Norfolk State University Athletics

Personal Records
Indoor
Long Jump: 23-5 (High School)
Triple Jump: 47-11 (2024 MEAC Indoor Championship)

Outdoor
Long Jump: 23-9.5 (2024 Penn Relays)
Triple Jump: 48-4.75 (2024 MEAC Outdoor Championships)


2023-24: Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll for both semesters … Also named to the MEAC All-Academic Team. Indoor: Jumped in four events … Recorded four top ten finishes … Opened the season with a third-place finish in the long jump at the HBCU Showcase (23-5.25) … Placed fifth in both the long jump (23-4.5) and the triple jump (45-10.5) at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge … Earned a personal best at the conference championships in the triple jump (47-11) to place sixth … Also placed seventh in the same meet in the long jump (22-6.25). Outdoor: Competed in five outdoor meets … Earned a personal best in the long jump (23-9.5) at the Penn Relays … Placed fifth in the long jump (23-10) and eighth in the triple jump (48-4.75) at the MEAC Outdoor Championships.
 
2022-23: Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll for both semesters … Also named to MEAC All-Academic Team. Indoor: Jumped in six indoor meets for the Spartans, placing in the top five on five occasions … Took third in the triple jump at the KPMG HBCU Showcase … Placed second at the East Coast Invitational in the long jump (22-3.5) and triple jump (45-10.75). Outdoor: Jumped in two outdoor meets … Took fourth in the long jump at the MEAC Outdoor Championships with a leap of 22-9.75, while finishing sixth in the triple jump (46-2.75).
 
2021-22: Named to the NSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for both semesters. Indoor: Jumped in three meets, placing fifth in the triple jump at the MEAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor: Competed in six meets for the Spartans … Posted a personal best of 7.19m in the long jump at the Virginia Challenge, before taking second in the event at the Virginia Grand Prix … Placed fifth in the triple jump at the MEAC Outdoor Championships with a personal best distance of 14.45m.

2020-21: Earned NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for both semesters. Indoor: Jumped in all five meets during indoor season … Was top-five in the long jump at the Liberty Elite, Virginia Beach and Brant Tolsma Invitationals … Was also fifth in the triple jump at the Virginia Beach meet … Season-best long jump was 21-11.75 at the Kenneth Giles Invitational, where he finished sixth. Outdoor: MEAC medal winner in both the long (second place) and triple jump (third) at the conference outdoor meet … Season-best long jump was 23-0.5, a college PR, when he placed eighth at the U.Va. Grand Prix … Triple jumped over 46 feet in all three of the meets in which he entered the event during outdoor season, with a best of 46-7.5 at the MEAC Championships.

High School: Lettered four years in football and two in track and field … As a senior, was Section V Class A champion in both the long jump and triple champion and qualified for the state meet in both events … Was the Class A Outstanding Male Field Athlete award winner … Named first-team All-Greater Rochester … Also won the sectional long jump title during outdoor season as a junior … Had high school PRs of 23-5 in the long jump and 45-11.5 in the triple jump.

Personal: Rodric Cordell Cox-Cooper II was born on Oct. 4, 2002 … Son of Rodric and Jacquelyn Cox … Majoring in computer science.