Track & Field recruiting benchmarks

What is a good triple jump mark?

Athlete Quotient's men's D1 benchmark is 47.10, with D2 at 44.50, D3 at 43.00 and high school varsity at 39.00. The elite D1 rung is 49.50. The women's D1 benchmark is 41.40, with D2 at 38.17, D3 at 36.13 and high school varsity at 32.00. The elite D1 rung is 43.25.

The triple jump mark ladder

Running events are FAT (electronic) times; hand times read about 0.24 seconds fast. Distance events read as minutes:seconds. Jumps and throws are in decimal feet - 21.5 is 21 feet 6 inches - using high school implements.

Athlete Quotient men's track triple jump mark benchmark ladder.
RungTriple Jump Mark
D1 elite49.50
D147.10
D1 floor44.67
D244.50
D343.00
HS varsity39.00
Athlete Quotient women's track triple jump mark benchmark ladder.
RungTriple Jump Mark
D1 elite43.25
D141.40
D1 floor39.50
D238.17
D336.13
HS varsity32.00

The number that actually matters

On the men's ladder, the distance from the high school varsity rung (39.00) to the D1 rung (47.10) is 8.10. On the women's ladder, the distance from the high school varsity rung (32.00) to the D1 rung (41.40) is 9.40. That gap is the actual answer to "is my triple jump mark good" - not a yes or a no, but a distance you can train against.

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Common questions

What is a good triple jump mark?

Athlete Quotient's men's D1 benchmark is 47.10, with D2 at 44.50, D3 at 43.00 and high school varsity at 39.00. The elite D1 rung is 49.50. The women's D1 benchmark is 41.40, with D2 at 38.17, D3 at 36.13 and high school varsity at 32.00. The elite D1 rung is 43.25.

What triple jump mark do you need for D2 or D3?

The men's D2 rung is 44.50, men's D3 is 43.00, the women's D2 rung is 38.17 and women's D3 is 36.13. The same rule applies at every level: the number that matters is your distance to the rung above.

What is a good triple jump mark for a 15 year old?

Athlete Quotient benchmarks by level, not age. A 15 year old on varsity measures against the same high school varsity rung as a 17 year old, because college coaches recruit against the level an athlete competes at, not the birthday. What changes with age is time - how many training seasons remain to close the gap to the next rung.

How to read this

Each rung is a bar on the Athlete Quotient benchmark ladder - the same tables the scoring engine uses, exported from it rather than retyped, so this page can never quietly disagree with a score. Being under a rung does not close a door; it tells you the size of the gap, which is the only number you can actually train against.

These are Athlete Quotient's own benchmarks. Where a published college figure exists we use it; where none exists, the rung is ours. We would rather say that than claim a source we do not have.

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