Glassboro junior Clifton Moore, in what appears to be his first indoor track competition ever, moved into 7th place on the all-time Gloucester County indoor triple jump performance list this week.
Moore jumped 43-11 ¾ to win the triple jump at the Armory High School Holiday Classic Thursday in New York.
https://results.armorytrack.com/meets/17437/events/677365/results
That’s an indoor PR for Moore since he had never triple jumped indoors.
Moore won by more than a foot over Jak Kearney of Roman Catholic High School at Broad and Vine in Philadelphia. Kearney placed 2nd with a best jump of 42-7.
Moore broke the school record of 42-0 ½ set by Mike Hall at the 2020 Hispanic Games at the Armory.
He also had the three-best jumps of the competition and averaged 43-0 on his six legal jumps.
Moore opened with a 43-11 and followed with jumps of 42-4 and 42-8 in the trials and 42-10 and 42-4 in the finals before finishing with the 43-11 ¾.
His previous PR was a 43-6 ¼ to place second at the state Group 1 meet last spring at Pennsauken. That made him the No. 4 sophomore in the state last year.
ALL-TIME GLOUCESTER COUNTY INDOOR TRIPLE JUMP LIST
49-1 …..… Khaliel Burnett [Delsea], 2018
48-8 ½ … Tristan Wilson [Delsea], 2014
46-5 …….. Orion Joyner [Kingsway], 2019
46-3 ½ … Keon Grady [Delsea], 2018
45-0 …….. Earnest Daniel [Kingsway], 2017
44-11 … Devon Carter [Washington Twp.], 2010
43-11 ¾ … Clifton Moore [Glassboro], 2023
42-11 … Jose Gonzalez [Deptford], 2014
42-6 ½ … Shayne Paynter [West Deptford], 1978
42-0 ½ … Mike Hall [Glassboro], 2020
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 