University of the Cumberlands Athletics

Jullia Morris earned athlete of the week honors after achieving an “A” cut in the triple jump.  The graduate student made a leap of 11.45m on her third jump to finish seventh at the UK Rod McCravy Memorial Meet.  Morris was the top NAIA finisher in the event as she clipped the NAIA “A” standard of 11.40m to qualify for nationals for the second straight year.  She had two jumps that surpassed the standard as she went 11.43m in her final jump as well.  Morris also competed on the track going 8.36 in the 60m dash and was part of Cumberlands 4x400 relay, which crossed the line in 4:08.63.