High jumpers are simply amazing. The top New England high jumpers have the ability to consistently jump over the heads of the tallest basketball players.
During the 2024 indoor season, Harvard’s Tito Alofe was consistently one of the best high jumpers in the nation, clearing 2.1 meters in each of his events. On January 26, 2024 at the Riverhawk invitational, Tito cleared 2.22 meters to win the meet. That’s 7’ 3.25”! Tito’s mark was the eleventh highest indoors in the US last year.
Clearing a height of 7’ 1.5”, Connecticut’s Mawali Osunniyi posted plenty of marks above the 2 meter height. Mawali was ranked 41st overall in the nation last season and 28th for Division I athletes.
John McNeil of Brown is a multi-talented athlete, ranking 56th and 53rd in the country for high jump and long jump respectively. John’s top indoor high jump mark of 7’ 0.5” came at the Ivy League championships on February 24, 2024 where he finished second.
High schooler Khalil Antoine (Hillhouse – Connecticut) also cleared 7’ 0.5” to become one of the nation’s top high jumpers. What’s really amazing about Khalil’s progression during the 2024 indoor season was that he won a developmental meet in early January with a height of 6’ 6” and finished the season with a personal best of 7’ 0.5” at the Nike Indoor nationals (March 8, 2024.) Clutch performance!
Anthony Meng of MIT cleared 6’ 9.75” at the NE DIII championship meet last February. Anthony won the New England championship with that jump and he would also notch his season’s best performance at the championship.
Rhode Island College’s Matthew Santy would jump 6’ 9.5” at the Atlantic 10 indoor championships to win the meet this past February. Matthew ranked among the top high jumpers and long jumpers in the US last season.
Matthew’s teammate Ryan Tona (Rhode Island College) was a heptathlon standout during the 2024 indoor season. At the URI Coaches invitational, Ryan jumped 6’ 8.75”. That mark would place Ryan with the elite high jumpers in the country. The high jump and hurdles were his strongest events last year.
Tufts university’s Harry Rienecker-Found cleared 6’ 8.75” at the NE DIII indoor championship in February to post a season’s best mark. Harry finished second at the championship meet. He was ranked at 250th in the nation, an amazing achievement for a DIII athlete.
High schooler Ja’Mari Manson (Bloomfield, CT) had a number of marks over 6’ 4” during the season but saved his best jump for his last indoor meet, jumping 6’ 8.75” at the Nike Indoor nationals last March. Ja’Mari place fifth at the national meet with that outstanding jump.
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