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It Was a Great Day for Bloomfield High School's Demario Gray, but a tough one for Northwest Catholic's Sarah Gillespie - Hartford CourantPublished by
It Was a Great Day for Bloomfield High School's Demario Gray, but a tough one for Northwest Catholic's Sarah GillespieWhile one athlete had an amazing meet, the other was unable to raceHe takes a picture. That's right. Demario Gray uses his index fingers and thumbs to form an imaginary camera. He snaps a mental photograph. And then he jumps like nobody else in the state. "I ask my guys to visualize things," Gray's coach On Monday at Willow Brook Park, Gray became only the second competitor since Jerome Young of Prince Tech in 1995 to win three individual events at the CIAC State Open. Before anybody shows him their photographs of his jumps, mind you, Gray already has them locked up in his brain. The Bloomfield senior won the long jump at 22-9, using only two attempts in order to conserve energy. With his unique brand of mental photography, he won the high jump at 6-10. And then on his next-to-last try, he set a personal best of 47 feet in the triple jump—an event he only began competing That's right. Demario Gray is one part Walter Iooss of Sports Read the full article at: articles.courant.com
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