Greg Yeldell

February 8, 2003
(INDIANAPOLIS) The Indiana Invaders have added triple jumper Greg Yeldell, a three-time member of the US National Team, to the team's roster. Yeldell's best triple jump performance is 16.81. Yeldell finished the 2002 season with a fourth place finish at the USA Outdoor National Championships.

Yeldell finished second in the triple jump for Team USA at the 2002 POWERade North America, Central America & Caribbean (NACAC) Under-25 Track & Field Championships, took the gold medal at the Pan American Games in 1999, and took the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in 1998. Yeldell broke a 9-year-old US National High School Record in route to winning the World Junior Championships.

In winning the triple jump and long jump at the Big Ten Championships in 2000, Yeldell also set the Big Ten triple jump record. As a two-time All-American in the triple jump for Indiana University, Yeldell was 10th at the 1999 NCAA Indoor Championships and took fourth in 2000. Yeldell finished fifth at the 2000 NCAA Outdoor Championship. Yeldell, selected as the High School Athlete of the Year by Track and Field News in 1998, is also a National Scholastics Indoor & Outdoor High School Champion.

Yeldell more recently qualified for the 2003 USA Indoor Championships with his season opener at Eastern Michigan University on January 4th, with a jump of 15.79.

Team Director Greg Harger said, "Yeldell brings experience, talent, and depth to our growing jumps group. Along with Marc Dzradosi, last year's Drake Relay's Champion in the triple jump, Yeldell will solidify our team's prospects for dominance in the jumps this year and for years to come."

For further information on the Indiana Invaders, please contact Greg Harger at 317 289-4018 or online at: (email)