Eagle Pass Eagles Triple Jump Athlete Ty Chisum earns 6th Place at State Meet

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc.

Eagle Pass High School Eagles Triple Jump and city record holder Ty Chisum placed sixth in his specialty at the 2015 University Interscholastic League 6A Track and Field Meet with a jump of 46 feet 8 3/4 inches on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at the University of Texas at Austin Mike Meyers Track and Field Stadium, announced Eagle Pass High School Track and Field Coach Roger Olivas.

Kerwin Roach of Galena Park North Shore High School won first place with a jump of 50 feet 6 1/4 inches while Saige Revell of DeSoto won second place with a jump of 49 feet 1 1/2 inches and Michael Madu of Plano East High School won third place with a jump of 48 feet 1/2 inch.

Eagle Ty Chisum won first place (Gold Medal) in the Triple Jump at the 2015 UIL Region IV-6A Track and Field Meet in San Antonio, Texas with a school and city record jump of 48 feet 2 inches.

Chisum has signed a letter of intent to play college football with Texas A & M University-Kingsville Javelinas.

The Eagle Pass Business Journal congratulates Ty Chisum on his 2015 UIL Region IV-6A Gold Medal in the Triple Jump and on his sixth place finish at the 2015 UIL-6A State Track and Field Meet and wishes him the best in his future endeavors.