OMAR CRADDOCK
KILLEEN — Killeen High School freshman Omar Craddock hopped, stepped and jumped 47 feet, 9 ¾ inches to win the varsity division of the boys triple jump at the Eagle Relays hosted by Ellison High School on Friday, March 10. His attempt proved the furthest horizontal distance in the discipline covered under any conditions by a high school freshman and 14-&-under athlete in Texas history.
In only the second full high school meet of his athletic career, the 14-year-old horizontal bouncer also set a new varsity meet record; eclipsed the former all-time, freshman city best of 45-feet-6 Tobyn Rucker established in 1992; and garnered a no. 1 class 4A state ranking from Inside Texas Track and TEXASTRACK.COM.
Craddock is ranked second overall for classes 1 thru 5A in Texas behind South Grand Prairie senior triple jumper Malcolm Williams (49-feet-6). Craddock began triple jumping one year ago, this month, as an eighth grader at Fairway Middle School. He inched up from a 39-foot-11, district winning jump last April, to a 42-foot-4 gold medal effort in the youth boys division at the Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympic Games in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2005.
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This is my boi omar holdin it down for the 254..This kid has many talents and he is putting them to work. Man..i remember when he first started jumpin. Who knew it would lead to all this.good job Omar on your accomplishments.Imma always show u support in all that u do.
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