For Immediate Release
Date: February 16, 2019
Contact: Taylor Meeks (208) 840-1426
E-mail: media@simplotgames.com
Jonathan Holman of Springville, Utah, Wins the Boys’ High Jump at the 2019 Simplot Games
Pocatello, Idaho– Jonathan Holman, a junior from Springville, Utah, won the boys’ high jump at the 2019 Simplot Games with the mark of 6’9”.
“The height was a PR for me, and I felt like I did great,” Holman said. “Even though this was my first time competing at Simplot Games, I was competing against friends, people I knew.”
Trey Tintinger, a junior from Helena, Montana, took second place with the same mark of 6’9”. Holman took first place with fewer attempts.
More than 2,200 athletes will come from across the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand to participate in the 41stannual Simplot Games. Simplot Games remains the nation’s premier high school indoor track and field event. Sponsored by the J.R. Simplot Company since 1979, the Simplot Games are held at Idaho State University’s Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho.
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