Kate Hall jumps her way to a national championship with huge 20-11 1/4 mark
There was no question what the goal coming into the New Balance Indoor Nationals for Lake Region senior Kate Hall in the long jump was, she has been aiming to win the national title since the beginning of the season. Hall the single greatest track athlete in Maine history added to her legacy as she put on a performance for the ages on the runway this afternoon.
Hall who entered the meet as the #1 jumper in the country after her 20-6 leap at the New England Championship, opened with a 19-8 1/4 effort that was good enough to put her in second place after the opening jump. On jump #2 of the afternoon, Hall hit the big one with a new meet record, new facility record, and new Maine all-time best 20-11 1/4 effort. The mark moved her into first in the competition and was the fourth best indoor mark in US high school history. With the big jump on the board, Hall was able to relax and the rest of her jump series was legendary. On jump #3, Hall got out to 20-10, the second best jump of her career.
It was onto the finals where Hall went 20-4 1/2, 20-9 3/4, & 20-10 on her three efforts. To put it into perspective Kate had 4 jumps in the competition that would rank among the top 6 best jumps in high school history.
Hall 20-11 1/4 broke the meet record of Brittany Porter (Towers HS, GA) who leapt 20-7.25 at the 2009 Nike Indoor Nationals, it also surpass the Armory facility record of 20-10 of Shana Woods (Long Beach Poly) set back in 2005.
Long Jump
Rank | Mark | Athlete/Team | Grade | Meet Date Place |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 21-7.5 |
NJ Willingboro HS |
1981 |
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2 | 21-4.75 |
NC Hoke County |
1976 |
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3 | 21-1.25 |
NY Uniondale |
1997 |
Cornell Meet 1st
|
4 | 20-11.25 |
ME Lake Region High School |
2015 |
New Balance Nationals Indoor 1st
|
5 | 20-10 |
CA Long Beach Poly (Polytechnic) (SS) |
2006 |
National Scholastic Indoor Championship 1st
|
6 | 20-8.75 |
NJ Mount Olive HS |
2014 |
|
7 | 20-8.5 |
CO Niwot High School |
2005 |
Colorado School of Mines All Comers 1st
|
8 | 20-7.75 |
OH Elyria |
2003 |
Oberlin Open 1st
|
9 | 20-7.25 |
GA Towers High School |
2009 |
|
10 | 20-7 |
CA Harvard Westlake (SS) |
2016 |
New Balance Nationals Indoor 2nd
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