CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Phil Thompson finished his Missouri Western Track and Field career as the first-ever two-time All-American in the program’s history. Thompson took eighth in the triple jump at the 2018 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field National Championships just two month after taking third in the same event at the indoor national championships.

In the program’s first year, Thompson became its first-ever two-time national qualifier and with his 15.32m (50′ 3 1/4″) jump on Saturday at Johnson C. Smith University, he became the program’s first-ever two-time All-American. On a day of unpredictable weather in Charlotte, North Carolina, the senior transfer’s first jump of the day was the one that put him on the podium. After no competitors in the first flight managed to break the 15m mark, the second flight quickly rose to the top of the leaderboard, Thompson included. Charles Greaves of Texas A&M Kingsville won the competition with a 16.08m jump on his second attempt. The fourth, fifth and sixth place finishers all had their best jump on their second attempt. Kizan David of Lincoln (Mo.) just edged Thompson for seventh with a 15.36m on his second attempt.

Behind David, Thompson was second among the six MIAA competitors in the event.

— MWSU Athletics —