CAMBRIDGE, Mass. // FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The No. 1 women's and No. 13 men's track and field teams completed two meets on Saturday (Feb. 14). Triple jumpers Mercy Honesty and Zavien Wolfe both set new personal-best triple jumps and are No. 2 in the program record book.
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For the second meet in a row Wolfe set a new PR in the triple jump this time improving to 16.46m (54-0) which not only is the second-best mark in the program record book but it's the No. 6 in the NCAA for the 2026 season.
Honesty moved herself up to the second-best mark in the women's triple jump leaderboard when she leapt 13.52m (44-4 1/4) in today's competition which is the new No. 3 in the NCAA. Over in the high jump Emma Haeggblom made her debut in the program's top-10 list when she cleared 1.80m (5-10 3/4) which is the new 10th-best mark in school history.
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Pol Molins placed ninth in the 800m (1:51.98).
UP NEXT
The Illinois track and field teams return to action on Friday (Feb. 20) for the Illini Last Chance meet in the UI Armory.
RESULTS (Tyson Invite)
Event Winners and Top-10 Program Marks
- Zavien Wolfe placed fourth in the championship triple jump on the program's second-best mark, 16.46m (54-0)
- Mercy Honesty placed fifth in the championship triple jump on the program's second-best mark, 13.52m (44-4 1/4)
- Emma Haeggblom won the university high jump on the program's 10th-best mark, 1.80m (5-10 3/4)
Full Illini Results
- Rose Yeboah placed second in the championship high jump, 1.86m (6-1 1/4)
- The women's 4x400m relay team placed fifth (3:36.02)
- Kennady Ocansey placed seventh in the championship high jump, 2.16m (7-1)
- Mia Morello placed eighth in the championship pole vault, 4.15m (13-7 1/4)
- Jackson Gilbert placed 22nd in the 200m (21.29)
