James Gilbert Earns All-American Honors in Long Jump at NAIA Outdoor Championships

GULF SHORES, Ala. – James Gilbert Jr. guides the Northwestern College men's track and field team with his All-American honors in the Long Jump at the 2022 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Outdoor Championships.

𝘼𝙇𝙇-𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙍𝙄𝘾𝘼𝙉 ‼️

𝙅𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙂𝙞𝙡𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙩 takes third-place in the Long Jump (7.52m) to earn All-American honors!

He followed up his Indoors All-American honors earlier this season.#RaidersStandOut | @NWCTRACK pic.twitter.com/7OSqpy9LUA
— NWC Red Raiders (@nwcraiders) May 27, 2022

Gilbert (Jr., Orlando, Fla.) took the bronze medal in the Long Jump with a leap of 7.52m. The mark also sets a new NWC Outdoor record in the event, breaking the record set by Wade DeVries (7.42m/24' 4.25") set back in 2003. It marks his first-career Outdoor All-American honor, as he follows up his runner-up finish at the 2022 NAIA Indoor Championships.

Gilbert becomes the first Raider outdoor All-American since the 2018 season, and the first field event All-American since 2015.

Seniors Ian Wiersma (Zeeland, Mich.) and Levi Cross (Sr., Des Moines, Iowa) both ran the Half Marathon. Wiersma finished 15^th (1:12:56), followed by Cross' 18^th place finish (1:13:50).

The Raider 4x100mm relay team took an 18^th place finish in the preliminaries, while Lorenzo Jones (So., Orlando, Fla.) took 19^th in the Triple Jump with a leap of 14.45m.

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Players Mentioned

Levi Cross: Distance; Sophomore

Ian Wiersma: Distance; Sophomore

James Gilbert Jr.: Jumps / Sprints; Freshman

Lorenzo Jones: Jumps; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Levi Cross
: Sophomore
: Distance

Ian Wiersma
: Sophomore
: Distance

James Gilbert Jr.
: Freshman
: Jumps / Sprints

Lorenzo Jones
: Sophomore
: Jumps