Triple Jump Big Ten Champion (Outdoor '25)

3x NCAA Championships Qualifier

First-Team All-Big Ten

2023 U20 European Champion - Triple Jump

2022 U20 World Championship - Triple Jump

NIL Opportunities

2025

Indoor

• NCAA Championships qualifier (Triple Jump)
• Set a personal best in the long jump with a mark of 7.88m (25-10 1/4) at the Tyson Invitational, ranking third in program history 
• Set a personal best in the triple jump with a mark of 16.35m (53-7 3/4) at the Fighting Illini Challenge, ranking second in program history and placing first 
• Placed third in the triple jump 15.81m (51-10 1/4) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships
• Placed first in the long jump at the Fighting Illini Open with a jump of 7.81m (25-7 1/2)
• Finished second the triple jump at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic with a mark of 15.66m (51-4 1/2)

Outdoor

• Big Ten Champion (Triple Jump)
• First-Team All-Big Ten (Triple Jump)
• Became a Big Ten Champion in the triple jump with a 15.63m (51-3 1/2) leap at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships
  • Program's first Big Ten title in the even in 34 years (Aaron Mobarak, 1991)
  • Seventh Illinois triple jumper to earn a Big Ten title outdoors and claims the program's eighth individual B1G triple jump gold
• Hopped a season-best long jump in his win at the Fighting Illini Twilight, 7.62m (25-0)
• Academic All-Big Ten

2024

Indoor

• Placed fourth in the triple jump at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, 15.77m (51-9)
• Leapt a season-best triple jump at the Tiger Paw Invitational, 15.92m (52-2 3/4)
• Sprinted a personal-best 60m (7.20) at the Illini Open

Outdoor

• NCAA Championships qualifier (Triple Jump)
• Leapt a collegitate-best triple jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to take 13th place, 15.94m (52-3 3/4)
• Placed eighth in the triple jump at the NCAA West Preliminaries to qualify to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, 15.89m (52- 1 3/4). 
• Jumped the program's sixth-best long jump at the Fighting Illini Tune-Up, 7.79m (25-6 3/4)
• Placed seventh in the in triple jump with a season-best mark at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, 15.69m (51-5 3/4)
• Academic All-Big Ten

2023

Indoor

• Set the program's seventh-best triple jump in his win at the Illini Challenge, 15.93m (52-3 1/4)
• Made the podium with his sixth place finish in the triple jump at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, 15.56m (51-0 3/4)
• Won the triple jump in his debut at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational, 15.58m (51-1 1/2)

Outdoor

• Set a personal-best and placed fifth in the long jump at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, 7.51m (24-7 3/4)
• Placed sixth in the triple jump at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, 15.51m (50-10 3/4)
• Won the triple jump at the Mt. SAC Relays, 15.66m (51-4 1/2)

Summer

• Won a gold medal in the triple jump, 16.45m (53-11 1/2), at the U20 European Championships

In Estonia

• U20 World and European Junior Championship medalist, two-time U20 Estonia National Champion, Estonia National Champion and two-time Estonia National Indoor Champion.
• His personal-best triple jump placed him 94th in the world. 
• PRs: Triple jump – 16.13m (52-11), long jump – 7.40m (24-3).

Personal

Son of Andrey and Vera Morozov... His father Andrey was a professional sprinter and a Soviet Union U20 Champion... Chose Illinois because of head coach Petros Kyprianou

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