Late to the game, Illini Bluffs triple jumper Tori Brown now one of the state's best
GLASFORD, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Senior Tori Brown is flying high.
One of the top triple jumpers in the state in class 1A is really in a groove.
'I feel like I understand it logistically now. I am able to jump and realize what I did versus when I had no idea what I just did,' the Illini Bluffs senior said. 'I missed a good chunk of my sophomore year because I broke my foot. this year has been better than any other year. The jumps I get upset about now, I would have been rejoicing last year.'
Late in her freshman year, Brown decided to give the triple jump a shot. Although she had no experience with it.
'At a fun practice, my coach said 'we need someone to go try triple jump,'' said Brown. 'I thought I'd try it.'
That practice was late in the season. There were only two meets left before sectionals.
'Triple jump is a complicated event. So, I said, 'are you sure?' She said, 'Yeah, I think I want to try it.' She jumped 32 feet her first night,' said Illini Bluffs girls track coach Jim Robertson. 'And I said, 'yeah, you're a triple jumper.''
Her injury-plagued sophomore year followed that shortened freshman season. So Brown really only has been a triple jumper for two full seasons.
Yet she's one of the top contenders for a medal at this month's state meet. Her jump of 37.125 set a Roger Washburn Invitational girls record at Eureka last week.
Brown finished a program-best fourth place at state last year.
'This year I feel like I'm still learning things as I jump because the more (frequently) I jump, the more I learn,' said Brown. 'No matter what happens, I'm just happy to get (state). I want to make my school proud. Hopefully do something no one has ever done before.'
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