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Girls' Triple Jump record Madeline Hopson 36' 5.5"
Girls record page Track & Field Front Page Boys record page Madeline Hopson came out of nowhere and demolished the triple jump record in her freshman year with a series of jumps culminating with a mark of 36 feet 5.5 inches at the San Diego CIF finals at Mt. Carmel High School on May 28th 2011. Since at this writing she's still a freshman, this mark will probably be broken many more times.
Here's a Stop-Motion Flickr Set of some of Madeline's jumps. Previous record holder: Beth Wittry 33' 6"
Beth originally broke the triple jump record as a sophomore when she jumped 32' 7" on April 11th, 2002 in a dual meet with Crawford. She tied her own record several times over the next two years and finally hit her best jump at the Bronco invitational on March 11th 2004 with a leap of 33' 6".
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addition to triple jumping she ran on both relays, and ran everything
from the 100 meters to the 3200. She ran the 400 in under 60 seconds
and was one of the key members of the school record Previous record
holder: Adrienne Flemister 32' 5" 1983-84 were great years for the girls track
team; just look at the record board. Flemister was part of that group
and held the triple jump record from
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