The boys triple jump became a CIF event in 1971.
Santa Rosa’s Jim Brown got the event off to a strong start for the Redwood Empire that year with four jumps over 45-6¼ including an NBL meet record of 46-5½ and a season best of 47-4¼, a mark that has only been beaten on nine occasions by three athletes since.
Leading those seasons were Piner’s Marvin Colter with 13 jumps over 45-7½ and six of the nine farthest ever with an Empire record jump of 48-7 that has only been better once, and that by only a half inch. He still holds the SCL (NBL Redwood) meet record at 47-0 from 1978. He was the NCS MOC champion that year at 47-2, still our only MOC TJ champion to date, and placed 5th at the state meet at 48-4½. He is still the only Empire triple jumper to ever place in the top 8 at state.
Colter was not unpressed during those years as Santa Rosa High’s Ray Marchbanks, competing in the NBL, has the third most jumps over 45-6 with five past 46 feet and a best of 47-9.
1978 also produced a third great jumper dominating the CMC in Cloverdale’s Allen Kuhn who had a best of 46-11½, 12th performance and fifth performer All-Time.
McCorkel’s senior year, 1982, he produced four more jumps, making the list, giving him the second highest total at seven over 45-6.
The only other jumper to have more than two jumps in the top 50 is Piner’s Aaron Braxton who also had three over 45-6 with a best of 46-0.
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Since then only two Rancho Cotate jumpers have had a single jump over 46 feet (Jermaine Brown 46-1 1988 and Maurice White 46-0¼ 2001).
In the last 18 years only three jumps have cracked into the top 50.
45-8 Brycen Poarch, Casa Grande 5/19/12 +2.1
45-7 Kaleb Trembly, Petaluma 6/5/09 +1.9
45-6¼ Zuhuri Manley, Clear Lake 5/24/13
All-Time top 50 jumps
48-7½ Rob McCorkel, Petaluma 5/23/81
48-7 Marvin Colter, Piner 3/11/78
48-4½ Marvin Colter, Piner 6/4/78
47-11 Marvin Colter, Piner 5/28/77
47-11 Marvin Colter, Piner 5/20/78
47-9 Ray Marchbanks, Santa Rosa 3/14/78
47-7¼ Marvin Colter, Piner 4/15/78
47-7 Rob McCorkel, Petaluma 5/15/81
47-6½i Marvin Colter, Piner 2/19/78
47-4¼ Jim Brown, Santa Rosa 1971
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47-0¼ Marvin Colter, Piner 5/11/78
46-11½ Allen Kuhn, Cloverdale 1978
46-9 Rob McCorkel, Petaluma 5/22/82
46-7½ Marvin Colter, Piner 4/25/78
46-7½ Ray Marchbanks, Santa Rosa 5/13/78
46-7 Allen Kuhn, (2) Cloverdale 1978
46-5½ Jim Brown, Santa Rosa 5/1/71
46-4 Ray Marchbanks, Santa Rosa 5/28/77
46-3 Tyree Gray, Montgomery 5/19/73
46-3 Jeff Johnson, Petaluma 5/23/81
46-3 Rob McCorkel, Petaluma 4/17/82
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46-2½ Ray Marchbanks, Santa Rosa 4/15/78
46-2½ Marvin Colter, Piner 4/23/77
46-1 Rob McCorkel, Petaluma 5/15/82
46-1 Jermaine Brown, Rancho Cotate 5/19/88
46-0½ Rob McCorkel, Petaluma 4/4/81
46-0¼ Maurice White, (1) Rancho Cotate 2001
46-0 Ron Austin, (1) Vallejo 1976 MOC
46-0 Marvin Colter, Piner 4/2/77
46-0 Ray Marchbanks (5), Santa Rosa 4/12/78
46-0 Aaron Braxton, Piner 3/15/84
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45-11¾ Rob McCorkel (7), Petaluma 5/29/82
45-11¼ Tyree Gray, (2) Montgomery 5/26/73
45-11 Rick Williams, (1) Montgomery 1974
45-10½ Bradley Bursch, (1) Piner 5/29/92, wind aided
45-9½ Marvin Colter, Piner 3/29/78
45-8½ Jermaine Brown, (2) Rancho Cotate 5/21/88
45-8¼ Marvin Colter, Piner 4/16/77
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45-8 Jim Brown, Santa Rosa 1971
45-8 Jeff Johnson, Petaluma 5/30/81
45-8 Aaron Braxton, Piner 5/9/83
45-8 Aaron Braxton, (3) Piner 4/7/84
45-8 Brycen Poarch, (1) Casa Grande 5/19/12 +2.1
45-7½ Larry Richardson, (1) El Molino 4/19/75
45-7½ Marvin Colter (13), Piner 5/21/77
45-7 Kaleb Trembly, (1) Petaluma 6/5/09 +1.9
45-6¾ Jeff Johnson, Petaluma 5/15/81
45-6¼ Jim Brown, (4) Santa Rosa 4/17/71
45-6¼ Zuhuri Manley, (1) Clear Lake 5/24/13
45-6 Jeff Johnson, (4) Petaluma 4/11/81
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