VENTURA COUNTY TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS: JACKSON'S BIG JUMP ROYAL SENIOR SOARS TO STATE BEST IN VENTURA COUNTY MEET.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News Oliver Jackson settled any debate concerning the state long jump rankings. The Royal High senior jumped 24 feet-5 3/4 inches, a career best and the state's top mark of the season, to win his third consecutive county title Friday night in the Ventura County championships at Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. . The UCLA-bound Jackson also won the triple jump (44-6), was second in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles in 39.1 and ran the anchor on the Highlanders' fifth-place 1,600-meter relay. Jackson entered the meet as the state's second-ranked long jumper (23-11 1/2) but surpassed the mark as well as his county record on each of his three attempts. His winning jump eclipsed the state-leading mark of 24-4 set by Tony Allmond of St. Paul St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery , who gave Jackson his only long jump loss of the season at the Arcadia Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. . In March, Jackson jumped 24-3 1/2 in the Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. Easter Relays and was credited with breaking a 51-year-old meet record. Statisticians Statisticians or people who made notable contributions to the theories of statistics, or related aspects of probability, or machine learning: A to E
On Friday, Jackson jumped 24-0 1/2 on his first jump, 24-4 1/2 on his second and 24-5 3/4 on his third, breaking his year-old county record by six inches. Jackson passed on his final attempt and a chance to extend the meet record, saying that his main priority was to jump more than 24 feet. ``It might have been better . . . . it might not have been better,'' Jackson said. ``I am satisfied to stop where I am. The record does not mean that much. This is a stepping stone. I am not going to be happy until I surpass 25 feet. I set high goals for myself and I am not going to be happy until I achieve them.'' Porchea Carroll of Rio Mesa won the 100 in 12.03, the long jump at 18-6 and ran on victorious 400- and 1,600-meter relays. Carroll, a junior, ran the opening leg on the 400 relay, teaming with Kristen Hirashima, Jaclyn Grentzer and Kyelynn Chiong. The four were clocked in 48.58. Carroll then capped her evening with a 57.9 anchor in the 1,600, joining Michelle Vina, Hirashima and Chiong, who were timed in 4:04.77. Other multievent standouts included Will Svitek Will Svitek (born January 8, 1982 in Prague, Czech Republic) is an American football player who currently plays tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs. He played in 38 games (18 starts) at Stanford University. He recorded 60 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 2. of Newbury Park and Lisa Wygant of Camarillo. Svitek threw the shot put (59-3) and the discus discus /dis·cus/ (dis´kus) pl. dis´ci [L.] disk. dis·cus n. pl. dis·ci A flat circular surface; a disk. discus pl. disci [L.] 1. (145-6 3/4) and was fourth in the long jump (21-1 1/2). His shot put effort was the fourth best in the state this season and broke his school record by nearly 16 inches. Wygant, a two-time state meet qualifier in the girls' high jump, cleared 5-6 1/4 to win the high jump and jumped 34-10 1/2 to win the triple jump. A senior who will attend Yale, Wygant broke her personal best in the high jump by a quarter of an inch while also establishing a meet record. She was second in the 100 hurdles (15.66). Other double winners included Laura Jakosky of Agoura, Meredith Perry of Westlake and Dusty Gould of Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. . Jakosky won the 1,600 in 5:04.03, a career best, and defended her 3,200-meter title in 11:01.75. Perry won the 100 hurdles in 15.60 and the pole vault pole vault Track-and-field event consisting of a vault for height over a crossbar with the aid of a long pole. It became a competitive sport in the mid-19th century and was included in the first modern Olympic Games. at 10-0, and Gould won the 110-meter high hurdles in 15.07 and 300-meter intermediates in 38.47. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Tony Williams
Anthony Tillmon "Tony" Williams (December 12, 1945 – February 23, 1997) was an American jazz drummer. of Oxnard crosses the finish line in the boys open 100 at the Ventura County track and field championhips at Moorpark College. Eric Grigorian/Staff Photographer |
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