Shadle Park grad Jakobe Ford completes unprecedented triple at Junior Olympics

First he did it at the state championships, now Jakobe Ford is the first do it at the Junior Olympics.

Ford, a recent Shadle Park graduate, completed the triple crown of jumps at the USATF National Junior Olympics in Lawrence, Kansas, winning the high jump at 7 feet, one-half inch. Competing in the 17-18 age division, he became the first triple-crown winner in the jumps.

He won the long jump (24-6 1/4) on Wednesday and the triple jump (51-7 3/4) on Friday.

At the State 3A championships in May, Ford also won all three jumps.

Ford’s accomplishment will be featured in staff writer Greg Lee’s weekly Youth Sports Notebook in Wednesday’s Spokesman-Review.