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Corey Crawford sets Bergen County long jump record
Saturday, April 10, 2010
BY RONALD P. CLARK
The Record
STAFF WRITER
0 CommentsHASBROUCK HEIGHTS â€" Indian Hills' Corey Crawford came into the Aviator Relays on Friday with the words of his coach in his ears.
"I knew I definitely had a chance," Crawford said. "We haven't been coming to this meet the last couple years and my coach wanted to give me a chance to break Darius Pemberton's record [of 24 feet, 11 1/2 inches in the long jump]."
Crawford did just that, setting a Bergen County record with a jump of 25- 1/2 to help Indian Hills' long jump relay set a meet record with a total of 63 feet.
The Rutgers-bound senior spent his first two years of high school on a baseball diamond and didn't come out for the track team until his junior year.
His previous best jump outdoors was 23-7.
"I was just trying to get on the board," Crawford said. "I'd run the 4-x-200 before so I was nice and warm. I came back, and next thing I know, he's reading that 25- 1/2 and I'm going nuts. I knew I hit it right away and I had a little wind at my back."
With the record already in hand, Crawford now can jump the rest of the season with team goals and personal improvement as his primary motivation.
Crawford is looking for the national lead in the long jump, as he sits a half inch behind the leader in the event. Nevertheless, his season can be seen as a major success from here on out. He's college-bound, record-seeking and record-breaking. And he's just getting started.
"I can just relax," Crawford said. "I've got nothing to lose."
Crawford set the biggest record on a night that saw plenty of meet records drop as Hasbrouck Heights (50.5) edged out Ramsey, Verona and Benedictine, which all tied for second with 49 points, on the girls side, and Ramsey (84.5) pulled out a win on the boys side over second-place Heights (78).
Twelve meet records were set including Ramsey's girls breaking their own record in the 3-x-400 intermediate hurdles they set last year (3:41.3) with a time of 3:34.8.
Heights' girls extended their meet winning streak to three even though they were out of the top three heading into their win in the 4-x-400.
"We are really happy with a win in this meet because there are a lot of good teams from the area like Ramsey, Indian Hills and Mahwah," Heights coach Rob Brady said.
"We're just really happy with the way our girls performed."
Ramsey's boys had Heights and Indian Hills on their tail the entire meet but were able to secure their second consecutive meet win behind performances by their jumpers, hurdlers and distance runners.
"I thought we were really strong," Ramsey coach Matt Wynne said
"We put different kids in different events to try to mix and match to get ready for the [Bergen] County relays."
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HASBROUCK HEIGHTS â€" Indian Hills' Corey Crawford came into the Aviator Relays on Friday with the words of his coach in his ears.
TYSON TRISH/RECORD FILE PHOTO
Buy this photoSenior Corey Crawford established a County record with a long jump of 25- 1/2 on Friday at the Aviator Relays. "I knew I definitely had a chance," Crawford said. "We haven't been coming to this meet the last couple years and my coach wanted to give me a chance to break Darius Pemberton's record [of 24 feet, 11 1/2 inches in the long jump]."
Crawford did just that, setting a Bergen County record with a jump of 25- 1/2 to help Indian Hills' long jump relay set a meet record with a total of 63 feet.
The Rutgers-bound senior spent his first two years of high school on a baseball diamond and didn't come out for the track team until his junior year.
His previous best jump outdoors was 23-7.
"I was just trying to get on the board," Crawford said. "I'd run the 4-x-200 before so I was nice and warm. I came back, and next thing I know, he's reading that 25- 1/2 and I'm going nuts. I knew I hit it right away and I had a little wind at my back."
With the record already in hand, Crawford now can jump the rest of the season with team goals and personal improvement as his primary motivation.
Crawford is looking for the national lead in the long jump, as he sits a half inch behind the leader in the event. Nevertheless, his season can be seen as a major success from here on out. He's college-bound, record-seeking and record-breaking. And he's just getting started.
"I can just relax," Crawford said. "I've got nothing to lose."
Crawford set the biggest record on a night that saw plenty of meet records drop as Hasbrouck Heights (50.5) edged out Ramsey, Verona and Benedictine, which all tied for second with 49 points, on the girls side, and Ramsey (84.5) pulled out a win on the boys side over second-place Heights (78).
Twelve meet records were set including Ramsey's girls breaking their own record in the 3-x-400 intermediate hurdles they set last year (3:41.3) with a time of 3:34.8.
Heights' girls extended their meet winning streak to three even though they were out of the top three heading into their win in the 4-x-400.
"We are really happy with a win in this meet because there are a lot of good teams from the area like Ramsey, Indian Hills and Mahwah," Heights coach Rob Brady said.
"We're just really happy with the way our girls performed."
Ramsey's boys had Heights and Indian Hills on their tail the entire meet but were able to secure their second consecutive meet win behind performances by their jumpers, hurdlers and distance runners.
"I thought we were really strong," Ramsey coach Matt Wynne said
"We put different kids in different events to try to mix and match to get ready for the [Bergen] County relays."
E-mail:
clarkr@northjersey.com