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Track & Field’s Rechelle Mead continues to climb in her final season

One of the University of Idaho Track & Field’s biggest stars in the last few years is senior sprinter and jumper Rechelle Meade.

Meade set the school record for the women’s long jump in the indoor season with a leap of 6.17 meters in 2018.

During the 2019 outdoor season, Meade put her name in the school record books once again placing second for the women’s long jump, with a mark of 6.15 meters and fourth in the high jump with a mark of 1.76 meters.

Meade’s mark of 6.17 meters in the long jump and 1.