Women's Long Jump Results
The dream is still alive! After two rounds of the women's long jump Marion Jones was in serious trouble after a pair of fouls. With three women over 22-feet already and Jackie Joyner-Kersee in the field, she was definitely going to have to pull one out. Jumpig last in the order, pull it she did, coming through with a 22-1 3/4 on her third attempt to move into 4th behind the 22-5 1/4 jumps of Dawn Burrell and surprising Meosha Hubbard and the 22-3 3/4 for Shana Williams. The comebacking JJK was 5th at 21-10 3/4.
The improvements were far from through, however. In round 4 Burrell improved to 22-10 and Williams to 22-5. Jones moved into 3rd with a 22-7.
In the 5th stanza Jones surged into the lead with a 23-1/2 (7.02) jump (wind a legal 1.9). Williams also improved, but her 22-6 1/2 didn't up her position.
The final round was anticlimactic, only Burrell improving, but her 22-10 1/2 as the final jumper of the compeition left her 2 inches behind. Two down, 1 to go for Marion. JJK ended up 6th, never improving again.
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LJ: 1. Marion Jones (Nik) 23-1/2 (7.02); 2. Dawn Burrell (USAr) 22-101/2w (6.97); 3. Shana Williams (Nik) 22-61/2w (6.87); 4. Meosha Hubbard (Life) 22-51/4w (6.84); 5. Pam Simpson (unat) 21-111/2 (6.69) PR; 6. Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Hon) 21-103/4 (6.67); 7. Adrien Sawyer (Nik) 21-71/2 (6.59); 8. Jenny Adams (Hous) 21-21/2w (6.46); 9. Grace Upshaw (unat) 20-111/4 (6.38); 10. Marieke Veltman (HSI) 20-10 (6.35); 11. Brianna Glenn (Az) 20-73/4w (6.29);… nm-LaShonda Christopher (unat).
Jackie Joyner-Kersee, jumping last in the first flight, jumped 20-73/4 (6.29). Not bad for her first jump in two years.
Her second jump was a "pull-out" and no improvement.
On a parallel runway, in the second flight (which is one full round behind) Marion Jones chopped badly on her first jump, but got out to 21-63/4 (6.57) to just miss the auto qualifying standard.
JJK got a big roar out of the crowd with her best jump of the day on her third attempt, stretching out to 21-3/4 (6.42). She is all but guaranteed a spot in the final, creating an exciting match up with Marion' Trials odyssey. She finishes 3rd in group 1 behind Sawyer and Miller.
Results
I-1. Adrien Sawyer (Nik) 21-11/4 (6.43); 2. Marieke Miller (HSI) 21-3/4 (6.42); 3. Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Hon) 21-3/4 (6.42); 4. LaShonda Christopher (unat) 20-93/4 (6.34); 5. Pam Simpson (unat) 20-9 (6.32); 6. Brianna Glenn (Az) 20-8 (6.30); 7. Tasha Mahone (Ga) 20-73/4 (6.29); 8. Ola Sesay (NC) 20-33/4 (6.19); 9. Brandi Bentley (Mi) 19-9 (6.02); 10. Jernae Wright (Fl) 19-9 (6.02); 11. Elisha Williams (MsSt) 19-3/4 (5.81); 12. Nikita Lewis (SR) 18-111/4 (5.77).
II-1. Dawn Burrell (USAr) 21-8 (6.60); 2. Meosha Hubbard (Life) 21-71/2 (6.59); 3. Shana Williams (Nik) 21-71/2 (6.59); 4. Jenny Adams (Hous) 21-71/4 (6.58); 5. Marion Jones (Nik) 21-63/4 (6.57); 6. Grace Upshaw (unat) 20-91/4 (6.33); 7. Vonetta Jeffery-Flowers (unat) 20-7 (6.27); 8. Tiffany Greer (AzSt) 20-53/4 (6.24); 9. Tongula Givens (unat) 20-41/4 (6.20); 10. Antonette Wilks (unat) 20-33/4 (6.19); 11. Dalhia Ingram (Nb) 20-1/2 (6.11); 12. Yuan Hunt (unat) 19-93/4 (6.04); 13. Tisha Parker (Ms) 19-83/4 (6.01); 14. Ychlindria Spears (unat) 19-2 (5.84).