The top three jumpers from last year's state meet are back. Leading the way is 2017 third place finisher Christie Woodside of Hampden who jumped the 5th best effort in state history to finish second in the EMITL Chmapionship last time out. A year ago Woodside who is headed to Colby College in the fall jumped 16-9 at the state meet.
Emma White of Cheverus was the runner-up a year ago with a jump of 17-2 1/4, this year she enters as the second seed with a best of 16-10 1/4. White won the senior division long jump at SMAA's jumping 16-3 1/2.
Defending state champion Mia Taranko of Thornton Academy missed a good portion of the season as she recovered from an ankle injury. She put together her best jumping of the season at the SMAA Championship where she won the junior division with a leap of 16-7, her best jump of the season.
Edward Little's Lauren Berube is the third seed she has a best of 16-8 1/2 on the season. She hasn't competed since January 12th, so it remains to be seen if she can return to her previous levels. Berube was fifth a year ago.
Scarborough's Madison Marinko is a returning scorer, she was sixth a year ago jumping 16-3, and enters with a best of 16-4.
The field is very deep with 11 girls having jumped over 16 feet on the season.
Event 21 Girls Long Jump
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15-06.00 AUTO Automatic standard
14-06.00 PROV Provisional standard
Meet Qualifying: 14-06.00
Name Year School Seed Mark
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1 Christie Woodside SR Hampden 17-10.50 AUTO
2 Emma White JR Cheverus 16-10.25 AUTO
3 Lauren Berube SR Edward Little 16-08.50 AUTO
4 Mia Taranko SO Thornton 16-07.00 AUTO
5 Nina Tasker JR Noble 16-06.50 AUTO
6 Alyssa Elliot FR Bangor 16-06.25 AUTO
7 Evelyn Kitchen 11 Gorham 16-06.00 AUTO
8 Mykayla Hoggard SR Bangor 16-05.50 AUTO
9 Sophie Marcotte JR Falmouth 16-05.25 AUTO
10 Madison Marinko SO Scarborough 16-04.00 AUTO
11 Nyagoa Bayak JR Westbrook 16-00.75 AUTO
12 Abby Lyons SO Hampden 15-10.25 AUTO
13 Ama Abruquah JR Hampden 15-07.25 AUTO
14 Taylor Haggerty FR Oxford Hills 15-07.00 AUTO