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Thursday, April 17, 2008

Moriarty High Junior Jumps Long

By By Harold Smith /
Mountain View Telegraph
      Jayci Manning was the best of the best.
       The 5-foot-4 Moriarty High junior had the top finish of any East Mountains or Estancia Valley participant at the prestigious Marilyn Sepulveda Track and Field Qualifier at the University of New Mexico’s track stadium on Monday.
       Despite scratching her first four of six attempts, Manning took third place in the girls long jump at the meet with a leap of 16 feet, 9� inches on her final try. The Sepulveda, now in its 17th year, invites — at a minimum — the top eight athletes, regardless of class, in each of the boys and girls events.
       Becca Rudisill of Las Cruces Mayfield was first at 17-2�. Roswell Goddard’s Chantelle Riddle was second with a distance of 17-1�.
       “I’ve never scratched that much in my life,” Manning said. “I think it was because of the warm weather, and I ran the 100(-meter dash), too. Four of my scratches were better than (the distance she ultimately earned).”
       Manning, prior to the field event, took eighth place in the 100 with a time of 13.01 seconds.
       Her bronze-medal long jump didn’t initially make it into the final results. She erroneously was listed as having jumped 16 feet for fifth place when the post-meet report was sent out as a news release late Monday night.
       “It could affect her seeding for the state meet,” Pintos jumps coach Bob Allcorn said Tuesday
       However, the event judge, Grants boys coach Bob Vandiver, clearly said “mark” immediately after Manning’s final attempt and then announced the distance.
       After her second try, Vandiver provided a courtesy measuring from Manning’s point of departure.
       “It would have been 17-2, but that’s how much you scratched,” the judge said as he stuck half of a big toe over the take-off board.
       Manning also scored with a leap of 16-5� on her fifth try.
       When it was over, Manning was all smiles as she discussed her performance with Moriarty junior Taylor Allcorn, who had a similar experience in the boys triple jump. Allcorn, who scratched three times, placed fifth in the triple with a 44-3� effort.
       “I love the long jump,” Manning said. “Coach (Allcorn) tried to get me to do it last year, but I never got around to it. I should’ve done it last year, too.”
       Lady Pinto Angel Laue placed seventh in the girls triple jump with a 33-8 on her second attempt.
       “I could’ve done better,” said the sophomore. “I need to work on smoothing out my first couple of phases and staying aggressive the whole time.”
       Manzano was represented by Tijeras’ Matt Stoltzfus and Sandia Park’s Chris Quintana, both seniors. Stoltzfus was fourth in the boys 400 dash in 50.45 seconds, and Quintana was 10th in the boys 800 run with a clocking of 2 minutes, 3.40 seconds.
       Estancia junior Brittany Falconer cleared the bar at 9 feet for fourth place in the girls pole vault.
       “I think it was good,” she said. “Last year (at the Sepulveda), I got nervous. But I was lonely out here this time. Last year, a couple of them came out to watch me. This year, no one came.”
       Falconer was talking about her fellow EHS students’ absence because Bears coach Laci Lockwood was present and so was her vault coach, Tommy Negrete.
       “If we get her technique down right, she’s got a lot of potential,” Negrete said.
       Albuquerque Academy’s Kyle Cooper, who lives in Cedar Crest, finished in ninth place in the eight-lap 3,200 run. The senior’s time was 10:29.18.
   

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