Monday, February 11, 2013

Virginia Tech Elite

Blacksburg, February 8-9

Blacksburg is an incorporated town located in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States, with a population of 42,620 at the 2010 census.

Blacksburg, Christiansburg, and Radford are the three principal jurisdictions of the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses those jurisdictions and all of Montgomery, Pulaski, and Giles counties for statistical purposes. The MSA has an estimated population of 159,587 [4] and is currently one of the faster-growing MSAs in Virginia. Blacksburg is dominated economically and demographically by the presence of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (better known as Virginia Tech), a Virginia land-grant university.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacksburg,_Virginia

"Gator jumpers were on fire on Saturday, as the Orange and Blue swept the triple jump in convincing fashion. On the women’s side, sophomore Ciarra Brewer (Union City, Calif.) leapt to a new personal best with her jump of 13.17m/43-2.50." http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=24867

Ciarra Brewer (James Logan HS, Union City 2011; Florida 2015)

Ed Wright placed third in the high jump at 7-2 1/2.
Ed Wright (St. Mary’s HS, Berkeley 2004; California 2008)

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