MileSplit All-American Watch List: Boys Triple Jump
Kerwin Roach of Galena Park Northshore ranks U.S. No. 2 in the triple jump with a personal best mark of 50 feet, nine inches. He will seek to defend his Texas State Championship title in the triple jump this weekend.
Boys Triple Jump
1. Ja'Mari Ward (Cahokia, IL - Jr.) - Ward doubled in the triple and long jumps at the New Balance Nationals Indoor Championship; ever since, no one has come close to his marks. He has recorded just one jump over 50 feet this season with his U.S. No. 1 mark of 51-11, which leads the nation by nearly two feet.
2. Kerwin Roach (Galena Park Northshore, TX - Sr.) - Defending Texas State Champion Roach looks for his second consecutive title this weekend. He is the only prep besides Ward to record a wind-legal jump over 50 feet this season; he ranks U.S. No. 2 with a personal best 50-9. The senior basketball star won the prestigious Texas Relays; his last loss came in finishing third at last year's Texas Relays.
3. Armani Wallace (Colonial, FL - Sr.) - The senior won his first Florida State Championship title two weeks ago with a personal record mark of 51-2.25. The jump is an All-Conditions US #2 and marks Wallace's career-first jump over 50 feet.
4. Charles Brown (Wichita Falls Hirschi, TX - Sr.) - The jumps specialist finished runner-up to Roach at the Texas Relays and has since then enjoyed an undefeated season. He has recorded two 50+ foot jumps this outdoor season and ranks All-Conditions US #3 with his personal best 50-11.75 to win the Region 1-4A Meet. Brown looks to repeat his Texas Class 3A state title this weekend.
5. Marcellus Fletcher (Byrd, VA - Sr.) - Fletcher went on a tear this indoor season, recording a personal best 51-0 jump and placing runner-up to Ward at New Balance Nationals Indoor. His best this season is just 48-11.5, which ranks U.S. No. 14, but the four-time All-American always shows improvement as the season progresses.
6. DaJuan Seward (Brunswick, VA - Sr.) - The five-time All-American tied his career-high nationals finish with a fourth-place showing at the indoor meet. Seward also recorded his all-time personal best of 49-8 indoors; this outdoor season, he is undefeated and ranks U.S. No. 11 at 49-0.25. Seward is the top returner from last year's outdoor national meet, where he finished fourth.
7. Jared Lovelace (Archbishop Molloy, NY - Sr.) - The senior has enjoyed a standout final spring season after earning his first All-American honors in placing third at the New Balance Nationals Indoor Championship. He was the top American at The Penn Relays Carnival with a sixth-place finish and won the Loucks Games with a season-best mark of 47-11.5. Lovelace recorded four marks over 50 feet in indoor competition; his personal best is 50-4.5 to win the New York State meet.
8. Lasheon Strozier (Lithia Springs, GA - Sr.) - The senior has enjoyed an undefeated season that included defending his Georgia Olympics title with a personal best jump of 49-4. That mark ranks Strozier U.S. No. 3 this season. He competes at the Georgia state meet this weekend.
9. Dwayne Lawson (Hillsborough, FL - Sr.) - After finishing third and fourth at the Florida Class 3A District 9 and Region 3 meets, Lawson made a strong end-of-season push to repeat as the Florida state champion with a personal best mark of 49-1. The jump is a personal best by nearly an entire foot.
10. C.J. Alumbres (Vista Murrieta, CA - Sr.) - Alumbres was the top American finisher in placing runner-up at the Arcadia Invitational, where he recorded his season best performance of 49-0.25 to rank U.S. No. 6. Wins this season include the Mt. SAC Relays, ASICS Mt. Carmel Invitational Southwestern League Finals. He owns one career competition jump over 50 feet; to do so again would rank him within the top three jumpers in the nation.
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