Outdoor Nationals '09 Part 2

"Senior Staphon Arnold put in a yeoman’s day of work, scoring 7 points in 2 events and running the third leg on the Cougars 4x100-meter relay that advanced to Saturday’s finals. Arnold gave the Cougars a bonus 3 points with a surprise sixth-place finish in the long jump, an event he wasn’t expected to score but nonetheless posted a career-best leap of 23’ 8” on his sixth and final attempt. Three hours later he finished fifth in the high jump, clearing 6’ 9” to pick up another 4 points and another All-America award." -Gary Pine

Today was a great day! It started out with me going to the track at around 11:30 and getting ready for the Long Jump. Long story short, I jumped 2.21m (23'8") and we thought I came in 7th, but I got a nice surprise when I found out later that i actually got 6th giving the team 3 points from me. Already that was better than I had done at any previous outdoor nationals (since I never score) AND better than I have done at ANY nationals ever!

Then I went over to the 4x1 and we advanced to the finals tomorrow with the fastest time we ever ran, 41.05!

Then in the High Jump, I ended up missing 3rd place by ONE bar, I landed ON TOP of the bar at 6'11" (2.11) which sucked, but I ended up getting 5th which isn't bad because that gave me a total of 7 Points over all today.

The rest of my team did amazing also, if you have time, you should check out the APU website, go to athletics, and read the stories. Thats where I am pulling these pictures from, and the piece about me in the article at the top of this post.

Tomorrow, its time to finish this up and dominate! We are already ahead of schedule on points, so it is looking really good!