Cameron Crump

{{Short description|American long jumper (born 1999)}}

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Cameron Crump (born 3 September 1999) is an American long jumper.{{cite web|title=Cameron Crump|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/cameron-crump-14874269|website=World Athletics|accessdate=18 March 2025}}

Early life

He attended Strayhorn High School in Sarah, Mississippi, and won state high school titles as a jumper and a sprinter.{{cite web|url= https://ms.milesplit.com/videos/285101/cameron-crump-strayhorn-4-individual-golds|website=Milesplit|accessdate=18 March 2025|title= Cameron Crump, Strayhorn 4 Individual Golds|first=James|last=Matthews|date=5 May 2018}}{{cite web|url= https://eu.clarionledger.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/05/04/mhsaa-state-track-field-meet-clinton-pearl-dylan-allen-kennedi-sanders-jerricka-ambus-cameron-crump/582941002/#|website=Clarion Ledger|accessdate=18 March 2025|title= 5 things to know from day 1 of the MHSAA state track & field championships|first=Hugh|last=Kellenberger}}

Career

Competing for Mississippi State University, he finished thirteenth at the NCAA Championships in 2021, and sixth at the NCAA Indoor Championships in 2022, with a jump of 7.65 meters to earn first-team all-American status and become the first Mississippi State athlete to be named an all-American since 1989.{{cite web|website=cdispatch|url= https://cdispatch.com/sports/mississippi-state-long-jumper-cameron-crump-excited-for-another-shot-at-ncaa-outdoor-championships/|date=6 June 2022|title= Mississippi State long jumper Cameron Crump excited for another shot at NCAA outdoor championships|accessdate=18 March 2025}} He won the SEC Indoor title in February 2023, with a personal best distance of 8.39 metres.{{cite web|date=25 Feb 2023|title= MISSISSIPPI STATE'S CAMERON CRUMP, FLORIDA'S JASMINE MOORE RULE THE RUNWAY WITH SEC INDOOR LONG JUMP TITLES|url=https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=656041|website=Runnerspace|accessdate=18 March 2025}} He finished third behind Jamaicans Wayne Pinnock and Carey McLeod with 8.00 metres at the 2023 SEC Outdoor Championships in May 2023.{{cite web|url= https://sportsmax.tv/?view=article&id=119392&catid=2|website=SportsMax|access-date=17 March 2025|title= Arkansas’s Pinnock produces personal best 8.37m to successfully defend SEC long jump title|first=Bradley|last=Jacks|date=13 May 2023}}{{cite web|website=cdispatch|url= https://cdispatch.com/sports/crump-lands-on-podium-named-all-american/ |date=9 June 2023|title= Crump lands on podium, named All-American |accessdate=18 March 2025}}

He was runner-up at the 2025 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in New York, on 23 February 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.flotrack.org/articles/13796931-2025-usatf-indoor-track-and-field-championship-recap-and-highlights|website=Flo Track|accessdate=18 March 2025|date=23 Feb 2025|first=John|last=Davern|title= 2025 USATF Indoor Track And Field Championship: Recap And Highlights}} He was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025.{{cite web|first=Dan|last=Hall|url=https://www.flotrack.org/articles/13923755-usatf-announces-56-athletes-for-team-usa-at-2025-world-indoor-championships|website=Flotrack|date=14 March 2025|title= USATF Announces 56 Athletes For Team USA At 2025 World Indoor Championships|accessdate=18 March 2025}}{{cite web|date=15 March 2025|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/nanjing25/news/news/nanjing-25-usa-team-holloway-jackson-holmes|title= Holloway, Jackson and Holmes on USA team for Nanjing|website=World Athletics|accessdate=18 March 2025}}

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