2017-18 Track and Field Roster
Triki, Tahar
Tahar Triki
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Constatine, Algeria
Bio
World Athletics Bio
College Results
*Last Updated 7/19/2022
African Championship Medals
2022 Outdoor Triple Jump - Bronze (16.58m)
2018 Outdoor Triple Jump - Bronze (16.78m)
Algiers National Championship Medals
2017 Outdoor Triple Jump - Gold (16.85m)
2017 Outdoor Long Jump - Gold (8.05m)
2015 Outdoor Long Jump - Gold (7.67m)
2014 Outdoor Long Jump - Gold (7.46m)
TAMU All-Time Top-12 Performer List
#1 Indoor Triple Jump - 56-2/17.12m (2/23/2019)
#3 Outdoor Triple Jump - 55-5.75/16.91m (5/13/2018)
#5 Outdoor Long Jump - 26-3.5/8.01m (6/30/2018)
#10 Indoor Long Jump - 25-1.25/7.65m (1/12/2019)
NCAA Championships
2018 First Team All-American Outdoor Triple Jump - 55-1/16.79m (1st)
2018 First Team All-American Outdoor Long Jump - 25-9.5/7.86m (8th)
NCAA Outdoor West Regionals
2018 Triple Jump - 53-0.75/16.17m (2nd)
2018 Long Jump - 25-2.75/7.69m (10th)
SEC All-Conference
2019 Indoor Triple Jump - 56-2/17.12m (1st)
2019 Indoor Long Jump - 25-0.5/7.63m (8th)
2018 Outdoor Triple Jump - 55-5.75/16.91m (1st)
2018 Outdoor Long Jump - 26-1.5/7.96m (5th)
JUNIOR (2019) – Indoors: Gold medalist in triple jump at SEC Championships with an indoor best of 56-2 (17.12) … Also placed eighth in long jump (25-0 ½ | 7.63) at SEC meet … Won long jump in first pair of indoor meets at Ted Nelson Invitational (25-1 ¼ | 7.65) and Texas A&M Triangular (24-2 ½ | 7.38) … Runner-up in triple jump (54-2 ½ | 16.52) and eighth in long jump (23-2 | 7.06) at Texas Tech Classic … Finished fourth in long jump (24-1 | 7.34) at Charlie Thomas Invitational … Set then career best of 55-9 ¼ (17.00) to win triple jump at Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational and placed sixth in long jump (24-3 ½ | 7.40).
SOPHOMORE (2018): Won NCAA Outdoor title in triple jump with a leap of 55 feet, 1 inch (16.79) and became just the second Aggie to win the event, joining Latario Collie (2016) … Bettered a triple jump field of 24 which included the defending champion, Florida’s KeAndre Bates … Also scored in the NCAA long jump, placing eighth at 25-9 ½ (7.86), to become just the second A&M jumper to accomplish the feat, joining Julian Reid (2009, 2011) … Earned a pair of first-team All-America honors … The winning series for Triki included marks of 53-0 ¼ (16.16), 55-1 (16.79), 52-10 ¼ (16.11), 53-9 (16.38), 54-7 ½ (16.65), 55-0 (16.76) … Named South Central men’s Field Athlete of the Year … Won SEC title in triple jump with collegiate-leading mark of 55-5 ¾ (16.91) and placed fourth in the long jump with a mark of 26-1 ½ (7.96) to score 15 points in the conference meet … The triple jump performance, which was the best winning distance at the SEC Championships in the past 17 years, ranks as No. 3 performer on the Aggie all-time list with the No. 5 performance … His career best in the triple jump is just half an inch away from the Algerian national record set in 1993 by Lotfi Khaida, who competed at LSU when Coach Henry was the head coach … Long jump mark at SEC meet ranks No. 7 performer on the Aggie all-time list … During the summer, represented Algeria in the African Championships, earning a bronze medal in triple jump and placing fourth in long jump with marks of 55-0 ¾ (16.78) and 26-3 ½ (8.01) … Swept national titles in Algeria Championships with marks of 26-0 (7.92) and 53-6 ½ (16.32w) … Silver medalist in Mediterranean Games long jump with leap of 26-3 ½ (8.01) …
First meet in Aggie uniform came at Arizona State’s Baldy Castillo Invitational, winning the triple jump (52-0 ½ | 15.86) … Won long jump at UTSA Roadrunner Invitational (25-7 ¼w | 7.80) … Placed fourth in triple jump (51-9 ¾w | 15.79) at Texas Relays … Won Houston Alumni Invitational triple jump (52-3 ¼ | 15.93) and was runner-up in long jump (24-8 ½ | 7.53) at UCLA Invitational … Claimed first place in triple jump (52-9 ¼w | 16.08) and finished second in long jump (25-0 | 7.62) at Baylor’s Michael Johnson Invitational …
2018 indoor season was limited to one meet, competing unattached, as he swept long jump and triple jump wins at the Texas A&M Aggie Twilight with marks of 25-2 ¾ (7.69) and 51-11 (15.82).
International: Established career best marks of 26-4 ¼ (8.03) in the long jump and 55-3 ½ (16.85) in the triple jump set in Alger in July of 2017 at the Algerian national championships … Four-time national champion in Algeria with three long jump titles and one triple jump title … Competed in World University Games in 2017, placing second in the long jump 26-1 1/2 (7.96) and fifth in the triple jump 54-5 1/2 (16.60) ... Double winner at the 2017 Arab Athletic Championships with marks of 25-8 1/4 (7.83) and 54-6 3/4 (16.63) ... In 2016, established Algerian national junior records in both the long jump and triple jump ... His long jump mark of 25-7 1/2 (7.81) was set while placing fourth in the IAAF World Junior Championships ... In the triple jump his mark of 52-6 1/2 (16.01A) was set in winning the junior title at the Arab Athletic Championships … Bronze medalist at 2015 African Junior Championships in long jump.
PERSONAL: Yasser Mohammad Tahar Triki was born March 24, 1997 … Hometown is Constantine, Algeria.
College Results
*Last Updated 7/19/2022
African Championship Medals
2022 Outdoor Triple Jump - Bronze (16.58m)
2018 Outdoor Triple Jump - Bronze (16.78m)
Algiers National Championship Medals
2017 Outdoor Triple Jump - Gold (16.85m)
2017 Outdoor Long Jump - Gold (8.05m)
2015 Outdoor Long Jump - Gold (7.67m)
2014 Outdoor Long Jump - Gold (7.46m)
TAMU All-Time Top-12 Performer List
#1 Indoor Triple Jump - 56-2/17.12m (2/23/2019)
#3 Outdoor Triple Jump - 55-5.75/16.91m (5/13/2018)
#5 Outdoor Long Jump - 26-3.5/8.01m (6/30/2018)
#10 Indoor Long Jump - 25-1.25/7.65m (1/12/2019)
NCAA Championships
2018 First Team All-American Outdoor Triple Jump - 55-1/16.79m (1st)
2018 First Team All-American Outdoor Long Jump - 25-9.5/7.86m (8th)
NCAA Outdoor West Regionals
2018 Triple Jump - 53-0.75/16.17m (2nd)
2018 Long Jump - 25-2.75/7.69m (10th)
SEC All-Conference
2019 Indoor Triple Jump - 56-2/17.12m (1st)
2019 Indoor Long Jump - 25-0.5/7.63m (8th)
2018 Outdoor Triple Jump - 55-5.75/16.91m (1st)
2018 Outdoor Long Jump - 26-1.5/7.96m (5th)
JUNIOR (2019) – Indoors: Gold medalist in triple jump at SEC Championships with an indoor best of 56-2 (17.12) … Also placed eighth in long jump (25-0 ½ | 7.63) at SEC meet … Won long jump in first pair of indoor meets at Ted Nelson Invitational (25-1 ¼ | 7.65) and Texas A&M Triangular (24-2 ½ | 7.38) … Runner-up in triple jump (54-2 ½ | 16.52) and eighth in long jump (23-2 | 7.06) at Texas Tech Classic … Finished fourth in long jump (24-1 | 7.34) at Charlie Thomas Invitational … Set then career best of 55-9 ¼ (17.00) to win triple jump at Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational and placed sixth in long jump (24-3 ½ | 7.40).
SOPHOMORE (2018): Won NCAA Outdoor title in triple jump with a leap of 55 feet, 1 inch (16.79) and became just the second Aggie to win the event, joining Latario Collie (2016) … Bettered a triple jump field of 24 which included the defending champion, Florida’s KeAndre Bates … Also scored in the NCAA long jump, placing eighth at 25-9 ½ (7.86), to become just the second A&M jumper to accomplish the feat, joining Julian Reid (2009, 2011) … Earned a pair of first-team All-America honors … The winning series for Triki included marks of 53-0 ¼ (16.16), 55-1 (16.79), 52-10 ¼ (16.11), 53-9 (16.38), 54-7 ½ (16.65), 55-0 (16.76) … Named South Central men’s Field Athlete of the Year … Won SEC title in triple jump with collegiate-leading mark of 55-5 ¾ (16.91) and placed fourth in the long jump with a mark of 26-1 ½ (7.96) to score 15 points in the conference meet … The triple jump performance, which was the best winning distance at the SEC Championships in the past 17 years, ranks as No. 3 performer on the Aggie all-time list with the No. 5 performance … His career best in the triple jump is just half an inch away from the Algerian national record set in 1993 by Lotfi Khaida, who competed at LSU when Coach Henry was the head coach … Long jump mark at SEC meet ranks No. 7 performer on the Aggie all-time list … During the summer, represented Algeria in the African Championships, earning a bronze medal in triple jump and placing fourth in long jump with marks of 55-0 ¾ (16.78) and 26-3 ½ (8.01) … Swept national titles in Algeria Championships with marks of 26-0 (7.92) and 53-6 ½ (16.32w) … Silver medalist in Mediterranean Games long jump with leap of 26-3 ½ (8.01) …
First meet in Aggie uniform came at Arizona State’s Baldy Castillo Invitational, winning the triple jump (52-0 ½ | 15.86) … Won long jump at UTSA Roadrunner Invitational (25-7 ¼w | 7.80) … Placed fourth in triple jump (51-9 ¾w | 15.79) at Texas Relays … Won Houston Alumni Invitational triple jump (52-3 ¼ | 15.93) and was runner-up in long jump (24-8 ½ | 7.53) at UCLA Invitational … Claimed first place in triple jump (52-9 ¼w | 16.08) and finished second in long jump (25-0 | 7.62) at Baylor’s Michael Johnson Invitational …
2018 indoor season was limited to one meet, competing unattached, as he swept long jump and triple jump wins at the Texas A&M Aggie Twilight with marks of 25-2 ¾ (7.69) and 51-11 (15.82).
International: Established career best marks of 26-4 ¼ (8.03) in the long jump and 55-3 ½ (16.85) in the triple jump set in Alger in July of 2017 at the Algerian national championships … Four-time national champion in Algeria with three long jump titles and one triple jump title … Competed in World University Games in 2017, placing second in the long jump 26-1 1/2 (7.96) and fifth in the triple jump 54-5 1/2 (16.60) ... Double winner at the 2017 Arab Athletic Championships with marks of 25-8 1/4 (7.83) and 54-6 3/4 (16.63) ... In 2016, established Algerian national junior records in both the long jump and triple jump ... His long jump mark of 25-7 1/2 (7.81) was set while placing fourth in the IAAF World Junior Championships ... In the triple jump his mark of 52-6 1/2 (16.01A) was set in winning the junior title at the Arab Athletic Championships … Bronze medalist at 2015 African Junior Championships in long jump.
PERSONAL: Yasser Mohammad Tahar Triki was born March 24, 1997 … Hometown is Constantine, Algeria.
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