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Janay DeLoach became an Olympic medalist despite coming from a school that only had a dirt track.<\/p>\n

When DeLoach participated in track and field for Eielson High School, the team practiced at North Pole High School, about\u00a011 miles north.<\/p>\n

She set a still-standing prep state record of 19 feet, 5 inches (5.92 meters) in the girls long jump as a senior in 2003. She\u00a0later became a world-class competitor in the long jump, earning the bronze medal with a leap of 6.89 meters at the 2012\u00a0Summer Olympics in London. She also qualified for the 2016 Olympics in Brazil.<\/p>\n

DeLoach has competed at six IAAF World Championships, winning a silver medal in 2012 (jumping 6.98 meters) and\u00a0placing fourth at the World Indoor Championships in 2016. She also claimed USA Indoor national long jump titles in 2011,\u00a02012 and 2014 and is a talented hurdler.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw the potential like anybody else did \u2014 so much of it was natural, and the little bit I helped with was probably about 10\u00a0percent,\u2019\u2019 said Jim Cavanaugh, former Eielson head track and field coach, in a July 2011 column in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main thing in the potential she showed was the speed and the ability to carry that speed into a long jump to where she\u00a0could stay for a long time in the air,\u2019\u2019 Cavanaugh continued. \u201cHer sophomore year, when she started hitting 17 and 18 feet,\u00a0you could see something happening there. You could\u00a0see there were greater things to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

She went on to compete at Colorado State University,\u00a0where as a senior in 2007 she garnered All-America\u00a0honors in the women\u2019s 100-meter dash and long\u00a0jump. \u2013 Danny Martin<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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