Sterling Scott celebrating his triple jump result at the SEC Indoor Championships in March, 2023.

Sterling Scott Season 2024

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ClassFreshman
HometownStarkville, Miss.

PERSONAL RECORDS AND RESULTS

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
Sterling Scott Headshot

Sophomore
2025

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