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2025-26 Women's Track and Field Roster

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Julia Young

Julia Young

  • Position:
    Jumps
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Highschool:
    Tecumseh Vista Academy
  • Hometown:
    Belle River, Ont.

Summary

Biography

Official Collegiate Results & Top Times
 

Career Highlights:

  • Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2024)

2025 Outdoor:
  • Earned fourth in the triple jump (10.15m) and 12th in the long jump (4.53m) at Oakland's Golden Grizzlies Invite
  • Tallied a third-place effort in the triple jump (10.20m) and a career-best 5.00m leap in the long jump for sixth at the Don Kleinow Memorial Invitational 
  • Placed 14th in the long jump (4.61m) and 15th in the triple jump (10.18m) at the Horizon League Championships

2024-25 Indoor: 
  • Started her collegiate career by taking 10th in the triple jump (10.08m) and 15th in the long jump (4.90m) at the SVSU Holiday Open
  • Was fourth in the triple jump (9.81m) at the SVSU Classic
  • Posted a season-best 10.31m mark for sixth in the triple jump and was 14th in the long jump (4.28m) at Michigan's Silverston Invitational

Prior to Detroit Mercy:
  • A four-year letterwinner in track and field
  • Was named the Team MVP as a senior
  • Back-to-back triple jump champion in the WECCSA in 2022 and 2023 as well as the SWOSSA and OFFSA West champion in 2022
  • Placed second at the SPIRE Indoor Championships for the triple jump and third at the Saginaw Invitational in the long jump in 2024
  • Ran club with Border City AC 
Personal:
  • Daughter of Scott and Johanna Young
  • Has a younger sister
  • Chose Detroit Mercy because of the coaches
  • Majoring in Pre-Dentistry

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Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

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  • 2025-26Sophomore

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