University of Miami Athletics

Russell Robinson

position

Jumps

Class

Junior

Hometown

Windermere, Fla.

High School

West Orange

Instagram

@russellrobinson_

Russell Robinson - Track & Field - University of Miami Athletics

2022 Outdoor: Notched back to back first place finishes on his home track at the Miami Hurricane Invitational (3/18) with a distance of 7.81 in the long jump, then 16.23m in the triple jump one week later at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational (3/26)…also earned the gold medal in the triple jump with 16.45m at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational (4/8)…two weeks later, Robinson earned his fourth first-place finish of the 2022 outdoor season at the North Florida Collegiate Invitational (4/30) with a 16.27m triple jump…to cap off a memorable 2022 outdoor season campaign, Robinson earned his first ACC Championship in the triple jump with a final distance of 16.36m…continued his momentum into the long jump, earning seventh and scoring for the Hurricanes with a distance of 7.60m…punched his ticket to the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships after posting a 16.13m on his first attempt in the triple jump, good for third-place at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (5/28), Robinson also earned tenth in the long jump with 7.59m …earned second-team All-America honors in the triple jump after placing 16th with a final distance of 15.84m to end his 2022 season.

2022 Indoor: Began the 2022 season with a third-place finish at the UAB Blazer Invitational (1/14) with 7.42m in the long jump…earned his first gold medal of the 2022 season at the Carolina Challenge (1/21) by jumping 15.78 in the triple jump and 7.61m in the long jump, earning third…secured another first place finish at the Meyo Invitational (2/5) with 15.53m in the triple jump…notched second place in the long jump a the Tiger Paw Invite (2/11) with a final distance of 7.67m…found success in both long and triple jump at the 2022 ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/26) with 7.63m in the long jump, good for seventh, and 15.67 in the triple jump, placing eighth.

2021 Outdoor: Started the 2021 outdoor season strong by jumping a personal best 7.99m in the long jump at the Hurricane Invitational (3/19), good for first place…Robinson’s impressive distance of 7.99m is currently the Miami program record in the men’s long jump…earned another first-place finish at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational (3/27), this time in the triple jump, with a final distance of 16.03m…earned the silver medal in the long jump with 7.63m at the Pepsi Florida Relays (4/3) with 7.63m…earned first place at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational (4/9) in the triple jump with 15.83m…scored for the men’s team at the 2021 ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships with 15.61m, good for fourth place.

2021 Indoor: Started his sophomore year in the orange and green at the Texas Tech Red Raider Invitational (1/23), placing third in the long jump with 7.34m…finished fourth at the Bob Pollock Invitational (1/29) with 7.23m in the long jump and fifth in the triple jump with 15.55m…scored for the men’s team in both the long jump and triple jump a the 2021 ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships, placing 7th in the long jump with 7.35m and 15.28m in the triple jump.

2020 Outdoor: Did not compete during the 2020 outdoor season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Indoor: Recorded Miami’s fifth-best program mark in the long jump at 7.40m at the Wolverine Invitational… Registered a mark of 7.13m in the long jump and personal best mark (15.11m) in the triple jump at the Vanderbilt Invitational… Finished fourth at the Texas Tech Invitational with his mark of 7.26m in the long jump… Bested his previous Miami all-time top-five mark in the long jump to 7.43m and recorded a mark of 14.85m in the triple jump at the Tiger Paw Invitational… Competed at the ACC Indoor Championships and finished 10th in the long jump with a mark of 7.18m and 14th in the triple jump with a mark of 15.08m to finish his first indoor season.

High School: Lettered in track for four years in high school and three in football… Began to peek his junior year of high school in track, finishing as the long jump state champion… Was the Florida Relays long jump junior champion… Was the District, Regionals and State Champion in the long jump.

In his senior year, Robinson was the triple jump State Champion, won the FSU relays triple jump event and was the district long jump and triple jump champion… Was the regional champion in the triple jump. Finished Top 5 in the country in the long jump his senior year and was named the Metro West Spring Athlete of the Year.

Finished his high school career with four school records: 110 hurdles (14.7s), 300H (38.9s), long jump (7.47m) and triple jump (14.65m).

Personal: Son of Reynolds and Erica Robinson and brother of younger sister Elisha… Majoring in Liberal Studies