Most high school triple jumpers lose distance somewhere the result sheet cannot show them. The board says 38 feet. It does not say that 42 percent of the total came from the hop and that the step barely happened. Phase ratio is what separates two jumpers with the same 100m time, and it is the one thing an age table can never hand you. Below is the freshman to senior ladder for boys and girls in feet and meters, with a published state qualifying standard for scale, and the measured phase splits from championship-level jumpers. The same distances sorted by age instead of by school year sit in triple jump distance by age.
A 2025 systematic review in Sports Medicine pooled championship data and reported medallists at 34.2 percent hop, 30.1 percent step and 35.7 percent jump for men, and 36.1 / 28.2 / 35.9 for women. Treat 35 / 30 / 35 as a working coaching convention rather than a target you hit exactly. Individual elite jumps sit several points either side of it. Scoring marks by level, rather than phase percentages, are in what is a good triple jump.
The same review found medallists were jump dominant while non-medallists were hop dominant, with non-medalling men at 36.3 percent hop against 33.9 percent jump. That is the coaching argument in two numbers. It does not prove that a bigger jump phase causes the medal, since the athletes are different people, so read it as an association. Full breakdown on the triple jump phase ratio page.
Almost every new triple jumper hops for maximum distance, because the hop is the phase that feels like long jump. The step then collapses and the jump has no speed left to use. Fixing it usually costs you distance for a month before it pays anything back. The specific fault is covered in why my triple jump hop is too big.
You cannot judge a phase ratio from the runway or from the stands, and the total on the board hides it completely. Film a jump side-on, upload it, and AI marks the three landings, calculates your split, and compares it against the championship-level numbers above.
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Class-year bands are estimates of typical varsity marks, not roster averages, calibrated against the site's by-age triple jump benchmarks. Only the New Mexico row and the national records are published figures.
| Level | Boys (feet / meters) | Girls (feet / meters) |
|---|---|---|
| Freshman, first season in the event (estimate) | 30'0" - 34'0" (9.14 - 10.36m) | 25'0" - 29'0" (7.62 - 8.84m) |
| Sophomore varsity (estimate) | 35'0" - 39'0" (10.67 - 11.89m) | 29'0" - 32'6" (8.84 - 9.91m) |
| Junior varsity-level (estimate) | 38'0" - 42'0" (11.58 - 12.80m) | 31'0" - 34'6" (9.45 - 10.52m) |
| Senior varsity (estimate) | 40'0" - 44'0" (12.19 - 13.41m) | 33'0" - 36'6" (10.06 - 11.13m) |
| New Mexico 2025 state standard, Class A to 5A (published) | 39'0" - 42'0" (11.89 - 12.80m) | 29'3" - 34'2" (8.92 - 10.41m) |
| State meet qualifier, national band (estimate) | 42'0" - 45'0" (12.80 - 13.72m) | 35'0" - 38'0" (10.67 - 11.58m) |
| State champion (estimate) | 45'0" - 48'0" (13.72 - 14.63m) | 38'0" - 41'0" (11.58 - 12.50m) |
| NCAA D2 / D3 recruit (estimate) | 44'0" - 47'0" (13.41 - 14.33m) | 37'0" - 39'6" (11.28 - 12.04m) |
| NCAA D1 recruit (estimate) | 47'0" - 50'0" (14.33 - 15.24m) | 40'0" - 43'0" (12.19 - 13.11m) |
| High school All-American, top 8 nationally (estimate) | 48'0" and up (14.63m+) | 41'0" and up (12.50m+) |
| National high school record (published)* | 54'10", Kenny Hall, 2004 (16.72m) | 44'11.75", Brittany Daniels, 2004 (13.71m) |
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