Georgia Legend Keturah Orji Wins 10th USA Gold Medal

ATHENS, Ga. —Keturah Orji edged former Lady Bulldog Jasmine Moore to collect her 10th overall national triple jump title to highlight the 2024 USA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Albuquerque, N.M., over the weekend.

Orji, a native of Mount Olive, N.J., and current Mizuno professional athlete, traveled a season best 14.50 meters/47 feet, 7 inches to capture her third straight USA Indoor triple jump title and fourth overall. Orji has another six USA Outdoor crowns on her resume as well.

After Moore surged ahead in the fifth of six rounds with a mark of 14.43m/47-4.25, Orji answered later that round with her winning mark. This is expected to be Orji’s final year competing as she works towards making yet another U.S. Olympic team. The 2018 Bowerman winner competed for the Lady Bulldogs from 2015 to 2018 and won eight NCAA individual championships, nine Southeastern Conference crowns and broke American and collegiate records along the way.

Former Southern California standout and current Georgia assistant coach Bailey Lear finished with a season best time to take fourth in the women’s 400-meter dash final at the meet. Lear, who had the third-fastest qualifying time with a then season best 52.13, bettered that 2024 best to 52.06 to take fourth place in the final round.

Matthew Boling completed his decorated Bulldog career in 2023 and was fifth in the 400m final over the weekend with a 46.19. Boling had a time of 45.86 in the prelims to advance. Also of note, Boling’s former teammate and relay partner Elija Godwin was 16th in the qualifying round (47.87).

Also, former Bulldog All-American Kendal Williams finished 15th (6.67) in the opening rounds of the 60m while Christian Harrison, a former 800m runner for Georgia, was 13th in the qualifying round of the 800m with a 1:49.30.

The current crop of Georgia track and field team members will compete at the Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., on Friday and Saturday (Feb. 23-24).