Sports
July 4, 2025
Welcome equals 31 year old Long Jump Record
Mikiesha Welcome placed her name alongside that of Marvette Collis when she equalled the St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG)all- time Women’s outdoor Long Jump record.
Welcome leapt to 6.21m on June, 24, 2025, at the University of Toronto’s Track Club Twilight 3, Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada.
She thus equalled the best feat achieved by Marvette Collis in San Diego, USA in 1994.
The accomplishment by Welcome meant she has four national records to her name.
She is the holder of the indoor and outdoor Triple Jump records, as well as that for the indoor Long Jump.