Cameron Ruiz, recent commit from Lakes High School won the Long Jump and the Triple Jump at the State Track Meet yesterday. He also competed in the 400 getting 6th and the 1600 relay all in one day with rolling events , meaning little or no breaks between events. He sounds like a big time competitor. Congrats to Mr. Ruiz
Ruiz, Two State Titles
- Thread starter loyolacat
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Long jump: 24'0"
Triple jump: 50'6"
Wow! Nice jumps!
http://www.ihsa.org/sportsactivities/boystrackfield.aspx
Both very impressive. There's definitely some natural explosive athleticism with Mr Ruiz. Hope he continues to develop as a football player to match it.
There are lots of NU football players who were also track athletes. His results are amongst the best.
PS -- it's kind of a disservice to compare a high school junior to Sherrick McManis, who was enough of an athlete to be picked in the fourth round having never run a 40 for scouts. But, for what it's worth, Ruiz's 24-0 is appreciably better than McManis' 22-8 that won state in 2005.
As I recall, Sherrick was a jumper. I am well aware that the 24' mark is better than Sherrick's, just that the stats brought him to mind. If he pans out the same way, and has the recovery from injury ability Sherrick had, we are clearly the winners.
24 feet is the best long jump by any of our recruits, and he's only a junior. 50'6" triple jump is also super. I'm not sure which is better. The kid is a physical player as well. He will at least be good on special teams.
Sherrick was a fifth round pick.
Sherrick was a fifth round pick.
I have a friend from Peoria that ran and jumped against McManis in HS and he said he was legit the most freak athlete he's ever seen. Real cool story, huh?
