MADRY - WALKER - GIPSON
AUSTIN — El Paso Parkland senior Tina Madry, [left], and Ellison High School senior Alesha Walker, [center], put on a high-flying aerial show in the long jump at the University Interscholastic League state meet on Friday, May 12, posting identical distances of 19-feet-7.75 in the finals.
Once the sand cleared at midday in the sweltering Texas heat, meet officials declared Walker the gold medalist, based on her second-furthest attempt of 19-feet-4.5.
After the competition, awaiting the medal ceremony, Madry, Walker and Birdville High School bronze-medalist Whitney Gipson (18-feet-9.75) sat beneath a water-mist cooled awards tent, laughing and exchanging stories.
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