Cameron Crump
American long jumper (born 1999)
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Cameron Crump (born 3 September 1999) is an American long jumper and sprinter.[1]
Early life
He attended Strayhorn High School in Sarah, Mississippi, and won state high school titles as a jumper and a sprinter.[2][3]
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.[4] He won the SEC Indoor title in February 2023, with a personal best distance of 8.39 metres.[5] He finished third behind Jamaicans Wayne Pinnock and Carey McLeod with 8.00 metres at the 2023 SEC Outdoor Championships in May 2023.[6][7]
He was runner-up at the 2025 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in New York, on 23 February 2025.[8] He was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025.[9][10]
Crump competed in the long jump at the 2026 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in New York, placing fifth overall.[11] Competing in the 100 metres at the Music City Track Carnival in Cleveland, Tennessee in May 2026, Crump was timed at breaking the ten-second barrier with a time of 9.99 seconds, finishing behind Sam Blaskowski.[12]