Prep Roundup: Arrivey soars state-best 7 feet
By Seattle Times staff
Trent Arrivey broke his coach\'s school record.
Apparently Trent Arrivey was a little top heavy before this week, but a trip to the barber seems to have taken care of that.
Arrivey, a senior from Woodinville High School, high-jumped 7 feet Thursday, making him the state leader by 4 inches.
\"I got a haircut this week, so that might have been it,\" joked Arrivey, whose previous best this year was 6-8. \"My goal coming into this year was 7-1, so I still haven\'t quite reached that yet.\"
Arrivey\'s jump was not only a personal best, but a school record. He broke the mark of 6-10 set in 1996 by his high-jump coach, Eric Green.
\"I\'m thrilled that he broke it,\" Green said. \"Seven feet is a big, big goal for any high jumper, so for him to accomplish that is pretty special.\"
Arrivey was tied for the state lead going into the week with Jeremy Taiwo, a sophomore at Newport of Bellevue. Arrivey jumped 6-9 as a junior.
He is the first high-school athlete in the state to clear 7 feet since Roosevelt\'s Norris Frederick jumped 7-1 in 2004, and the 23rd athlete in state history to clear 7 feet. One notable on that list is 14-year NBA veteran Doug Christie, who jumped 7 feet in 1988 while at Rainier Beach.
Rick Noji holds the state record of 7-4 ½, set in 1984 as a junior at Franklin High School. Noji, who went on to an All-American career at Washington, holds the state\'s top six marks.
Other track highlights
• Beamer got three victories from Sam Heck (shot put, long jump, 110 hurdles) in a dual-meet victory over Jefferson. Sergey Marchenko of Jefferson also tripled (800, 1,600, 3,200).
• Kenna Patrick won three events (800, 1,600, 3,200) as the Jefferson girls beat Beamer in a collision of teams that were unbeaten in dual meets.
• Sumner\'s Katrina Drennen ran 3,200 meters in 10 minutes, 54 seconds, the second-fastest reported girls time in the state this season.
• Eastlake\'s Jessica Pixler, the state leader in the girls 800, ran a school-record 60.0 in the 400.
Correspondent John Boyle contributed to this report.
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