JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – North Carolina Central University senior Joshua McClam closed out his college career as the 16th-best Division I long jumper in the eastern half of the United States.
 
The Holly Springs, North Carolina native earned that distinction with a leap of 7.48 meters at the NCAA Division I East Regional Championship on Thursday, hosted by the University of North Florida in Jacksonville.
 
McClam's distance of 24 feet, 6.5 inches is the second-best long jump of his career, and was less than an inch from qualifying the senior for the 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field National Championship meet on June 8-11 in Eugene, Oregon.
 
In a field of the top 48 long jump student-athletes in the Division I east region, McClam was the top performer out of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and finished third among representatives of North Carolina schools (Trey McRae of Charlotte placed ninth; Jonathan Addison of N.C. State placed first).
 
 
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