Dameco Walker

  • Award
    Men's Outdoor Field Performer of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/26/2022
  • Sport
    Men's Outdoor Track & Field
  • School
    Ripon College
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Milwaukee, Wis.
  • High School
    Brown Deer
The longest-standing school record on the books dated back to 1924 from Hall of Famer Ralph Christofferson. The Olympic Trials Qualifier set a long jump benchmark of 23-06, which stood for nearly 100 years. On Saturday, Junior Dameco Walker surpassed the legendary Christofferson on multiple attempts, his farthest going out to 24-10 to win the competition. His second farthest jump was 24-05 and had a legal tail wind of 2.6 m/s, which currently ranks him fifth overall in the nation. Walker also set a personal best in the 200m of 22.40 seconds (sixth all-time) and anchored the 4x400 relay to the third-fastest time in school history (3:21.65), teaming up with Andrew Fuhrmann, Wyatt Lowrance and Jacob Jumbeck.