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Gilbert Sets NWC Record in Long Jump at NAIA Indoors

Saturday, March 5, 2022

BROOKINGS, S.D. – The Northwestern College men's track and field team competed at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Indoor Championships, highlighted by a second-place and All-American finish by James Gilbert Jr..
 
Gilbert (Jr., Orlando, Fla./Edgewater) entered the NAIA Indoor Championships with a season-best jump of 7.44. The junior left shattering his career-record and a silver medal with his 7.61m, second-place leap. He is now a three-time All-American in the long jump for the Raiders. Not only did he bring in All-American honors, Gilbert also broke his indoor school record set a season ago at Concordia.
 
Lorenzo Jones (Jr., Orlando, Fla./Edgewater) also competed in a field event for the Raiders in the triple jump. He took home 14th with a leap of 14.23m.
 
On the track side, Isaiah Lee (Sr., Sioux Falls, S.D./Roosevelt) represented the Raiders in the 1000m run. He ran a time of 2:32.16 in a talented pool of athletes.

 
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