High School Athlete Advances to Finals for Olympic Long Jump
Jul 1st, 2008 by mhueter
Why this is not all over the news, I’ll never understand. 15-year-old Shanay Briscoe of Duncanville, TX jumped 5 feet, 10 1/2 inches in the preliminary round of the women’s long jump in the Olympic Trials Monday night to advance to the finals on Friday evening.
It will be interesting to see how she performs on Friday, and it would be very exciting to see her go to Beijing. Briscoe is one of only three high school female athletes to be invited to the U.S. Olympic Trials.
Briscoe had the nation’s best high-school high jump mark this year, when she leaped 6 feet, 1.25 inches at the Great Southwest Track Classic in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
A total of 28 competitors will be vying for one of the six spots on the Olympic team. It has been said that Briscoe will need to at least break her personal best record to have any chance at qualifying to become one of the six female high jump representatives on Team USA’s roster in Beijing.
I’m hoping she does it; would be awesome to see her take the trip. But, as the Olympics motto goes, the honor is not in winning, but in competing. It’s just exciting to see her out there with a chance at only 15 years of age.
Did you see the 16 year-old girl who made the finals in the 1500 m run? I think she finished 6th.
Dara Torres is now fighting off speculations of steroid use. Go figure an incredibly fit and in shape woman would be accused of such a thing. Ugh!! It has currently become my goal to BE her!
Did you see that Erin Donahue, a Haddonfield High School graduated qualified in the 1500m run for Beijing? She finished 2nd!