As the athletic season reaches midpoint, Anguilla’s Shara Proctor is shifting into high gear with her long jump. At the recently held South Eastern Athletic Conference (SEC) Outdoor Championships which were held at the Tom Black track at the University of Tennessee, Shara jumped a distance of 6.69 meters with a wind speed of 1.4 meters per second.

Shara in action

This jump gave Shara her second consecutive long jump title of this competition. Her jump placed her 9th in the current world ranking for best outdoor jumps, and only twenty four centimeters behind Brittney Reese who is currently ranked number one with a distance of 6.93 m.

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