Bright, a native of Wismar, Linden in the country of Guyana, just completed her first season at K-State after transferring from UTEP. She enjoyed an impressive start to her Wildcat career in 2020-21, earning Second Team All-America honors in the long and triple jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships before narrowly missing out on qualifying in the triple jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Bright opened the Championships on June 18 by crushing the competition by nearly 3 feet in the triple jump, shattering her previous personal-best in the event with a leap of 13.53m/44-04.75 (+1.1). She finished ahead of Natrina Hooper (12.61m/41-04.50) and Princess Brown (12.19m/40-00.00), who placed second and third, respectively.
Bright's mark moves her to fourth all-time in the outdoor triple jump in school history, surpassing her previous best of 13.29m/43-07.25 (+1.8) to finish fourth at the Big 12 Championship on May 16. It is the best mark by a Wildcat in the event since Shardia Lawrence set the school record of 13.99m/45-10.75 (+0.2) to win the NCAA Championship in 2019.
Bright followed up that performance with a victory in the long jump on June 20, again winning decisively by nearly a foot with a leap of 6.28m/20-07.25 (+0.9). It was her third-best mark in the event this outdoor season. She defeated Ruth Sanmoogan (6.02m/19-09) and Toyan Raymond (5.82m/19-01.25).
Bright earned Second Team All-America honors with top-15 performances in both the long and triple jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships, finishing 10th in the triple jump with a leap of 13.26m/43-06 and 15th in the long jump with a mark of 6.19m/20-03.75. She narrowly missed qualifying in the triple jump at the NCAA West Regional, finishing one spot out of the top-12 qualifying places in 13th with a mark of 13.19m/43-03.25. She earned fourth-place finishes in both events at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship.
Guyana is a country of less than 800,000 people in the north mainland of South America.
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