Position: Jumps
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa.
Previous School: Phoenixville Area High
Height: 5-7
PR:
Triple Jump 11.74m
OUTDOOR 2013
- Finished in third place in the triple jump at the New Captain's Classic and Multi-Events with a season-best 11.37-meter jump.
- Placed fifth in the women's triple jump at the Virginia Cup with a score of 11.15-meters.
- Placed third in the triple jump at the Ram Invite with a jump of 11.66-meters.
INDOOR 2013
- Placed ninth in the triple jump at the A-10 Indoor Championships with a jump of 11.67-meters.
- Finished second in the triple jump at the Father Diamond Invitational with a jump of 11.02m
Outdoors 2012:
Placed fourth in the triple jump at the Fred Hardy Invite with a personal record of 11.74m.
Indoor 2012:
Placed seventh in the triple jump with a career-best jump of 11.72 at the Virginia Tech Challenge.
Outdoors 2011:
Placed third in the triple jump with a leap of 11.49 at the University of Richmond’s Fred Hardy Invite… Won the triple jump with a leap of 11.41 at the VCU Ram Invite
Indoor 2011:
Finished second in the Triple Jump with a leap of 36-7.5 at the CNU Vince Brown Invite
Outdoor 2010:
Finished in the top 10 in the triple jump at the Mason Spring Invite and the VCU Ram Invite… She also scored as a freshman at the CAA Championships in the triple jump with a leap of 11.43m to place seventh.
Indoor 2010:
Placed third in the 55m hurldes (8.64) at the CNU Vince Brown Invite… Finished third in the triple jump with a leap of 36-6.75 at the CNU Vince Brown Invite… Had a second place finish in the triple jump with a 11.24 at the Mason Last Chance
Just the Facts
- Full Name: Jennifer Lee McAvoy
- Born: Aug. 5th, 1990
- Birthplace: Phoenixville, PA
- Parents: Tim and Nancy McAvoy
- Major: Business
Prior to VCU
- Broke freshman and sophomore Triple Jump records at Phoenixville Area High
- Top 5 finish in the district in the Triple Jump as a junior
Off the Field
- Chose VCU over Penn State
- Member of the Dean’s List in the last two semesters
- Her cousin, Peter Hissey, is a minor league prospect for the Boston Red Sox