Historic long jump among highlights at CCS Top 8 Meet

The 39th Annual CCS Top 8 meet once again did not disappoint as the majority of the top CCS athletes gathered yesterday at Los Gatos HS for the best section meet in California. The meet was full of highlights which you will see below but the star of the show was once again, St. Ignatius senior, Alex Enos. 

Last season, Enos had a best of 21'11" and was unable to qualify to the CCS Trials as he finished in 5th place at the WCAL final. This season, Enos has really stepped up his effort and came into the CCS Top 8 meet with multiple efforts over 23 feet including a best of 24'2.5". 

During the long jump competition on Friday, there was a sudden burst of energy around the pit after one of his jumps. Word quickly spread that he had long jumped 25'0" which is the top mark in the nation. It is also the 4th best jump in CCS history trailing only Johnny Cleveland Soquel 26'0" 1984, Johnny Johnson Pacific Grove 25'4.75" 1965 and Phil Quinet Homestead 25'2" 1968.

In something that may be only of interest to me, one of the officials working the long jump was Joy Upshaw whose father Monty is one of the legendary high school long jumpers who broke Jesse Owens national record in 1954 and is in the Cal Berkeley Hall of Fame. Joy's sister Grace qualified for two Olympic teams in 2004 and 2008 in the long jump. Joy is also one of the finest masters competitors in Track and Field so needless to say, that is one talented family.