2025-26 Women's Track & Field Roster
Sophia Beckmon
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Oregon City, Ore.
- High School:
- Oregon City
- Major:
- Community Health
 All-American (Long Jump: Indoor '25, Outdoor '25) |
| 2024 Olympic Standard Long Jump |
 4x NCAA Championships Qualifier |
 2x Second-Team All-Big Ten |
 Illinois Record - Long Jump (Outdoor) |
 2023 NACAC U23 and Nike Outdoor National Champion - Long Jump |
2025
Indoor
- NCAA All-American (Long Jump)
- NCAA Championships qualifier (Long Jump)
- Second-Team All-Big Ten (Long Jump)
- Became an All-American in the long jump in her fifth-place finish, 6.67m (21-10 3/4) at the NCAA Indoor Championships
- Program's fifth All-American long jumper
- Took home second in the long jump, 6.60m (21-8), at the Big Ten Indoor Championships
- Leaped the program's second-best long jump at the Fighting Illini Open, 6.71m (22-0 1/4), placed second
Outdoor
- NCAA All-American (Long Jump)
- NCAA Championships qualifier (Long Jump & 4x100m)
- Became an All-American in the long jump in her sixth-place finish, 6.49m (21-3 1/2), at the NCAA Outdoor Championships
- Program's third All-American long jumper
- Scored in three events at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships: third in the long jump (6.16m (20-2 1/2)), fourth in the 4x100m (43.98) and eighth in the 200m (23.53)
- Ran the program's sixth-fastest 200m in her win at the Fighting Illini Twilight (23.06w)
2024
Indoor
- NCAA Championships qualifier (Long Jump)
- Broke the school record in the long jump at the Commodore Challenge, 6.49m (21-3 1/2)
- Ran the program's 10th-fastetst 60m (7.38) at the Illini Open
- Placed sixth in the long jump at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, 6.10m (20-0 1/4)
- Clocked a season-best 200m (24.13) at the Tiger Paw Invite
Outdoor
- Second-Team All-Big Ten (4x100m)
- NCAA Championships qualifier (4x100m)
- Leapt the Big Ten, school, Demirjian Park & record and U.S. Olympic standard long jump, 6.86m (22-6 1/4), at the Fighting Illini Tune-Up
- It equaled the American U20 record set by Alyssa Jones of Stanford last year at the NCAA Championships
- She and Jones both sit at No. 11 on the all-time collegiate leaderboard with the farthest jumps by freshmen in collegiate history
- Part of the program's second-fastest 4x100m team (43.50) at the NCAA West Preliminaries to qualify to the NCAA Outdoor Championships
- Ran the program's sixth-fastest 200m (23.42) at the Fighting Illini Tune-Up
- Part of the 4x100m team (43.94) that took second at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships
High School
- Jumped the second-furthest ever HS girls long jump, 6.80m (22-4), on March 28, 2023, missed tying the national record by one inch
- 2023 Nike Outdoor National Champion in the long jump, 6.58m (21-7 1/4)
- Won a gold medal in the long jump, 6.69m (21-11 1/4), at the U23 North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships
TFRRS Profile
Illini Track I Melissa Wullschleger NCAA Outdoor All-American Heptathlon 6/14/25
Sunday, June 15
Illini Track I Rose Yeboah NCAA Outdoor All-American High Jump 6/14/25
Sunday, June 15
Illini Track I Kam Garrett NCAA Outdoor All-American High Jump 6/13/25
Saturday, June 14
Illini Track I Sophia Beckmon NCAA Outdoor All-American Long Jump 6/12/25
Friday, June 13
