TYRON STEWART

GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA — The No.1-ranked high school boys triple jumper in the United States, Tyron Stewart reigns as king of the hill, the hop, the step and the jump.

Pulling off an electrifying, come-from-behind victory in his specialty event, Stewart, who heads to Texas A&M University in the fall, posted a solid mark of 50-feet-7¾.

BRITTANI CARTER

GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA — Ranked No.2 nationally in the high school girls' high jump, Brittani Carter, seen above in a familial embrace during a break from the Nike Outdoor National Track and Field Championships, remained No.1 in the heart of her most adoring fan — mom, who celebrated her birthday Texas-style, with a budding money bloom.

A graduating senior from Thurgood Marshall High School in Missouri City, Texas, Carter tied at fourth position with Priscilla Frederick of Sicklerville, New Jersey, clearing a height of 5-feet-7 in the high jump competition.

ZEDRIC THOMAS

GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA — Gulf Coast native Zedric Thomas of New Iberia, Louisiana, placed third in the finals of the Nike Outdoor National Track and Field Championships on the campus of North Carolina A&T University.

Thomas covered a distance of 24-feet-5½ in the long jump, for a silver medal, and 48-feet-10¾ in the triple jump, to claim the bronze.

OMAR CRADDOCK

15.16 meters — 49-feet-9

TRIPLE JUMP

Albuquerque, N.M. — Sixteen-year-old, U.S. intermediate boys triple jumper Omar Craddock posted a national age-group leading mark of 15.16 meters (49-feet-9) at the Great Southwest Track and Field Classic on Saturday, June 2, 2007.

Craddock and Great Southwest Classic jumps teammate Chris Carter, who is ranked U.S. No. 3 with a previous mark of 51-feet-2 ½, scored a combined 18 points as members of Team Texas.

A'LEXUS BRANNON

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO — Into a negative headwind of 2.8 meters per second, Beaumont Ozen freshman A'Lexus Brannon powered her way against the elements of dry heat and swirling winds to post an impressive leap of 19-feet-2.

CARTER & CRADDOCK

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO — An all-star Texas boys' team, including the likes of hurdler Robert Griffin, sprinters Rynell Parson and Mychal Dungey, quarter-miler Danzell Fortson, and many other talented youths from the lone star state, clinched a post-high school meet team title on the University of New Mexico campus, Thursday through Saturday, May 31 - June 2.

Scoring 18 points for team Texas, Chris Carter of Hearne and Omar Craddock of Killeen swept the boys triple jump.

Overcoming a bruised heel after his first jump, Carter, who is ranked No. 3 in the United States (51-feet-2 ½) and headed to the University of Houston in the fall, positioned himself in the finals with a three-step, short approach jump in the 42-foot range, before ultimately posting a mark of 47-feet-7 — good for eight points and a silver medal.

Craddock, a sophomore, jumped into action with six marks exceeding his personal best of 48-feet-1 ½, established in the intermediate boys triple jump during the Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympic Games in Norfolk, Virginia, last summer. He finished the Great Southwest Track and Field Classic with a best mark of 49-feet-9, to claim 10 points and gold for Team Texas.