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2025-26 Track and Field Roster
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Lara Check
- Position:
- Combined Events
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Nowra HS
- Hometown:
- Sydney, Australia
TFRRS | Lara Check – Track and Field Results & Statistics
2026 SBC Long Jump Indoor and Outdoor Champion
NCAA 1st Round East Qualifier - Long Jump
Leaves Marshall as Indoor Long Jump School Record Holder
2025-26 (Senior): Competed in 14 meets in final season at Marshall ... Winner of both SBC Indoor and Outdoor Long Jump Championships in Long Jump ... Set overall LJ PR of 6.30m to win SBC Outdoor title ... Mark qualified her for second-consecutive NCAA East First Rounds where she finished 16th, highest mark of any Marshall athlete since 2014 ... Opened season with mark of 6.19m at Marshall Opener, setting Indoor School Record ... Leaves Marshall as a two-time NCAA East First Round qualifier, two-time SBC Champion, and with 16 event victories.
NCAA 1st Round East Qualifier - Long Jump
Third Team All-SBC - Indoor
2024-25 (Junior): Competed in 14 meets as a junior for Marshall, qualifying for NCAA Prelims in Long Jump ... Qualifying jump came at Miami Hurricane Invitational (6.24m) ... Finished 7th in event at SBC Outdoor Championships ... Set new PR in Pentathlon (3768 pts.) at Indoor Championships to finish 3rd
2023-24 (Sophomore): Had a busy sophomore season, competing in multis and throwing events .... Set nine new personal records across 13 different meets ... Scored 5th at the Pentathlon at the SBC Indoor Championships with 3619 points ... Scored in 22 events with three victories throughout season ... Injury cut SBC Outdoor Championships short
2022-23 (Freshman): Competed in multis and throwing events as a Marshall freshman ... Won the long jump in the Marshall Opener and Marshall Classic ... Took over multis starting at Pentathlon at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships, finishing with a season-high 3,453 points with a seventh place finish ... Finished sixth in the Heptathlon with 4,897 points
Personal: Born Oct. 23, 2003 in Sydney Australia...Parents are Janie Hamilton and Adam Check...Has one sibling
Collegiate Bests:
Heptathlon: 4897
Pentathlon: 3619
60H: 8.94
100H: 15.19
200: 25.61
800: 2:31.22
HJ: 1.64m
LJ: 6.30m
2026 SBC Long Jump Indoor and Outdoor Champion
NCAA 1st Round East Qualifier - Long Jump
Leaves Marshall as Indoor Long Jump School Record Holder
2025-26 (Senior): Competed in 14 meets in final season at Marshall ... Winner of both SBC Indoor and Outdoor Long Jump Championships in Long Jump ... Set overall LJ PR of 6.30m to win SBC Outdoor title ... Mark qualified her for second-consecutive NCAA East First Rounds where she finished 16th, highest mark of any Marshall athlete since 2014 ... Opened season with mark of 6.19m at Marshall Opener, setting Indoor School Record ... Leaves Marshall as a two-time NCAA East First Round qualifier, two-time SBC Champion, and with 16 event victories.
NCAA 1st Round East Qualifier - Long Jump
Third Team All-SBC - Indoor
2024-25 (Junior): Competed in 14 meets as a junior for Marshall, qualifying for NCAA Prelims in Long Jump ... Qualifying jump came at Miami Hurricane Invitational (6.24m) ... Finished 7th in event at SBC Outdoor Championships ... Set new PR in Pentathlon (3768 pts.) at Indoor Championships to finish 3rd
2023-24 (Sophomore): Had a busy sophomore season, competing in multis and throwing events .... Set nine new personal records across 13 different meets ... Scored 5th at the Pentathlon at the SBC Indoor Championships with 3619 points ... Scored in 22 events with three victories throughout season ... Injury cut SBC Outdoor Championships short
2022-23 (Freshman): Competed in multis and throwing events as a Marshall freshman ... Won the long jump in the Marshall Opener and Marshall Classic ... Took over multis starting at Pentathlon at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships, finishing with a season-high 3,453 points with a seventh place finish ... Finished sixth in the Heptathlon with 4,897 points
Personal: Born Oct. 23, 2003 in Sydney Australia...Parents are Janie Hamilton and Adam Check...Has one sibling
Collegiate Bests:
Heptathlon: 4897
Pentathlon: 3619
60H: 8.94
100H: 15.19
200: 25.61
800: 2:31.22
HJ: 1.64m
LJ: 6.30m
Marshall T&F: Bay’Andria Hodges & Otenidi Omot (Pre-Raleigh Relays)
Wednesday, March 25
Marshall T&F (Pre-River City Relays)
Thursday, March 19
Marshall T&F: Lara Check (Pre-Bellarmine Meet)
Thursday, January 15
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Thursday, October 30





























































































