AdvisorSource.com: Final jump gives Hollingsworth state runner-up finish in his only track season 06/07/09
Final jump gives Hollingsworth state runner-up finish in his only track season
By DON CHAMBERLAIN
Source Associate Editor
At every big track-and-field meet this season, Utica senior Mike Hollingsworth came through when the pressure was on most.
That was never more apparent than at the May 30 Division 1 state finals in East Kentwood, where he achieved a state runner-up finish in the long jump under what seemed like the unlikeliest of circumstance.
For starters, it wasn’t until his third and final jump of the open-pit preliminary round that he went far enough to advance to the event’s finals. Then after appearing to fall short of a top-eight performance with his first two jumps in the final round, he had a leap of 22 feet, 11 3/4 inches on his third and final attempt.