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Sunday, August 24, 2003 - The long awaited High Jump Measurement Conversion Calculator is now fixed!
Sunday, July 6, 2003 - Results for the adidas Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC, on June 13-14 are now posted.
Monday, June 23, 2003 - Results for the USA Outdoor Track & Field Junior & Senior Championships are now posted.
Sunday, June 22, 2003 - 40 high jump pix from the Oracle U.S. Open on June 7 have been added to the StyleCam Photo Gallery.
Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - High school seniors Les Sundra Ford of South Hills (Fort Worth, TX) and Cole Herron of Sanger (Sanger, CA) crack the six- and seven-foot barriers to win the Golden West Invitational at CSU-Sacramento Sunday.
Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - Men's and women's high jump results from all four of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Regionals are now available on one unified page. These four meets were contested on May 30-31 and were the primary qualification method for the NCAA Championships in Sacramento last week.
Monday, June 16, 2003 - NCAA Division I 2003 Outdoor Track & Field Championships (Prelims) are now posted.
Sunday, June 15, 2003 - Seniors David Jaworski of USC and Whitney Evans of Washington State both leaped to new season bests and national championships in Sacramento yesterday at the NCAA Division I 2003 Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Hornet Stadium.
Saturday, June 14, 2003 - Today at the BACAA Corporate Relays meet at Los Gatos High School, SCVAL high jump coaches Darren Garcia of Lynbrook and Rand Crippen of Gunn both high jumped 5'08" to lead the SCVAL team to victory over AT&T and Lockheed-Martin in the Team Jump competition. Crippen and Fremont throws coach Roland Baza also long jumped as part of the competition. The top jumper of the day, however, was Fritz Moga who also high jumped 5'08" and was the top individual point scorer in the age-graded competition. Moga, the Director of Campus Ministries at San Jose Christian College, was competing for AT&T as a warm-up for the upcoming Los Gatos All-Comers summer series.
Sunday, June 8, 2003 - The 2003 CCS Top High Jump Marks page has been updated with results from the CIF State Prelims and Finals. With her 5'06" PR yesterday, Laurie Roberts moved up to second place behind Allie Miller. Fermen Smith reconfirmed his claim to the top spot with his 6'08" jump on Friday.
Sunday, June 8, 2003 - Los Altos junior Allie Miller jumped 5'08" for third place and Menlo Atherton soph Laurie Roberts jumped 5'06" (new pr) for sixth as both made it to the award stand in the CIF State Finals yesterday.
Saturday, June 7, 2003 - With four women over 1.95m (6'04.75") including two over 1.97m (6'05.5"), today's Oracle U.S. Open featured one of the best women's high jump competitions ever on U.S. soil. More StyleCam pix coming soon....
Amy Acuff attacking 1.97m (6'05.5") to win the Oracle U.S. Open.
Saturday, June 7, 2003 - Three CCS high jumpers qualified for today's state finals in the CIF State Prelims yesterday. Fermen Smith lead the way with another 6'08" leap!
Check out the summer jumping opportunities in the newly updated Calendar section. All-comers meets at Los Gatos, Chabot, and DVC!
Friday, June 6, 2003 - The CIF State Trials Entry List for today is posted. Boys jump at 4:00pm; girls at 6:30pm. Opening heights will be no higher than the 40th percentile of the qualifying marks. I guess 6'04" for the guys, 5'04" for the gals. Results will be posted when available!
Saturday, May 31, 2003 - Men's and women's high jump results from the NCAA West Region Track and Field Championships at Stanford are now available. The top five jumpers qualified for the upcoming NCAA National Championships in Sacramento.
Saturday, May 31, 2003 - The StyleCam photo slideshow page has been rewritten and updated with 54 new pix from the CCS Finals. Lots of high jumping this time!
Friday, May 30, 2003 - Congrats to junior Allie Miller of Los Altos and senior Fermen Smith of Prospect, the 2003 CCS High Jump Champions! Allie's 5'09.25" winning jump was also a new Los Altos school record. Central Coast Section (CCS) Finals results are now available in the Results section.
Sunday, May 25, 2003 - The 2003 CCS Top High Jump Marks has been updated with results from the CCS Trials and all league meets and qualifiers.
Saturday, May 24, 2003 - Prospect senior Fermen Smith soared 6'08" to post the top qualifying jump of the day at the CCS Trials. With ten guys over 6'02" and ten girls over 5'02", third attempt clearances didn't make the top-8 cut! See who all qualified and how they did it at the CCS Trials results page.
Friday, May 23, 2003 - The CCS Trials Entry List for tomorrow is posted. Girls jump at 10:00am; boys at 2:00pm.
Monday, May 19, 2003 - The StyleCam photo slideshow page has been updated with 145 new pix from the last two weeks.
Sunday, May 18, 2003 - Juniors Allie Miller of Los Altos and Lanie Chin of Los Gatos leap to new personal records to claim the SCVAL's top two CCS qualifying spots. Results from the SCVAL CCS Qualifier are now posted.
Wednesday, May 14, 2003 - Results from the SCCAL League Meet and Salinas City Championships are now posted.
Saturday, May 10, 2003 - Los Altos sophomore Andrew van Straaten was the big mover in this week's 2003 CCS Top High Jump Marks, jumping 6'02" to victory in the SCVAL De Anza League Finals.
Thursday, May 8, 2003 - Full first and second day results from the SCVAL De Anza and El Camino divisions are now posted.
Wednesday, May 7, 2003 - First day results from the SCVAL De Anza and El Camino divisions are now posted.
Saturday, May 3, 2003 - 2003 CCS Top High Jump Marks: Two more boys jump 6'0" and two more girls jump 5'0" this week as almost all of the movement happens in SCVAL dual meets. The Santa Clara Valley Athletic League with its fourteen schools is well represented by twelve girls (12 of 28 = 42%) and six boys (6 of 29 = 20%)--that's eighteen (18 of 57 = 31%) overall!
Thursday, May 1, 2003 - The StyleCam photo slideshow page has been updated with 79 pix from today's Gunn dual meet at Saratoga.
Sunday, April 27, 2003 - With his 6'04" victory at the CCS Top 8 Track and Field Classic Saturday, Greenfield junior Joel Tuosto leaps to the number three spot in the seventh installment of the 2003 CCS Top High Jump Marks page. Results from the Salinas/Bill Kearney Invitational are also posted.
Saturday, April 26, 2003 - Results from the CCS Top 8 Track and Field Classic are now posted.
Tuesday, April 22, 2003 - With his 6'05" victory at the Silver Creek / Hampton-Phillips Track Classic Saturday, Bellarmine senior David Claveran climbs to the number two spot in the sixth installment of the 2003 CCS Top High Jump Marks page. Results from Friday's Mt. SAC Relays are also posted.
Monday, April 21, 2003 - Results from the Gilroy Invitational and the Carmel Classic Invitational are now posted.
Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 2003 CCS Top High Jump Marks - Update: Aptos seniors Jesse Samples and Danny Esselbach move into the top four on the boy's list. According to Aptos coach Patti Coulter, they "had a great little competition going on last week in our dual vs Soquel 4/10/03. They both cleared 6'4" and had some very good attempts at 6'6". Jeremiah Spears was helping me run the event and was relieved that his 6'5" school record didn't get broken. At least not yet." Jesse edged Danny for first place with one fewer miss at 6'4".
Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - The StyleCam photo slideshow page has been updated with ten pix from yesterday's Gunn dual meet at Palo Alto. In the center of the first photo is happy sophomore Astrid Sky, new Gunn JV Girls High Jump record-holder at 4'11".
Monday, April 14, 2003 - The fifth installment of the 2003 CCS Top High Jump Marks page is here and the number of boys listed now leads the girls twenty four to twenty three! Surging to the top of the boy's list in the last two weeks are seniors Ferman Smith of Prospect (6'07") and Chris Rochester of Hillsdale (6'04"). Also, strong moves to the girl's number three spot by senior Devon Tracy of St. Francis and then sophomore Michelle Johnson of Los Gatos as each jumps 5'05" just four days apart.
Monday, April 7, 2003 - The fourth installment of the 2003 CCS Top High Jump Marks page and results from the King City Invitational are now posted.
Saturday, April 5, 2003 - A busy weekend for CCS jumpers. Results from the Los Gatos Frosh-Soph Classic and the St. Francis Track and Field Carnival are now posted.
Thursday, April 3, 2003 - The third installment of the 2003 CCS Top High Jump Marks page is now posted. Listed are the best performances of eighteen CCS boys with a 2003 jump of six feet or better, and nineteen CCS girls with a 2003 jump of five feet or better. Included are six marks from Saturday's Stanford Invitational.
Wednesday, April 2, 2003 - The Stanford Invitational high school results from March 29 are now posted. The top CCS performer was freshman Tayler O'Conner of Mercy, jumping 5'04" for second place on attempts. Sophmore Jane Doolittle of Mountain View also had a big day, jumping a personal record 5'02" for fifth place.
Monday, March 31, 2003 - Day two of the Stanford Invitational on Saturday featured over one hundred high jumpers in four divisions of competition. CCS jumpers and some CCS alums posted very good marks. Check back for full results.
A new photo slideshow page with pix from the Stanford Invitational and several Gunn dual meets is now posted.
Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - The second installment of the 2003 CCS Top High Jump Marks page is now posted. Listed are the best performances of fifteen CCS boys with a 2003 jump of six feet or better, and sixteen CCS girls with a 2003 jump of five feet or better.
Monday, March 17, 2003 - The Kiwanis-Bellarmine (K-Bell) results from March 8 are now posted. Jah Bennett of Yerba Buena and Tayler O'Conner of Mercy-Burlingame were the varsity winners. Paul Marcoux of The King's Academy lead the way in the morning frosh-soph competition.
Sunday, March 16, 2003 - Yerba Buena senior Jah Bennett and Branham freshman Amber Kaufman top the charts on the first installment of the 2003 CCS Top High Jump Marks page. Listed are the best performances of eleven CCS boys with a 2003 jump of six feet or better, and twelve CCS girls with a 2003 jump of five feet or better.
Dominating the new list are eleven marks from yesterday's Westmont / West Valley Relays. Those results are now available in the Results section.
Saturday, March 15, 2003 - A long, enjoyable day at the Mitty Invitational and Westmont/West Valley Relays! After running four division of the high jump at Mitty, I zipped down to West Valley College to catch an exciting girls competition. The Mitty results are now available in the 2003 Results section.
Friday, January 17, 2003 - The 2003 Track & Field Meet Calendar is now posted. Check back regularly for updates and additional details.
Most high school track teams will begin official practices in just two weeks. If you are not yet ready for that first workout, now would be a great time to begin some light jogging and stretching!
Saturday, June 1, 2002 - Jihad Beauchman of Bellarmine reaches the awards platform as Cole Herron of Sanger jumps 6'11" for the State championship. Three girls jump 5'11" as Sharon Day of Costa Mesa wins the title on attempts. Both champions are juniors despite fifteen of the eighteen finalist being seniors. CIF State Finals results are now available in the Results section.
Friday, May 31, 2002 - Jihad Beauchman of Bellarmine, Kelsey Wiegmann of St. Ignatius, and Briana Hinga of Aptos all qualified for State Finals tomorrow! Details available in the Results section.
The CCS Top High Jump Marks page needed updating again as Briana and Kelsey notched new personal records in qualifying. Briana's jump is also a new Aptos school record!
Friday, May 24, 2002 - Congrats to seniors Jihad Beauchman of Bellarmine and Kelsey Wiegmann of St. Ignatius, the 2002 CCS High Jump Champions! Central Coast Section (CCS) Finals results are now available in the Results section.
Jihad Beauchman led the Bellarmine boys with a winning leap of 6'06" as the Bells claimed 17.5 points in the high jump on their way to the overall team title. Kelsey Wiegmann repeated her clean performance through 5'04" from the trials to claim the girls title.
The CCS Top High Jump Marks page again needed heavy updating after today's CCS Finals. Over 37% of today's jumpers matched or improved upon their top season marks!
Sunday, May 19, 2002 - The CCS Top High Jump Marks page needed heavy updating after yesterday's CCS Trials. Over 20% of the athletes listed matched or improved upon their top season marks. Find out who are the best 25 boys and 31 girls, how high each has jumped this year, and in what meet they did it.
Saturday, May 18, 2002 - The Central Coast Section (CCS) Track & Field Trials high jump results are now in.
Friday, May 10, 2002 - The Results section now reports on more 2002 meets than any previous year. Results from fifteen invitationals and five league championship meets are already posted with still more to come....
Now you can check out out who's who in the CCS on the CCS Top High Jump Marks page. Find out who are the best 22 boys and 26 girls, how high each has jumped this year, and in what meet they did it.
Sunday, April 28, 2002 - A major update to the Results section is now in progress. It finally includes most of the year's major invitationals with even more meet results on the way.
Wednesday, April 23, 2002 - Chelsey Mauch of Carmel is the 2002 Top 8 Track & Field Classic girls champion with a CCS-leading jump of 5' 6". Kent Centers of Bellarmine and Andy Van Straaten of Los Altos also jumped well to win the Varsity and Frosh-Soph divisions at 6' 4" and 6' 0". See who else was there and how they did in the Results section.
Tuesday, June 5, 2001 - This past weekend three CCS high jumpers made it through Trials to the State Finals. See who they were and how they did in the Results section now!
Thursday May 31, 2001 - Watch the video of the CCS-winning jumps for Alexi and Jenna in the Multimedia section.
Jenna Grimaldi of St. Ignatius soars "5-12" to win CCS.
Friday, May 25, 2001 - Central Coast Section (CCS) Finals results are now available in the Results section.
Congrats to Jenna Grimaldi of St. Ignatius for her nation-leading 6'0" jump and also to Alexi Sevastopoulos of Saratoga for his victory over a strong Bellarmine contingent.
The S.I. girls cleaned up by claiming 28 of the 31 points available. The Bellarmine boys also had a strong showing, claiming 15 points in the high jump on their way to the overall team title.
Tuesday, May 22, 2001 - Summer track meets at Los Gatos High School announcement here.
Saturday, May 19, 2001 - Central Coast Section (CCS) Trials results and SCVAL/De Anza Division League Meet results are now available in the Results section.
Thursday, May 17, 2001 - CCS Southern Sub-Section results have been updated.
Monday, May 14, 2001 - CCS Sub-Section results are now available in the Results section.
Monday, May 7, 2001 - Visit Hank Lawson's Lynbrook Track Page and scroll down the right side for full results of all CCS League Meets and most Invitationals.
Monday, April 30, 2001 - CCS Top 8 Classic results have been updated. Congrats to Jim Foran of Serra who set a new school Frosh-Soph record with his winning jump of 6'4.25".
Kent Centers of Bellarmine soars 6-8 to win CCS Top 8.
Watch the video in the Multimedia section.
Sunday, April 29, 2001 - Stanford Invitational high school results are finally available in the Results section.
Saturday, April 28, 2001 - CCS Top 8 Classic results are now available in the Results section.
Sunday, March 25, 2001 - St. Francis Invitational results are now available in the Results section.
Saturday, March 10, 2001 - The 2001 season is upon us. Check the Calendar section to find out when the big meets are. K-Bell is today and the Mt. Pleasant Relays were last weekend. Results and video from these meets should be posted soon.
11:55pm Tuesday, June 6, 2000 - The details from Friday's CIF State Trials are now posted in the Results section. Congrats to Darren Williams on his new PR of 6-8!
11:45pm Monday, June 5, 2000 - CIF State Championships: CCS jumpers scored 9 points and one PR. The details from Saturday's Finals are now posted in the Results section. Descriptive event summaries can be found in the prep section of California Track & Running News.
The PR was actually achieved in the trials on Friday. Those results are over three times as large and will be posted tomorrow. I did not take a video camera on this trip, so I'll be scouring the web for photos. I did get good video footage of the CCS Finals and will be posting some of those clips in the next few days as well.
11:50pm Friday, May 26, 2000 - CCS Championships: Jenna Grimaldi's 5-10 winning jump set a new CCS girls record. Nate Maxell won the boys competition by clearing 6-6 twice. See Results for the details.
11:59pm Sunday, May 21, 2000 - It was hot in Sacramento and so was the high jumping with winning heights of 6'2" and 7'8.5"! See Results to see who all was there and how they did. Okay, so I was up too late last night and didn't arrive in time to register so videotaped all of the top jumps instead. When things where done, I tied on my spikes and took some run-throughs with the bar still set at 7'10.5"
1:00am Sunday, May 21, 2000 - CCS Trials results for both boys and girls are now posted in the Results section. A review of the videotape shows that this time I finally succeeded in recording all jumps in both competitions! I expect to be very tired when I get back from Sacramento Sunday night, so don't expect to find movies before late Monday.
6:30am Saturday, May 20, 2000 - The other updates I promised can be found on this new high.jumper.com 's Bookmarks page. The content is sorted but didn't get onto the site because the movies took too long to process. If you look at the PA-USATF calendar, you'll see that the Open Championships are tomorrow in Sacramento at the site of the Olympic Trials. I plan to drive up and take my spikes--why watch from the stands when you can be on the field!
4:00am Saturday, May 20, 2000 - Fifteen new movies have been posted in the Multimedia section from the CCS Northern Sub-Section meet. If anyone has digital pictures or movies from the Southern Sub-Section meet or any league meet, please send them in so I can post them!
8:00pm Friday, May 19, 2000 - Results from the Southern Sub-Section are now posted. Northern results have been up since last Sunday. All girls' jumps were videotaped except the winning jump (oops). Most of the boys' jumps at 6-0 were recorded before the battery died. I will have new batteries for tomorrow. Look for more updates this evening of recent results, video of jumps, the summer calendar, and possibly an Olympic preview.
8:45pm Saturday, May 13, 2000 - I've just returned from the CCS North Sub-section meet at Los Gatos High School. I will post the high jump results from this meet in a few minutes. Then I will begin reviewing the video tape from the meet and report here what jumps should be available.
Welcome to high.jumper.com
"The virtual home for High Jumpers of all ages in the Central Coast Section of California."
The primary focus of this website for the Spring of 2003 will be at the high school level. Local college and middle-school meet schedules and results will be posted if they are submitted.
During the summer, the focus of this site will shift towards all-comers, sub/masters, and age-group competitions.
Basic jumping technique and training information should be coming soon. This will benefit jumpers of all ages. Lots of other things are planned as well. And your comments and suggestions are always welcome. Let me know what you want to see here! :)
Thank you for visiting,
Rand Crippen,
Gunn High School High Jump Coach and CCS High Jump Official