TRACK AND FIELD: McPherson selected to Team Americas for Continental Cup
Published 6:01 pm Saturday, August 25, 2018
Port Arthur native Inika McPherson will compete for Team Americas in the Continental Cup, an IAAF-sanctioned track meet that will be held Sept. 8-9 in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
The roster includes athletes from countries associated with the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association and the South American Athletics Confederation.
McPherson, the 2014 USA Track and Field outdoor high jump and two-time national indoor champion, was second in the national outdoor meet in June after posting a season-best 1.92 meters, or 6 feet, 3.25 inches. She will turn 32 later in the month.
Triple jumper Tori Franklin is the only other American woman jumper on Team Americas.
About I.C. Murrell
I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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