Will Egolf = track and field star

[Da Coach]

Will Egolf is participating in the Alaska high school Region V Track and Field competition. Below is a link to an article. Will competed in the high jump. Here is a clip from the article--

During Friday's session, senior Will Egolf emerged as the meet's breakout star.

The 6-foot-9 JDHS senior shattered the 29-year-old school high jump record after clearing 6 feet, 5 inches. Egolf, who will attend Bradley University on a basketball scholarship, broke the record of JDHS assistant boys basketball coach Steve Brandner.

It was also Egolf's first track and field competition since his freshman year at Haines.

'We've been trying to get him to come out forever and it hasn't worked out," May said. "He's been busy and he finally joined us, and it's all good."


Will cleared 6'5" to win easily. the 2nd place high jumper cleared 5'4". Will, and all the other qualifiers will advance to the state track and field championships, which will take place May 25-26 at Fairbanks.

These links will require a name and password. Use bradley1/bradley (but please log out when finished).--

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/052007/spo_20070520033.shtml

Results--

http://juneauempire.com/stories/052007/spo_20070520037.shtml

[audacious_aficionado]

wow, nice hops. that should be helpful come next season.

[VromanFan]

For comparisons sake...only 12 Illinois high schoolers jumped higher than 6-5 during last week's sectionals. That's including classes A and AA.

There's a link to the stats on the front page, under boys' track and field, to both class' state qualifers.

https://www.ihsa.org

Pretty impressive stuff...especially for a relative beginner in the sport.

[BradleyBrave]

I think it's stuff like this that has our coaching staff giddy about what we just might have coming in next year. I think Jim may have found yet another diamond in the rough!

[VromanFan]

I think it's stuff like this that has our coaching staff giddy about what we just might have coming in next year. I think Jim may have found yet another diamond in the rough!

Well at the very least we can think about getting a track team going.

[Da Coach]

Will did not jump as high at the Alaska high school State Track and Field Championships, but he still won the state title.
Congratulations Will!

http://www.adn.com/sports/story/8920940p-8820931c.html

This article in the Juneau paper was written before the meet, but contains more info and a picture of Will jumping. It might ask for a name and password-- use bradley1/bradley--

http://juneauempire.com/stories/052507/spo_20070525035.shtml

[romar]

Think what he'll be doing after a couple of summers of strength and conditioning. Plus he's already expressed his desire to hitting the weights this summer. Like others, think this kid is gonna be pretty special.

[tornado]

Story on Will Egolf winning the State Title in the High Jump

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/052707/spo_20070527031.shtml

if they ask for ID

name: bradley1
password: bradley

The jist of it......

"On Friday, Egolf won the high jump title, but needed overtime to do it.

The senior cleared 6 feet, 2 inches on his second attempt of a jump-off to beat Lathrop's Charles Scott.

Adding intrigue to the high jump drama was the strategy of Service jumper Ben Jackson. He, Egolf and Scott were the only competitors to clear 6-2 through the regular rounds of competition.

But while Egolf and Scott both cleared 6-2 on their first attempts, Jackson needed his third and final try to clear the height. Though he stood in third place behind Egolf and Scott based on the number of misses, Jackson elected to pass at the next height of 6-3, which Egolf and Scott both elected to attempt, to try his luck at 6-4.

Egolf and Scott each missed all three attempts at 6-3, which opened the door for Jackson to steal the title if he could clear 6-4. Jumping alone, Jackson missed his three attempts and was relegated to third place as Egolf and Scott moved on to the jump-off.

With the bar set at 6-2, Egolf missed his first jump but cleared the bar in his second attempt for the title.

"I moved my stance up a little bit and concentrated a little more," Egolf said.

And his reaction to the victory?

"It's pretty cool," he said. "A state championship is awesome."

[georgethedog]

For comparisons sake...only 12 Illinois high schoolers jumped higher than 6-5 during last week's sectionals. That's including classes A and AA.

There's a link to the stats on the front page, under boys' track and field, to both class' state qualifers.

https://www.ihsa.org

Pretty impressive stuff...especially for a relative beginner in the sport.

I think the air is lighter up in Alaska because it is higher on the planet. Just hold a globe in front of you and you can see how much higher Alaska is. Thin air = higher jump. Hope he can get off the ground way down here.

[mike radigan]

I think the air is lighter up in Alaska because it is higher on the planet. Just hold a globe in front of you and you can see how much higher Alaska is. Thin air = higher jump. Hope he can get off the ground way down here.

George, Juneau is at sea level.

[mike radigan]

I should add your reasoning about the position of Alaska is also wrong. Due to the rotation of the earth, the closer you are to the equator the farther you are from the center of the earth. In fact, although Mt Everest is the highest point above sea level, Mt Chimborazo in Ecuador is the farthest from the center of the earth.

See:

[dogsrus]

I should add your reasoning about the position of Alaska is also wrong. Due to the rotation of the earth, the closer you are to the equator the farther you are from the center of the earth. In fact, although Mt Everest is the highest point above sea level, Mt Chimborazo in Ecuador is the farthest from the center of the earth.

See:

Thank you Mr. Wizard

In GtD's defense me thinks he was just joking.

[mike radigan]

Thank you Mr. Wizard

DRU, you know astronomy is one of my many interests.

Hey, I see you're not friends with Michael Vick anymore.

[Da Coach]

Mike, I hope your logic is just tongue-in-cheek like I believe George's was.

The earth is roughly a sphere, and, by definitition, every point on the surface of a sphere is the same distance from the center.

Gravity does not come from the "center" of the earth, but from the mass of the earth. It's force is exerted extremely close to equal anywhere on it's surface. But there are extremely slight variations due to varying of the mass of the earth and other factors--

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=11

[mike radigan]

Mike, I hope your logic is just tongue-in-cheek like I believe George's was.

The earth is roughly a sphere, and, by definitition, every point on the surface of a sphere is the same distance from the center.

Gravity does not come from the "center" of the earth, but from the mass of the earth. It's force is exerted extremely close to equal anywhere on it's surface. But there are extremely slight variations due to varying of the mass of the earth and other factors--
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=11

I'm sure George was being funny, but my logic is not tongue-in-cheek. Although roughly a sphere, the earth's diameter is 25 miles more at the equator due to its rotation. Its diameter at the equator is 7926 miles compared to 7901 miles through its poles.