Leaping All Over the World

While Samyr Laine, representing Haiti, and Muhammad Halim, wearing the colors of the U.S. Virgin Islands, were squaring off in the triple jump at the North America, Central America and Caribbean Championships, another Ivy League leaper was competing a world away.

Seven-time Heps champion and former NCAA All-American Tuan Wreh, who graduated from Penn in 2002, took sixth in the triple jump at the All Africa Games in Nairobi, Kenya, on July 31. His best leap — 53-0 3/4 — came in the face of a strong wind (+3.80 meters per second).

Wreh has been a long-time representative of Liberia, competing for the nation in three African Outdoor Championships since graduation.

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