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Eszter Bajnok Season 2021

Graduate StudentClass
Kethely, HungaryHometown

2021 Outdoor: Took home second team All-American honors with a leap of 13.35m (43' 9.75") to finish 12th at the NCAA Championships ... Earned a berth to the NCAA Championships with a triple jump of 13.24m (43' 5.25") at the NCAA East Prelims ... Claimed the bronze medal in the triple jump with a leap of 13.51m (44' 4") at the ACC Championships ... Also at the conference meet finished fifth in the long jump at 6.19 (20' 3.75") to take home second team All-ACC in the event ... Broke her own school record in the long jump at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial with a jump of 6.52m (21' 4.75") and finished third ... Won the triple jump at the Virginia Challenge with a leap of 13.39m (43' 11.25").

2021 Indoor: Earned second team All-ACC honors in the triple jump with a leap of 13.02m (42' 8.75") to finish sixth and finished eighth in the long jump at 5.95m (19' 6.25") at the ACC Championships ... Won the triple jump at the Doc Hale Elite Meet with a jump of 12.98m (42' 7") ... Finished second with a triple jump of 12.51m (41' 0.5") at the Hokie Invitational.

2020 Indoor: Took silver in the triple jump with a mark of 12.51 meters (41 feet, 0.5 inches) at the Hokie Invitational.

2019 Outdoor: Earned honorable mention All-America honors with her leap of 6.03 meters in the long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … Punched her ticket to Austin in the triple jump with a leap of 13.66 meters (44 feet, 9.75 inches) and long jump with her mark of 6.24 meters (20 feet, 5.75 inches) at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Became the first jumper in school history to qualify for nationals in two events … Finished fourth in the long jump with a mark of 6.24 meters (20 feet, 5.75 inches) and second in the triple jump with a leap of 13.66 meters (44 feet, 9.75 inches) Placed fourth in the long jump in the 6.10 meters (20 feet, 0.25 inches) at the Lenny Lyles-Clark Wood Invitational … Finished fourth in the long jump at the Spec Towns Invitational with her leap of 6.05 meters (19 feet, 10.25 inches) and first in the triple jump with a leap of 13.21 meters (43 feet, 4.25 inches).

2019 indoor: Won bronze in the triple jump with a mark of 12.95 meters (42 feet, 6 inches) at the ACC Indoor Championships ... In the long jump, finished with a mark of 6.04 meters (19 feet, 9.75 inches) to place eighth ... Clinched a new personal best in the triple jump at the Bob Pollock Invitational with a mark of 13.04 meters (42 feet, 9.5 inches) ... Set a new personal best in the long jump with a mark of  6.11 meters (20 feet, 0.5 inches) to finish fifth at the Hokie Invitational.

2018 outdoor: Earned first-team All-America honors in the triple jump at the NCAA Championships … Finished fifth with a top jump of 13.42 meters (44 feet, 0.5 inch) … Punched her ticket to Eugene in the triple jump, posting a mark of 13.08 meters (42 feet, 11 inches) at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds ... Clinched two new personal bests in the long jump and triple jump at the ACC Outdoor Championships … In the triple jump, finished first with a mark of 13.39 meters (43 feet, 11.25 inches) … Finished first in the long jump with a mark of 6.17 meters (20 feet, 3 inches) ... Posted a mark of 6.04 meters (19 feet, 9.75 inches) at the National Relay Championship, placing seventh … Finished fourth at the War Eagle Invitational 2018 in the triple jump with a mark of 12.94 meters (42 feet, 5.5 inches) … Placed sixth in the long jump at the Tennessee Relays with a mark of 6.08 meters (19 feet, 11.5 inches) … Posted a new personal best in the long jump at the Home Depot Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a mark of 6.13 meters (20 feet, 1.5 inches) to finish fourth

2018 indoor: Clinched two new personal bests in the long jump and triple jump at the ACC Championships … In the triple jump, finished first with a mark of 12.93 meters (42 feet, 5.25 inches) … Finished fifth in the long jump with a mark of 6.06 meters (19 feet, 10.75 inches) ... In her first meet of the season, turned in a mark of 5.75 meters (18 feet, 10.5 inches) in the long jump at the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational.

2017 outdoor: Earned herself a spot in the triple jump event at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds, placing 22nd overall with a mark of 12.78 meters (41 ft., 11.25 in.) ... Competed in both the long and triple jump events at the ACC Championships, earning first-team All-ACC honors in the triple jump ... Broke a 17-year-old record in the triple jump, leaping a total of 13.05 meters (42 ft., 9.75 in.) for a bronze-medal finish at the league championship ... Placed second in the long jump with a personal-best mark of 5.98 meters (19 ft., 7.5 in.) at the Virginia Grand Prix - the fourth-best jump in the event in school history ... Made her outdoor debut at the War Eagle Invitational, jumping a distance of 5.86 meters (19 ft., 2.75 in.) in the long jump.

2017 indoor: Earned second-team All-ACC honors after placing fourth in the triple jump event at the ACC Championships with a leap of 12.60 meters (41 ft., 4.25 in.) ... Also tied the school record in the event, which was previously set by April Byrd in 2000 ... Placed second in the triple jump at the Liberty Elite Invitational with a jump of 12.34 meters (40 ft., 6 in.) ... Recorded a second-place finish in the long jump with a mark of 5.75 meters (18 ft., 10.5 in.) at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet ... Finished second in the long jump at the Hokie Invitational with a top jump of 5.81 meters (19 ft., .75 in.) - the fourth-best long jump in school history … Won the triple jump at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a top jump of 12.52 meter (41 ft., 1 in.).

High school: Graduated from Kaposvari Munkacsy Mihaly … Competed for Favorit AC Kaposvar ... Tabbed as the 2016 Hungarian Junior Female Athlete of the Year ... Was named the 2015 Hungarian Junior and National Champion … Earned a bronze medal at the 2014 World Youth in the triple jump … Was a triple jump finalist at the 2015 European Junior Championships … Holds the Hungarian youth record in the triple jump (13.01m - 42 ft., 8.25 in.).

Personal: Born April 26, 1997 … Daughter of Attila Bajnok and Eva Bajnokne Lukacs … Has one sibling, Balint … Majoring in international studies.

Bajnok's Track and Field Career Bests

IndoorOutdoor

Long jump – 6.11m (20 feet, 0.5 inches), Hokie Invitational (2019)
Triple jump – 13.04m (42 feet, 9.55 inches), Bob Pollock Invitational (2019)

Long Jump – 6.52m (21 feet, 4.75 inches), Torrin Lawrence Memorial (2021)
Triple Jump – 13.66m (44 feet, 9.75 inches), ACC Championships (2019)