Jumps Preview
VA will have two jumpers competing at the trials with Tynitta Butts and Shakeela Saunders. Butts, a former standout athlete at T.C. Williams made her name for simply dominating the entire state of Virginia in the jumps. She could basically win a regional meet by herself now-a-days.
She will be competing in the high jump where she has already cleared 1.89m (6-2). She finished high school 4th all-time outdoors in the long jump and tied for 6th all-time in the high jump with a 5-10.5 clearance.
Shakeela Saunders, a former Great Bridge superstar rose to fame quite a bit quicker actually setting the freshman national record in the triple jump. She had an up and down high school career at times but since arriving in Lexington has only improved. She enters the competition with a 6.75m jump to rank 8th.