2024 Track & Field Roster

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Luke Richard/ULM Athletics
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Sun Belt Conference

Eunice Ilunga Mbuyi

  • Position Jumps
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Lycée Voltaire
  • Hometown Olivet, France

Biography

(personal bests – as of June 12, 2023)
Date Year Event Statistic Meet
May 25 2023 Long Jump (Outdoor) 20-3.5 (6.18) NCAA East Regional Preliminaries
Feb. 20 2023 Long Jump (Indoor) 19-9.5 (6.03) Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships
March 29 2023 Triple Jump (Outdoor) 44-7.5 (13.60) Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays
Feb. 22 2022 Triple Jump (Indoor) 42-2.75 (12.87) Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships
Feb. 4 2022 60 Meters 8.23 LSU Bayou Bengal
 
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD HONORS
2023 First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference
2023 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Triple Jump Champion
2023 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Long Jump Champion
Sun Belt Conference Women’s Field Athlete of the Week – April 5, 2023
Sun Belt Conference Women’s Field Athlete of the Week – March 29, 2023
2022 First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference
2022 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Triple Jump Champion
2022 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Long Jump Champion
2022 Sun Belt Conference Women’s Freshman of the Year
 
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD HONORS
2023 Second-Team All-Sun Belt Conference
2022 Second-Team All-Sun Belt Conference

2023 OUTDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Has competed in 10 meets, qualifying for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships for the first time in her career by placing eighth in the triple jump at the NCAA East Preliminaries (5/26/23) in Jacksonville, Florida, leaping 44-0 (13.41 meters) … Narrowly missed double-qualifying for the NCAA Championships by finishing 13th in the long jump with a personal-best jump of 20-3.5 (6.18 meters) at the NCAA East Preliminaries (5/25/23) … Won seven events during the outdoor season … Was named First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference for the second consecutive outdoor season, defending her titles in the long jump (19-11, 6.07 meters) and triple jump (42-11.5, 13.09 meters) at the SBC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (5/11-13/23) … Won the triple jump (43-5.75, 13.25 meters) and finished second in the long jump (20-1.75, 6.14 meters) at the Maroon and White Invite (4/28-29/23) … Took second in the long jump (18-11.75, 5.78 meters) at the Warhawk Classic (4/22/23) … Placed second in the long jump (19-11.5, 6.08 meters) at Long Beach State’s Pacific Coast Invitational (4/13/23) … Won the triple jump by topping 44 feet for the second time in her career (44-4, 13.51 meters) at the Bobcat Invitational (4/1/23) … Finished fourth in a field that featured four of the top five marks in the country at the time, setting a personal-best with a triple jump of 44-7.5 (13.60 meters) at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays (3/29/23) … Won the triple jump (43-3, 13.18 meters) at the LSU Battle On The Bayou (3/25/23) … Opened the outdoor season by taking the long jump (19-0.5, 5.80 meters) and the triple jump (41-3.75, 12.59 meters) titles at the Louisiana Classic (3/17-18/23).
 
2023 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Competed in five meets in the indoor season, winning one event and finished runner-up three times … Named Second-Team All-Sun Belt Conference after finishing second in the triple jump (42-0.5, 12.61 meters) and fifth in the long jump (19-9.5, 6.03 meters) at the SBC Indoor Track & Field Championships in Birmingham, Alabama (2/20-21/23) … Took second in the triple jump (41-4.5, 12.61 meters) at the Samford Bulldog Open (2/11/23) … Claimed second in the triple jump (41-9.75, 12.74 meters) at the Houston Invitational (1/27/23) … Won the triple jump (40-9.75, 12.44 meters) at the LSU Purple Tiger (1/13/23).

2022 OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Named Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Women’s Freshman of the Year after winning the long jump (20-2 1/2) and triple jump (42-3 1/2) at the SBC Outdoor Championships, setting a season-best in the long jump (May 12-14) … Competed in seven outdoor meets as a true freshman, including the NCAA East Preliminary … Won five triple jump titles and three long jump titles in the outdoor season and two triple jump crowns in the indoor season … Placed 22nd in the triple jump at 41-7 1/4 and 28th in the long jump at 19-1 1/2 at the NCAA East Preliminary (May 25-28) … Finished second in the triple jump at 41-1 and fifth in the long jump at 19-7 1/2 at the Mississippi State Maroon and White Invitational (April 29-30) … Won both the triple jump (43-5 1/4) and long jump (19-6 1/4) at the Warhawk Classic (April 22-23) … Won the triple jump at 42-2 at the LSU Battle on the Bayou (April 2) … Took the triple jump crown at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational at 43-5 3/4 (March 24-26) … Opened the outdoor season by winning both the triple jump (42-6) and long jump (19-1 1/2) at the Louisiana Classic (March 18-19).
 
2022 INDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Competed in five indoor meets as a true freshman … Closed the indoor season at the Sun Belt Conference Championships, placing second in the triple jump at 42-2 3/4 and eighth in the long jump at 19-1 1/2 (Feb. 21-22) … Won the triple jump at 40-11 3/4 and was fourth in the long jump at 18-8 at the Samford Bulldog Open (Feb. 12) … Placed second in the triple jump at 40-9 at the LSU Bayou Bengal (Feb. 4) … Finished third in the triple jump at 41-2 1/4 and ninth in the long jump at 18-8 1/2 at the Vanderbilt Invitational (Jan. 21-22) … Won in her collegiate debut, taking the triple jump at 41-0 1/4 at the Ted Nelson Invitational (Jan. 14).
 
LYCEE VOLTAIRE
Attended Lycee Voltaire in Orleans, France, graduating in 2020 … Set the departmental record in the triple jump at 43-5 1/2.
 
CLUB
Competed for EC Orleans Cercle Jules Ferry since 2019 and Usm Olivet from 2009 to 2019 … Finished second at the French Open in the triple jump at 42-1 1/2 in 2021 … Placed fifth in the long jump at the Outdoor French Championship in 2021 at 19-7 1/4 … French Champion in the triple jump at the 2021 Outdoor Championship at 42-6 1/4 … French Champion in the triple jump at the 2021 Indoor Championship at 42-6 1/4 … Placed fourth at the 2020 Indoor French Championship in the triple jump at 41-10 1/4 … Placed fifth at the 2019 Outdoor French Championship in the triple jump at 41-2 … Placed third at the Indoor French Championship in the triple jump at 40-3 3/4.
 
PERSONAL
Born July 1, 2002, in Sarcelles, France … Daughter of Afi and Jeannot … Has two siblings, Eugene and Matthieu … Enjoys watching sporting events, food and music … Majoring in modern languages.

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