Breana Gambrell Season 2022

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COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: Long Jump – 6.31m, Triple Jump – 12.78m, 60m - 7.66, 100m - 12.25, 200m - 25.20

AWARDS: Academic All-Big Ten Spring 2022...Named to 2022 USTFCCCA All Academic Team...Academic All-Big Ten (2021)

2022
Outdoor
Season: Had four wins and eight top-five finishes across 100m, long jump, and triple jump...Placed sixth at Big Ten Championships in long jump. 

UCF Knights Invite (3/25-26): Won long jump and finished second in triple jump and 4x100m relay. Hurricane Alumni Invitational (4-8/9): Took first in long jump. Virginia Challenge (4/22-23): Won third-straight long jump and set personal best in triple jump. Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/13-15): Took sixth in long jump at conference championship. NCAA East Preliminary Round (5/25-28): Placed 16th in long jump. 

Indoor
Season: Took first in three of seven long jump competitions participated in...Earned third place at Big Ten Indoor Championships. 

Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/25-26): Tied indoor season best high jump mark at 6.24m to place third at conference championships. 

2021 Outdoor 
Jesse Owens Invite (4/30-5/1): Won both the long jump and triple jump and placed third in the 4x100. Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/14-16/21): Placed fifth in the long jump, seventh in the triple jump and ninth in the 4x100. NCAA Outdoor East Prelims (5/26-29/21): Competed in the long jump event. 

2021 Indoor
Penn State Invite (1/23): Won the triple jump with a personal best 12.60m jump while also winning the long jump. 

2020 Outdoor
Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

2020 Indoor
Season: Posted a pair of personal-best marks in the triple jump and long jump events. Scored points for the Nittany Lions at the Big Ten Indoor Championships in two events. Placed first four times during indoor campaign.

Bison Opener (12/6-7): Won both long jump and triple jump events...Set personal-best distance in long jump (20-3.75 (6.19m). Nittany Lion Challenge (1/11): Won triple jump event with personal-best mark of 40-7 (12.37m). Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/8): Won long jump event with a distance of 20-1.75 (6.14m). Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/28-29/20): Scored points in both long jump and triple jump with seventh-place finishes.

2019 Outdoor
Season: Won long jump at the Bison Outdoor Classic and Jim Thorpe meets…Posted seven top-10 finishes…Qualified for the NCAA East Prelims in the long jump...Scored three points for the Nittany Lions at Big Ten Championships with her sixth place finish in the long jump.

Bison Outdoor Classic (4/13-14): Set a long jump personal-best (6.19m) to win event. Jim Thorpe (5/3): Won long jump with a distance of 6.11m. Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/10-12/19): Finished sixth with a best distance of 6.06m in long jump finals...Scored three points for Penn State. NCAA Outdoor East Prelims (5/23-25/19): Competed in the long jump event.

2019 Indoor
Season: Competed in the long jump at the Big Ten Indoor Championships...Set personal bests in three events in the 60m, 200m and triple jump.

Bison Opener (12/1): Ran a personal best in the 60m (7.71). Penn State National (1/26): Jumped a then-personal best 12.13m in triple jump. Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup (2/3): Ran a personal-best 25.20 in the 200m. Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/22-23/19): Finished 11th in postseason debut.

BEFORE PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs:  Long Jump - 20-8.5 (o), 20-1.5 (i), Triple Jump - 8-8.75 (o), 38-2.5 (i), 100m - 11.83
Was a three-sport athlete Athens Area High School, earning four letters in track & field, basketball and soccer... Named team captain for track and field...Finished second at 2018 state championship (AA)...Finished third at 2017 state championship (AA)...Holds school record in the long jump, triple jump, 100 and 4x100...Won four PIAA state championships...Set state record in long jump...Holds all conditions state record in long jump...Won 14 District 6 championships and holds record in long jump, 100m and 4x100...Won two team district IV championships...Won indoor state title in triple jump... Named all-state seven times...Won 12 national championships...Won four team national championships…Earned New Balance National All-America honors twice...Placed fourth in 2018 long jump both indoor and outdoor...Won 2018 Penn Relays long jump championship…Was a member of National Honor Society...Four-time Honor Roll recipient.

PERSONAL
Full name is Breana Alexis Gambrell...Daughter of Ben and Lisa Gambrell...Has two brothers, Jarred and Benny, and one sister, Ariana...Majoring in nutritional sciences......Chose Penn State “Because of the outstanding academics along with energetic community which gives the environment a family-like feel”...Born on March 2, 2000 in Sayra, Pennsylvania.