Bartlett’s A’Lante Owens-Player and Dimond’s Sarah Dittman both set personal records and made history with respective first-place finishes in their principle events.
Updated: 48 seconds agoBartlett’s A’Lante Owens-Player completes a long jump attempt during the Region IV track and field meet at Dimond High on Friday, May 17.
The previous record was 22 feet, 1.5 inches, set by Tim Smith of Dimond in 1996. Owens-Player topped that mark on five of his six attempts, including breaking his own record with a mark of 22 feet, 10 inches, on his third jump in the prelims. Bartlett’s graduation took place earlier in the week on Tuesday night and as gratifying as receiving his high school diploma was, he admitted that breaking the long-standing long jump record takes the cake as far as the highlight of his week.For him, becoming an elite jumper entails “a lot of dieting, hard work and dedication focusing on the craft and not the outside noise and really tapping into just doing the jump itself. Also loving it and having fun.
After high school, Owens-Player plans to attend college and continue competing in track at an elite level. He has already been in contact with coaches from Division I programs such as the University of Oregon and the University of Southern California.The boys record in the long jump wasn’t the only one to fall as reigning Division I girls long jump state champion Sarah Dittman of Dimond not only topped her previous best of 17 feet, 8.
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