374. Keturah Orji, Triple Jump American Record Holder

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Ali Feller

Run, Health & Fitness, Women, Inspiration, Runner, Entrepreneur, Sports, Fitness, Health, Running

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

“I noticed that there were young Black girls without role models in their communities. Because of lack of representation in our society, sometimes we don’t see people that look like us doing things that we want to do, so we think that we can’t do it. And that definitely applied to me.”

As U.S. Track & Field athletes across the country gear up for the Olympic Trials (June 18–27), triple jumper and long jumper Keturah Orji is feeling good. And rightfully so: Keturah, who was named the NCAA's Collegiate Woman of the Decade, just took back the American Record in the triple jump (14.92m)! On this episode, the 2016 Olympian and five-time U.S. champion talks about what it takes to be at the top of the jumping game. (If you're new to the triple jump and long jump, fear not: Keturah offers a "Jumping 101" halfway into the episode, breaking down what, exactly, these events entail, and what it takes to master them.) She talks about how she found jumping, what her goals are for this year's Trials, and what it was like competing at the 2016 Games, where she finished fourth in the triple jump and missed making the podium by just three centimeters. Keturah currently trains at the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center in California, and when she's not there, she's working toward her master's degree in accounting.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

On setting the American Record in the triple jump (4:30)
What it was like competing at the 2016 Olympic Games, as a 20-year-old college sophomore (9:05)
Keturah’s race-day rituals (13:30)
All about Keturah’s childhood, and how she discovered running and jumping (14:30)
On the decision to go pro, and what it’s like training at the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Center (21:35)
Are jumpers getting enough credit? (28:30)
Triple Jump & Long Jump 101, and what Keturah’s training looks like right now (32:20)
Keturah’s plans and goals for the Olympic Track & Field Trials (41:10)
On being a newlywed (47:30)
“I am my ancestors’ wildest dreams” (51:50)

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0:00.0	This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Aftershocks.
0:04.1	Go to ontherun.aftershocks.com to save 15% on all wireless headphones.
0:10.4	Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show.
0:16.8	I'm your host Allie Felor, and every week I talk with people who are doing cool things on the run and beyond.
0:23.8	We all share that love for running, and that's what brings us all together.
0:28.0	But of course, there is more to life than what happens on the run itself.
0:33.1	This show is about the in-between.
0:35.8	The water stops, the bathroom breaks, the moments and decisions that have shaped who we are today,
0:41.6	and how getting sweaty factors in.
0:44.6	Now, as I've been saying a lot lately, the US Olympic track and field trials are coming up.
0:50.6	June 18th through the 27th, that is so soon and that is so exciting.
0:56.2	And the more I know about the athletes competing and about the events themselves,
1:00.0	the more excited I get to watch and cheer and yell at my TV.
1:04.5	And I know about the distance events.
1:06.3	I watch them, I understand them, I know many, maybe even most of the women competing at the 10k,
1:11.6	the 5k, the 1500, the 800, we hear from them on this show all the time.
1:16.4	But the jumping and the field events, that's a little more new to me.
1:21.2	And I want to learn more about both the athletes and the events.
1:24.9	So today, that is what we're doing.
1:27.6	Katara Orgiaz here, fresh offsetting a new American record in the triple jump.
1:33.3	If you're new to the triple jump, yay, welcome, I'm new too.
1:37.5	If you've never watched the triple jump or the long jump, and Katara does both,
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