Final Results

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Cal State East Bay senior Marquise Cherry is an NCAA Division II All-American for the second straight year after finishing in sixth place on Thursday at the 2016 NCAA DII Long Jump Championship.

Battling high winds at the IMG Academy, Cherry recorded the longest jump of his career in his third attempt with a distance of 7.63 meters (25 feet, 0.5 inches). The mark stands as the fourth-longest in program history.

That distance qualified Cherry for the finals and cemented his All-American status. He didn't top it in his final three attempts, but it held as the sixth-longest among the 19 national championship contenders. 

"I'm proud of Marquise, this is a great way to finish his career," said head coach Tony Nicolosi. "Today was his best effort of the season as he came up with a huge clutch third jump to make the finals."

Cherry, a native of Diamond Bar, Calif., was the runner-up in the Long Jump and third-place finisher in the Triple Jump at the 2016 CCAA Championships. 

In 2015, Cherry captured the CCAA Long Jump championship and went on to finish ninth at the NCAA DII Championships, earning Second Team All-America honors. He's the first CSUEB male track and field athlete to be an All-American since the program re-joined Division II in 2009-10.