Double Duty

At the Lafayette Rider Winter Invitational at the 168th Street Armory in New York freshman WR CJ Griggs from Van Vleck HS took 1st place in the Long Jump with a jump of  23-11 and missed automatically qualifying for nationals by a centimeter.  Griggs is currently ranked eighth nationally in the event and will likely earn a spot in the national championships.  Griggs also took 1st place in the Tripple Jump with a jump of 48-6.75.  Another football player Freshman Anthony Washington from Cy-Springs placed 1st in the the 4X400 meter relay with a time of 3:20.00, just missing out on national qualifying.