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EUGENE, Ore. | University of Alabama sophomore Quanesha Burks became the Crimson Tide's first women's NCAA champion in a jumping event since 1989 by winning the long jump with a wind-aided best of 22 feet, 8 inches (6.91 meters) on her fifth attempt of the six-round final on Thursday at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon.
Due to winds exceeding the legal limit of two meters per second, none of Burks' jumps qualify for records purposes, but her series still stands as the finest six long jumps in Alabama history as all six marks would rank in the Crimson Tide all-time top 10.