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Hurdler working on versatility
Deseret News (Salt Lake City), May 8, 2008 by John Coon Deseret News
PLAIN CITY -- Based on the amount of state title winners Fremont has produced in recent seasons, the Silver Wolves' boys track team could be described as a hurdler factory.
Brent Jenkins claimed 5A titles in the 110 hurdles in 2006 and 2007 with winning times of 14.68 and 14.65 seconds respectively. Before him, Taylor Pebley claimed a 5A crown in 2004 after winning the 300 hurdles in 38.20 seconds.
Fremont senior Jon Goble is looking to join their company as the latest Silver Wolves athlete to claim supremacy in the hurdles.
Goble has already done much to carve out a spot among the 5A elite. He opened the season by winning the 110 hurdles at the Davis Super Meet and claimed the top spot in the same event on the same track a month later at the Davis Invitational.
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Goble's best time in the event going into the BYU Invitational, 14.69 seconds, was only .04 seconds behind Jenkins for the school record. Given all of Jenkins' earlier accomplishments, it said volumes about where Goble was at coming into this month.
"My ultimate goal would be the school record, and I'm pretty close to getting it," Goble said, following his win at Davis High. "I just need to take .05 seconds off of my time right now."
Goble shattered that mark with ease at BYU, winning the 110 hurdles in only 14.48 seconds.
Ironically, Jenkins indirectly had a hand in helping Goble wrestle the school record away from him. While the two were still teammates a year ago, he offered Goble some one-on-one tutoring in the finer mechanics of hurdling.
Since incorporating some of those tips into his training and races, Goble has noticed a big jump in his results from his junior season.
"He helped me out a lot," Goble said. "Gave me some good pointers."
Goble also has a nice family history in the event to draw on. His mother, Annetta, was hurdler while attending three different high schools as a teenager. Goble credits those genes from his mother with providing him some natural ability and a good hip flexor.
His natural abilities are helping him in pursuit of another goal. Even as he continues to hone his hurdling skills, Goble is training to be a decathlete.
He plans to compete in the 33rd Great Southwest Classic in June. To get ready for the prestigious annual track and field meet in Albuquerque, Goble has been training or competing in as many events as his schedule will allow.
One really nice side effect of those efforts, for both Goble and Fremont, is that the senior has already met state qualifications in both hurdle events, the 100 meters, the high jump and the 1600 meter relay.
"We've got some choices on where to use him when it comes to state," Fremont coach Rick Corbridge said. "The only hard part is where do we need him and where is he going to score the most points?"
Corbridge noted that training to be a decathlete has served to increase Goble's versatility. He ranks 4th on the team in javelin throw, Goble is also progressing on the pole vault with a top jump of 11 feet and 6 inches.
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