Sophia Curtis earned her 4th All-America honor in two years at Ocean City with a 6th-place finish in the triple jump at Wesrt Philly Nationals at Franklin Field.
Curtis had three jumps over 40 feet Saturday, including a best of 40-8 ¼ on her 2nd attempt. She and Ma’syiah Brawner finished 6th and 8th, with Brawner jumping a lifetime-best 40-6 ¼. Brawner also earned All-America honors in the long jump.
Curtis also earned All-America honors last year indoors with a 3rd-place finish in the triple jump at Boston Nationals [41-3 1/4], last spring with a 6th-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles at West Philly Nationals [1:01.67] and this past indoor season with a 4th in the triple jump at Boston Nationals [40-1 ½]. She just missed a 5th All-America accolade with a 9th-place in the 400 hurdles Friday with a 1:01.08, just 10-100ths of a second out of 8th.
Curtis, who spent her first two years of high school at Padua Academy in Wilmington, Del., leaves Ocean City with PRs of 41-3 ¼ in the triple jump, 8.33 high hurdles and 57.80 for 400 indoors and 17-11 ¾, 41-9 ½, 15.02 and 56.04 outdoors.
She holds Cape May County records indoors in the 200, 400, high hurdles and triple jump and outdoors in the 400, 100-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles, long jump and triple jump.
She’s No. 3 in state history and No. 2 all-time in South Jersey in the triple jump and 7 in South Jersey history in the intermediates.
Curtis plans to enter Virginia Tech in the fall.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 