Mason McGroder
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 September 2008 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Long jump | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Long jump: 7.80m (Lima, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Mason McGroder (born 18 September 2008) is an Australian long jumper.[1]
Career
He pursues athletics as well as being a member of Australian rules football club Sydney Swans' Academy.[2]
He won the Australian U17 long jump, U17 400m and U20 long jump titles in Adelaide in 2024, as a 15 year-old.[3] He won a bronze medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru with a personal best long jump of 7.80 metres, despite still being aged 15, and the youngest member of Australia's team at the Games.[4][5][6] His bronze medal winning personal best was the third longest in history by a 15-year-old, and made him the youngest ever Australian medallist at the World U20 Championships.[7]
He was awarded a Sport Australia Hall of Fame awards scholarship in September 2024.[8] Competing at the Australia All Schools Athletics Championships in Brisbane, he set a new Under 17 Boys meet record in the long jump of 7.86m (+2.4) in December 2024. The jump bettered the 7.50m mark set by Lynten Johnson in 1986, and equalled by Chris Noffke in 2004.[9]
He was runner-up to Liam Adcock at the Australian short track national championships in Sydney on 1 February 2025.[10]
Personal life
He is from Caringbah, New South Wales,[3][11] He attends Trinity Grammar School in Sydney, New South Wales.[12] Australian Olympian long jumper Liam Adcock has been described as a mentor.[13]
References
- ^ "Mason McGroder". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ Jeffery, Nicole (9 January 2025). "Money or the starter's gun? AFL and NRL riches remain a lure for Olympic hopefuls". Rugby-Addict. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ a b Veage, John (13 May 2024). "McGroder jumps to U20 World Athletics". The Leader. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "Jarvinen threatens world U20 decathlon record to get gold in Lima". World Athletics. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics U20 Championships 2024: Torrie Lewis, Gout Gout lead Australia's medal rush on penultimate day". Olympics.com. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "FUTURE LOOKING BRIGHT AS AUSTRALIA'S UNDER 20 TEAM MAKE HISTORY ON THE WORLD STAGE". Athletics.com.au. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "A leap for the ages". Trinity.nsw. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "SPORT AUSTRALIA HALL OF FAME AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS TO FUTURE STARS OF AUSTRALIAN ATHLETICS". Athletics.com.au. 17 September 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "RECORD-BREAKING ALL SCHOOLS ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BRISBANE". Athletics.com.au. 19 January 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "CONNOLLY AND KENNEDY DOMINATE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIAN SHORT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics.com.au. 1 February 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ Veage, John (16 September 2024). "Sutho athletes world success". The Leader. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "Long jumper leaps into Aussie team". Trimity.nsw. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "HISTORY AWAITS AT FIRST AUSTRALIAN SHORT TRACK ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics.com.au. 30 January 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.