Final Update

The day ended a little earlier than anticipated with Monmouth's relay falling just short of the finals. Jackson had a pretty good showing in the 4x800, running 7:54.71, finishing fifth and a few tenths-of-a-second shy of a school record. Like any good clean-up hitter, Monroe Kearns did the most damage out of the fourth spot, running a 1:55.9 split and turing a potential 7th/8th-place finish into a fifth-place finish.

Kingston College (Jamaica) killed the rest of the fieldm running a 7:42.45, better than five seconds faster than the second-place team from Calabar (Jamaica).

While the Jackson athletes tipped their proverbial caps at the three teams from Jamaica that finished ahead of them, they felt like they could win the race on a good day. While the times make that seem far-fetched, consider that Notre Dame (Lawrence) ran the best time in the prelims. Friday and finished 10th today.

The Story of Saturday was Manny Mayers in the hurdles, and to me, the story of the weekend was still Forys' push for first in the DMR. Had Forys actually pulled off a first place finish, he would have been the top high school story of the whole event and not just in the Shore. Even so, the Shore Conference had to have opened some eyes this weekend.

It's 5 o'clock, I'm headed home, and the first round of the NFL draft isn't even over yet. Great Success.