Lucinda Howard

Position:
Jumps
Height:
6-0
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Summit HS
Hometown:
Bend, Ore.

PERSONAL BESTS

High jump: 5-5.75
Oregon Preview
Eugene, Ore., 3/22/14
Long jump: 18-9.25 (I)
Washington Invitational
Seattle, Wash. 1/30/16
Triple jump: – 38-8.75 (i)
MPSF Championships
Seattle, Wash., 2/27/16

Pac-12 Track & Field Championships
2017: Long jump, 20th, 17-7.
2015: Long jump, 16th, 18-3.75
2015: Triple jump, 20th, 36-4.75
2013: High jump, NH

TRACK AND FIELD

2017
Outdoor: Competed in final two meets of the season. Indoor: Did not compete ... Named team co-captain, with Samantha Lewis and Rachel Picknell. Season bests: Outdoor - Long jump, 17-7.50, Oregon Twilight Meet, Eugene, Ore. (5/5/17).

2016
Outdoor: Hindered by heel injury and competed in one meet ... Honorable-mention Pac-12 all-academic. Indoors: Set school record in triple jump (38-8.75) and No. 3 all-time mark in long jump (18-9) ... Placed 12th at MPSF Championships in triple jump ... Named to MPSF all-academic team. Season bests: Outdoor - Long jump, 18-0.50, Bulldog Invitational, Clovis, Calif. (4/23/16). Indoor - Long jump, 18.9.25, Washington Invitational (1/30/16); triple jump, 38-8.75, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/27/16).

2015
Outdoor: Established PRs in long jump and triple jump ... Placed 16th at Pac-12 meet in long jump and 20th in triple jump ... Ranks 8th all-time in long jump (18-5.25) and 2nd in triple jump (38-3.50) ... Named honorable-mention Pac-12 All-Academic. Indoor: Competed in three meets ... Placed 21st in high jump (5-3.25) and 22nd in long jump at MPSF championships (17-6), the third-best indoor mark in school history ... Named to MPSF All-Academic team. Season Bests: Outdoor - High jump, 5-2.25, Utah dual, Corvallis, Ore., (3/21/15); long jump, 18-5.25, Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (4/17/15); triple jump, 38-3.50, Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore.(4/18/15). Indoor - High jump, 5-4.50, UW Preview, Seattle, Wash. (1/17/15); long jump, 17-4.75, MPSF championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/27/15).

2014
Outdoors: Competed unattached in both meets she entered … PR’d in the high jump at the Oregon Preview (March 22), finishing tied for fourth with a mark of 5-5.75 … Won the high jump competition at the Willamette Invitational (March 29) with a crossing at 5-4.25 … Also competed in the long jump at the Willamette Invitational, finishing second with a leap of 17-2.75. Indoor: Did not compete. Season Bests: Outdoor - High jump, 5-5.75, Oregon Preview, Eugene, Ore. (3/22/14); long jump, 17-2.75, Willamette Invitational, Salem, Ore. (3/29/14).

2013
Outdoor: Posted her best high jump mark of the season in her collegiate debut at the Willamette Opener (March 2), clearing 5-5.25 to place first … Also entered her only triple jump competition of the season at the Willamette Opener, finishing second with a mark of 36-6.25. Indoor: Did not compete. Season Bests: Outdoor - High jump, 5-5.25, Willamette Opener, Salem, Ore. (3/2/13); triple jump, 36-6.25, Willamette Opener, Salem, Ore. (3/2/13).

SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL

Earned four varsity letters as a jumper for coach Dave Turnbull … Finished second and third in two trips to the state finals in the high jump … Also a state champion in the triple jump … Owns the school record in both the high jump and triple jump … Also played soccer as a midfielder and forward.

PERSONAL

Graduated from OSU after winter quarter in 2017 with a degree in kinesiology and a minor in psychology ... Made OSU honor roll fall quarter of 2014 and 2012, winter quarter of 2015 and 2013 and spring quarter 2016 ... Daughter of Therese and Craig Howard ... Has two siblings, Lucas and Logan … Father is a state juvenile officer and mother is a registered nurse … Brother, Lucas, was in the class of 2014 at Oregon State … Member of the National Honor Society … Lists Ashton Eaton, an Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in both the decathlon and heptathlon, as her favorite athlete growing up … Chose Oregon State because of “the track program, it’s close to home and feels like home, my brother goes here and the courses it offers for my major.”