THE TEXAS UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE

TRACK AND FIELD STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Two days and five divisions of fast-paced, far-flying and high jumping athletics competitions kick off at the Texas UIL state track and field meet on Friday, May 9, 2008. Click on underlined red links for results and schedules.

ARCHIE SMITH

ANNAPOLIS, MD — West Point junior and Texas native Archie Smith won the Patriot League triple jump with a personal best mark of 15.02 meters (49 feet, 3.5 inches), qualifying for the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) regional meet, scheduled to take place May 30-31, in Tallahassee, FL.

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When it comes to sports art, www.dandraws.com leads the field and the track. A former collegiate triple jumper, who compete for the University of North Carolina, artistic illustrator Dan Harris spearheaded the phenomenon that has made "DanDraws" a cyber and household name.

TEXAS SCHOOL for the DEAF
Triple jumper Delvin Furlough, coach Larry Smith, coach Jesse Bailey and triple jumper Justin Perez, seen above, center, making the American Sign Language hand sign for the word "jump."

WACO — The Texas School for the Deaf in Austin placed two athletes in the finals of the boys triple jump at the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools on Friday, May 2, at the Hart-Patterson athletics complex.

Delvin Furlough finished third with a mark of 41-feet-8 and Justin Perez fifth with a distance of 40-feet-1.25.

KENNY ROSEMAN

WACO — On the 30th anniversary of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools, Trinity Christian High School junior Kenny Roseman established two new TAPPS state meet track and field records on Friday, May 2, at the Hart-Patterson athletics complex.

Roseman jumped 47-feet-4.75 in the triple jump and 22-feet-5 in the long jump to claim double gold in the boys class 4A division and surpass previous record marks of 45-feet-9.75 (C. Smith, First Baptist, 1997) and 22-feet-1 (Brian Joseph, Midland Christian, 2002).

An Amateur Athletic Union and USA Track and Field All-American, Roseman is also the 2007 Texas Relays triple jump champion.

JANESA MOORE

WACO — Horn High School scholar athlete Janesa Moore placed second in the University Interscholastic League (UIL) Region II-5A track and field championships at the Hart-Patterson athletics complex. Horn posted a mark of 38-feet-3.75.