Chadron State College Athletics

On his first attempts at the long jump, at Friday's Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships, freshman Naishaun Jernigan hit 7.80 meters, which converts to 25 feet, 7 ¼ inches, for what proved to be the winning jump. The automatic qualifying mark for the National Meet is 7.68 meters, or 25-2 ½. Jernigan's jump is almost exactly two feet farther than his previous outdoor best of 23-7 ½, and it ranks No. 2 in NCAA Division II.