2024 Track & Field Roster
Scott, Sterling

Sterling Scott
- Class:
- Freshman
- Major:
- Health Science
- Hometown:
- Starkville, Miss.
- High School:
- Starkville
- Event:
- Jumps
Bio
Accolades
USTFCCCA All-American Honors
- 2024 USTFCCCA All-American Second Team – Men’s Indoor Triple Jump
- 2024 Outdoor Championships Second Team All-American honors - Men's Triple Jump
NCAA Championships Appearances
- 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships qualifier – Men’s Triple Jump
- 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier – Men’s Triple Jump
All-SEC Honors
- 2024 All-SEC Indoor Second Team (Bronze Medalist - Men’s Triple Jump)
SEC Placements
- 2024 - Third Place, Men’s Indoor Triple Jump (16.14m)
- 2024 - Fifth Place, Men's Outdoor Triple Jump (15.67m)
- 2024 - Fourteenth Place, Men's Outdoor Championships Triple Jump (15.80m)
Mizzou All-Time Top 10 Marks
- No. 3 Men’s Indoor Triple Jump (16.14m) at SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 24, 2024)
- No. 8 Men's Outdoor Triple Jump (15.67m) at SEC Outdoor Championships (May 11, 2024)
- No. 2 Men's Indoor Triple Jump (16.28m) at the Alexis Jarrett Invitational (January 11, 2025)
Outdoor
- Finished 11th with a 15.77m leap at NCAA Championships Round One (May 24)
- Placed 5th in triple at 15.67m in the SEC Track and Field Championships (May 9-11)
- Jumped 14.83m, earning 13th place at the Beach Invitational (April 12-13)
- At Pepsi Florida Relays, Scott placed 7th in both long and triple jump at 7.00m and 15.64m (March 29-30)
- Placed 14th in the NCAA Championships Men's Triple Jump with a leap of 15.80m (June 7)
Indoor
- USTFCCCA Second Team All-American – Men’s Triple Jump
- All-SEC Second Team
- SEC Championships Points Finisher –Bronze Medalist in Men’s Triple Jump
- Qualified for the 2024 U20 World Championships in the men’s triple jump, surpassing the qualifying mark of 15.50m three times
- Finished 6th in the long jump at 7.24m at the Vanderbilt Invitational (Jan. 19)
- Opened his collegiate career with a fourth-place finish in the triple jump at the Vanderbilt Invitational with a 15.17m jump (Jan. 20)
- Beat out 2023 All-American Garison Breeding for his first event title at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational, winning the triple jump with a 15.72m jump (Feb. 3)
- Added a seventh-place long jump finish at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational with a 6.99m finish (Feb. 3)
- Finished 10th in the triple jump at 15.01m at the Tyson Invitational (Feb. 10)
- Became an SEC bronze medalist in the men’s triple jump with a personal-best 16.14m on his final leap at the SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 24)
- Closed out his debut indoor campaign with an All-America Second Team placement at the NCAA Indoor Championships, finishing 11th with a 15.50m leap to finish as the top freshman triple jumper in the country (March 9)
HIGH SCHOOL
- Three-time Mississippi State Champion out of Starkville High School
- U20 Pam Am Champion
- New Balance Nationals Triple Jump Champion
- National Honor Society and High Honor Roll
PERSONAL
- Born Jul. 12, 2005 in Starkville, Mississippi
- Son of Andre and Colleen Scott
- Majoring in Health Science
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