Lumberton’s Greg Foster won his 4th Heps long jump title Saturday afternoon and had the three-best jumps of the competition at the Ivy League Heptagonal Champiuonships at Cornell’s legendary Barton Hall in Ithaca, N.Y.
Foster, a junior at Princeton, had. 24-6 ½ on his 1st jump, a 24-5 ½ on his 3rd and a 24-10 ½ on his 5th. He fouled every even-numbered attempt.
Foster is competing this winter for the first time since last winter after undergoing foot surgery after last year’s indoor season.
Foster didn’t triple jump this weekend at Heps but he did race in the 60-meter hurdles trials immediately after concluding the long jump and recorded a large-Q qualifier for Sunday’s final with a 7.97. His PR is 7.89, which he’s hit three times.
Barton Hall was the site of one of the most highly regarded Grateful Dead concerts ever on May 8, 1977. To listen click here.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 