Challenge with a leap of 19-3.25 โฆ Won the 200m in a time of 24.62 โฆ MPSF Indoor All-Academic selection.
2015
USTFCCCA honorable mention All-American in the 4x100m relay ... A NCAA National meet qualifier ... competed it in the final of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships running the 4x100m relay that placed 22nd overall with a time of 45.48 ... NCAA Division I West Preliminary Round competed in the long jump placing 16th overall with a leap of 20-0.25 and ran the 4x100m relay that placed 12th and clocked a season-best 44.82 โฆ Pac-12 Track & Field Championships ran the 200m and placed 23rd overall running 24.71, long jumped and made it to the podium by placing 3rd with a mark of 20-7.750 and the 4x100m relay that placed 8th with a time of 45.78 โฆ UCLA vs. USC competed in the dual in the 200m running 24.70 to place 6th , competed in the long jump and placed 2nd with a mark of 20-5 scoring points for the Bruins, and the 100m running 11.85 to place 5th โฆ 2015 Arizona State Pac-12 vs Big 10 Invitational competed in the long jump and placed 2nd with a 19-6.75. Indoor: New Mexico Team Invitational competed in the 60m and placed 8th overall running 7.63 and the 200m running 24.65 โฆ Lumberjack Team Challenge competed in the 200m placing 1st running 24.72 ... Jumped 20-7 in her first ever collegiate long jumping event to place third at the Don Kirby Elite Open.
High School
Attended Görres Gymnasium in Düsseldorf, Germany โฆ Sprints for her native country Germany โฆ Finished seventh at the 2013 IAAF World Youth Championships โฆ Won the German Youth Championships in the 100m โฆ The German Youth Champion in the indoor 100m โฆ Second place at the U20 World Championships in Barcelona in 2012 โฆ Second place at the German Youth Championships in the indoor 60m.
Personal
Daughter of Marion Maduka โฆ Her biggest athletic thrill was earning silver at the World Youth Championships in 2012 ... Majoring in Psychology.
