Griffin Matthew
Niwot High School
Impact Statement
Matthew jumped 21’2″ – the best high school girls long jump in 2005 and seventh-best all-time.
Biography
Matthew jumped 21 feet, 2 inches – the best high school girls long jump in 2005 and seventh-best all-time – to win the Simplot Games in Idaho last summer. At the Nike Indoor Championships she won the long jump and the 60 meters. After winning the Class 4A state title with a state-record long jump as a sophomore, Matthew won four events – the 100 and 200 meters, the long jump and the 4×100 relay – as a junior, and she posted the second-fastest time during the season (11.56) in the 100.
Also an outstanding student, Matthew holds a 4.3 grade-point average in Niwot’s International Baccalaureate program, and will attend Stanford University.
While a sophomore at Stanford, she was one of two athletes to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the long jump and the 100-meters. As a junior, she again qualified in the 100-meters in the Outdoor Championships.
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