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2025-26 Women's Track & Field Roster

Sophia Beckmon

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Oregon City, Ore.
  • High School Oregon City
  • Major Community Health
  • Instagram sophia.beckmon
  • NIL sophia-beckmon

Biography

USA Button All-American (Long Jump: Indoor '25, Outdoor '25)
USA Button 2024 Olympic Standard Long Jump
NCAA Badge 4x NCAA Championships Qualifier
Big Ten Logo white 2x Second-Team All-Big Ten 
Badge Illinois 2 Illinois Record - Long Jump (Outdoor)
Gold medal 2023 NACAC U23 and Nike Outdoor National Champion - Long Jump

NIL Opportunities

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

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    Sprints/Jumps
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Jumps
  • 2025-26Junior

    Jumps