Texas friends and neighbors Dominique Zeigler, of Harker Heights TX, and Ramonce Taylor, of Belton TX, duelled all evening. Each jumper cheered and clapped for the other. When it was over, Zeigler was the winner with a prodigious 25-10 effort, more than a foot better than Taylor's best of 24-6. Their home towns are only 8 miles apart.

Dominique Zeigler

Ramonce Taylor

Zeigler and Taylor afterwards

Boys Long Jump
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 Sponsor: Raks
Gr Southwest: +    25-02  1979        Warren Whilhoite, Winslow, AZ            
 HS National: * 26-09.25  1989        Dion Bentley, Pittsburgh, PA             
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Wind           Points
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  1 Dominique Zeigler            TX, TX                   7.87m   2.8  25-10.00   10  
  2 Ramonce Taylor               AZ, AZ                   7.48m   1.7  24-06.50    8  
  3 Alex Easter               12 Mesa, AZ                 7.35m   4.1  24-01.50    6  
  4 Josh Kinnaman             12 Chandler, AZ             7.26m   4.8  23-10.00    5  
  5 Boian Marinov             12 Mt. Pleasant, UT        J7.26m   3.5  23-10.00    4  
  6 Bryan Davenport              TX, TX                   7.12m   3.6  23-04.50    3  
  7 Justin Smith, III         12 Peoria, AZ               7.03m   3.4  23-00.75 
  8 Ryan Rimmer               12 Mesa, AZ                 6.88m   0.6  22-07.00 
  9 Neil Valdez               12 Albuquerque, NM          6.73m   6.0  22-01.00 
 10 Brent Byrd                12 Colorado Springs, C      6.55m   7.2  21-06.00 
 11 Rayland Currie            12 Las Vegas, NV            6.52m   4.4  21-04.75 
 12 Peng Se Lim               12 South Jordan, UT         6.44m   1.4  21-01.50 
 13 Blake Hadfield            12 Hyrum, UT                6.43m   3.5  21-01.25 
 13 Zac Ishino                09 Murray, UT               6.43m   4.4  21-01.25 
 15 Jermaine West             12 Altus, OK                6.41m   5.5  21-00.50 
 16 Derek McDonald            11 Albuquerque, NM          6.28m   2.0  20-07.25 
 17 Cory Williams                Las Vegas, NV            6.13m   8.1  20-01.50 
 -- Greg Young                11 Albuquerque, NM             ND   NWI           
 -- Louis Daily               12 Hominy, OK                  ND   NWI           
 -- Dan Marshall              12 Chandler, AZ                ND   NWI           
 -- Trevor Heiner             12 Bountiful, UT               ND   NWI           
 -- Gabe Trujillo             12 Pojoaque, NM                ND   NWI           
 -- Terrance Wheatley            Plano, TX                   ND   NWI           
  

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