Record-Breaking Jump Earns Student-Athlete Of The Week Honor For Ogunmodede

GOLDEN – Following the sixth-highest jump in all of Division II over the weekend, junior Seun Ogunmodede of the Mines men’s indoor track & field team has been named this week’s Mines Student-Athlete of the Week, athletic department officials announced Monday.

A Castle Rock native and Mechanical Engineering major, Ogunmodede set a new program record in the high jump at the Potts Indoor Invitational on Friday with a jump of 6-11, which eclipsed the previous school record of 6-10 set by George Buck in 1985 and later matched by Jay Wordew. 

Ogunmodede later attempted and nearly cleared 7-1, but the crossbar fell off after wobbling on the stanchions for a few seconds.   

Ogunmodede tied with Mark Jones of Colorado for first in the event out of nine participants, and the jump is currently the sixth-highest mark in Division II, as well as tops in the RMAC this season. 

The two-sport athlete (men’s soccer) now holds three of the top six jumps in program history. 

He added to his record-breaking weekend with a second-place finish in the triple jump on Saturday with a leap of 45-3.75.

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