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Track: MacEachen earns three golds in final high school meet
Staff Reporter
Issue date: 6/23/09 Section: Sports
Eastern women's track recruit Jill MacEachen finished her high school career in Canada by winning the provincial gold medal in the long jump, triple jump, and 80-meter hurdles at the Alberta Provincial High School Championships in Calgary, Alberta. The senior also finished second overall in the 100-meter dash final.
McEachen narrowly came away with the gold in the long and triple jumps, winning both the events on her second-to-last jumps.
Besides competing for her high school, George McDougall, MacEachen also ran for the Calgary Warriors Track Club. After receiving offers from other U.S. schools such as Colorado State, Idaho State, and Nevada, she ultimately committed to Eastern after a recommendation from Warriors coach Al Holm, whose son, David Holm, is a cross country and track middle distance runner for the Panthers.
McEachen holds the ASAA Provincial record in the 80-meter hurdles with a time of 11.78. She will join the Panthers for the 2010 track season as a hurdler and long jumper.
McEachen narrowly came away with the gold in the long and triple jumps, winning both the events on her second-to-last jumps.
Besides competing for her high school, George McDougall, MacEachen also ran for the Calgary Warriors Track Club. After receiving offers from other U.S. schools such as Colorado State, Idaho State, and Nevada, she ultimately committed to Eastern after a recommendation from Warriors coach Al Holm, whose son, David Holm, is a cross country and track middle distance runner for the Panthers.
McEachen holds the ASAA Provincial record in the 80-meter hurdles with a time of 11.78. She will join the Panthers for the 2010 track season as a hurdler and long jumper.
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