University of Illinois
Fighting Illini Challenge and Combined Events
Tamir Leaps UI Armory Record Triple Jump on Final Day of Fighting Illini Challenge and Combined Events
January 24, 2026 | Women's Track & Field, Men's Track & Field
RECAP
Full Results
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Illinois men's and women's track and field teams completed the Fighting Illini Challenge and Combined Events on Saturday (Jan. 24) from the UI Armory. Romi Tamir set a new UI Armory record today in her triple jump win at 13.50m (44-3 1/2) which is also the second-best mark in program history and current NCAA number two mark for 2026.
Tamir broke Yvonne Mensah's 19-year-old UI Armory record of 13.30m (43-7 3/4) set back in 2007. Her teammates Mercy Honesty and Katharina Graman also posted top-10 program marks. Honesty leaped 13.38m (43-10) which is fourth in the program all time and Graman's 13.08m (42-11) is eighth all time in school history.
Cody Johnston improved his program's second-best vault to 5.62m (18-5 1/4) in his second-place finish today while Cade DeWitt cleared the school's ninth-best vault at 5.30m (17-4 1/2). On the women's side, Mia Morello also improved her program's second-best mark to 4.50m (14-9) which is also the current NCAA lead for 2026. Oluwatomilayo Akintunde threw the program's third-best shot put today in her second-place finish, 16.40m (53-9 3/4).
Faith Deering continues to set new personal bests each week in the weight throw as she nears the 20 meter barrier. Today she threw the sixth-best mark in school history at 19.96m (65-6). Javaris Ambrose won the weight throw today on the school's seventh-best toss, 19.99m (65-7), and Reece Ihenacho place second on the program's ninth-best toss, 19.11m (62-8 1/2).
On the track Naomi Bey-Osborne sprinted herself into the top-10 list as she recorded the school's fifth-fastest 300m (38.90). Grace Kombetto clocked the program's eighth-fastest 1000m (2:51.11). The attendance for the three-day meet in the Armory was 605.
UP NEXT
Illinois track and field is in action next week for a NCAA Championships preview at the host site of Fayetteville, Ark. for the Razorback Invitational on Friday-Saturday (Jan. 30-31).
ILLINI RESULTS
- Romi Tamir won the triple jump on the UI Armory record and program's second-best mark, 13.50m (44-3 1/2)
- Mercy Honesty placed second on the program's fourth-best mark, 13.38m (43-10 3/4)
- Katharina Graman placed third on the program's eighth-best mark, 13.08m (42-11)
- Cody Johnston placed second in the pole vault on the program's second-best vault, 5.62m (18-5 1/4)
- Cade DeWitt placed third on the program's ninth-best vault, 5.30m (17-4 1/2)
- Gator Young placed fourth, 4.88m (16-0)
- Mia Morello won the pole vault on the program's second-best vault, 4.50m (14-9)
- Landry Allen placed fourth, 3.82m (12-6 1/4)
- Oluwatomilayo Akintunde placed second in the shot put with the program's third-best mark, 16.40m (53-9 3/4)
- Naomi Bey-Osborne won the 300m on the program's fifth-fastest time (38.90)
- Ashley Oliver placed second (40.51)
- Bridget Annan placed third (40.91)
- Javaris Ambrose won the weight throw on the program's seventh-best throw, 19.99m (65-7)
- Reece Ihenacho placed second on the program's ninth-best throw, 19.11m (62-8 1/2)
- Phethisang Makhethe won the weight throw, 22.65m (74-3 3/4)
- Jordan Koskondy placed second, 22.29m (73-1 3/4)
- Oluwatomilayo Akintunde placed third, 21.54m (70-8)
- Faith Deering placed fifth on the program's sixth-best throw, 19.96m (65-6)
- Cece Young placed 10th, 14.55m (47-9)
- Grace Kombetto won the 1000m on the program's eighth-best time (2:51.11)
- Audrey Ginsberg placed second (2:51.23)
- Kennady Anderson placed third (2:51.93)
- Mireya Bugeja placed fourth (2:55.12)
- Lina Maatouk placed fifth (3:02.68)
- Viktor Morozov won the triple jump, 16.10m (52-10)
- Sophia Beckmon won the 60m (7.36)
- Jackson Gilbert won the 300m (34.07)
- Sophia Beckmon won the long jump, 6.67m (21-10 3/4)
- Elizabeth Ndudi placed third, 6.30m (20-8)
- Sherrie Emmons placed fifth, 6.05m (19-10 1/4)
- Pol Molins won the 1000m (2:23.70)
- Trey Sato placed second (2:23.83)
- Joshua Hoffman placed third (2:29.91)
- Tadeas Placek placed fourth (2:35.84)
- Avril Andre won the mile (5:02.60)
- Mabry Bruhn placed second (5:02.92)
- Nicole Poglitsch placed third (5:05.20)
- Stella Davis placed fifth (5:15.83)
- Jacob Cookinham placed second in the shot put, 18.14m (59-6 1/4)
- Alex Sohn placed fourth, 17.53m (57-6 1/4)
