GARY JONES
AUSTIN — Ranked the no. 1 high school boys indoors triple jump performer in 2006, with an impressive distance of 50-feet-1, Gary Jones of Webster-Schroeder High School in Webster, New York posted an impressive outdoors mark at the Texas Relays on Saturday, April 8.
Jones, 17, hopped, stepped and jumped 49-feet-5 on the fifth attempt in a series, which included efforts of 48-feet-4.75, 49-feet-3.25, 48-feet-3.75, 47-feet-11.75, 49-feet-5 and 49-feet-0.
Track and Field News magazine recognized Jones in the June 2006 edition, ranking him no. 4 on the U.S. high school outdoors leaders list. An accomplished jumper, Jones recently embarked on an independent editorial career, launching an online field events blog, Jump New York, which reports on jumpers and pole vaulters from the northeastern tri-state area: New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
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