Felix Becomes Four Time All-American With Program Record Triple Jump

Alvernia University Women's Track and Field senior Shinelle Felix capped off her 2024 NCAA Division III National Championship showing with a third-place finish in the triple jump on Saturday night at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

After one jumper got one attempt in on an hour-delayed start, the triple jump was again delayed - this time for three hours - as storms rolled through the Myrtle Beach area. Felix, who entered as the 19th seed, secured a third-place finish with her six best jumps of the outdoor season.

Felix got started in the first flight of the triple jump and posted her best jump of the flight in her second attempt with a mark of 12.11m. That mark was a season-best at the time for Felix, and was good enough to secure a spot in the finals after the second flight concluded.

Felix was in sixth place overall heading into the finals, but began to move her way up the leaderboard. Felix posted a 12.31 on her first attempt in the finals and followed that with a 12.44m attempt. She then hit a 12.60m on her final attempt for a new outdoor personal record, a new MAC record, the 10th best DIII jump all time, and to move into second place overall at the Championship. At the time, Felix was only behind defending indoor and outdoor national champion Victoria Kadiri of Johns Hopkins University.

Rainah Dunham of Ursinus then overtook both Kadiri and Felix with a mark of 12.75m as she bumped Felix down to third place and Kadiri into second. Kadiri then closed out the tight competition with the final attempt of the evening. She broke the 13 meter threshold with a mark of 13.04m to move back into first place and defend her title.

Kadiri, Dunham, Felix, and fourth place finisher Aurielle Brunner of Chatham each recorded their top marks of the event on their final attempts.

Felix caps off her career as a four time first team All-American, a national runner-up, and a two-time third place finisher. She is a six-time national qualifier and a 15 time All-MAC honoree.