Long Jump attempt #2 of 6 took place at 1:16 pm and it landed Corrie Delp in a fourth place finish at the Class 3 State Meet !

Lynchburg, Virginia – For the third straight meet Corrie Delp landed with a PR effort of 17-7.75. The first time it made the Carroll County High School Junior the Three Rivers District Champion.

The following week in Christiansburg, Delp nailed one of her early attempts with the end result being a Regional Champion.

On Saturday afternoon at Liberty University, Delp under the watchful eye of her Father / Coach, had three more chances. If one of those opportunities went well it would provide another three in the finals.

At 1:10 pm Delp launched for the first time with a solid effort but it was red flagged due to stepping a quarter inch past the cutoff. One quarter of an inch will come into play once again later in the story.

Attempt #2 took place at 1:16 and it turned out to be the Money 💰 Jump of the afternoon. For the third straight time Delp posted a jump of 17-7.75 and that was strong enough to advance our Cavalier to the finals. This trip to Lynchburg was the third straight season on the biggest of stages but this time Delp was going to leave town with a medal 🏅 around her neck.

The fifth of her six jumps would have landed Delp in second place overall and would have given her the rather elusive Carroll County High School record that she manages to miss by one quarter of an inch. Sadly, the best jump of her career was also red flagged.

Realizing that his daughter had once again performed at a top shelf level, Dad decided to have a little fun with his middle of five daughters.

Holding up an ink pen, Coach Delp asked the lighthearted question, ” What is it with you and a quarter of an inch ?[“

Everything about the third daughter of a former Track and Field star 🌟 back in his prime, came in threes. Third trip to State and third straight performance in which Delp managed to reach her career best.

The best part of the Delp story is the fact that they are the First Family 👪 of Carroll County Track 👣 and Field. While all six jump attempts took place in a 38 minute window, the day itself began with an 8:00 am breakfast, ahead of a 10:00 am check in.

The bond between Corrie Delp and Jon Delp is matched by the family as a whole. Even when it came time to order her pre-meet meal, Corrie looked to her Coach and Mom for some advice. The answer turned out to be scrambled eggs 🥚 for protein, bacon 🥓 and two chocolate chip Pancakes for fun. The second pancake 🥞 went uneaten and hindsight says the second Pancake could have been the missing piece in regards to that final quarter inch ??

There are other Parents who coach their children in Carroll County, just not sure if its to the degree that Jon coaches Corrie, with Shawn Montgomery by their side.

Delp will return with the goals for next season to include that 1/4 of an inch ➕ finishing up with a fourth straight trip to Liberty University.

Also returning is fellow State qualifier, Brenden Fariss. Fariss just finished up his Sophomore year and enjoyed his time in Lynchburg.

Nathanael ” Rambo ” Dalton and Brayden Smoot are the two Seniors that graduated 🎓 this year. Everyone else on both the Boys and Girls teams should return next Spring.

Recapping, Corrie Delp placed fourth and that earned Carroll County High School 5 points ! Great way to end the 2024-2025 School year for CCHS.

In regards to Delp and Fariss, how ’bout them Cavaliers !!!

From here, our dear 🦌 friend Allen Worrell will take my story and make it read all grown up for The Carroll News!

Three years of joining the Delp Family 👪 in Lynchburg = PRICELESS

Good News, Bad News down in Durham. Good News is that Duke University Baseball ⚾️ is now one win away from Omaha, Bad News is we missed Game 1 (but had a great reason up in Lynchburg) Tomorrow at High Noon for 1st Pitch

Now that we are here safely, its time to frame the story of Miss Corrie Delp and Chocolate 🍫 Chip pancakes 🥞 !

In the meantime, I encourage people to check ✔ out the first six stories about the weekend with Corrie and Brenden Fariss while I start to sort through the action 🎬 photos from today.

4th in State !!!!!More to follow….

After declaring Saturday Corrie Delp Day, the natural next step was the have Breakfast with the Guest of Honor 🎖 and eat the identical food! Welcome 🙏 to Day 2 of 2 coverage of the Class 3 State Track 👣 and Field..

Running Blog Post 📫

The Pit of Sand that will absorb Miss Delp

We have all made it inside of Osborne Stadium 🏟 and there are many a role to fill. Dad, Mom, Coach, Big Sis, Little Sis, fellow State competitor, Boy Friend and some guy trying hard to capture the Moment.

Right now the Class 4 Girls are jumping their three attempts with the Class 3 Girls to follow-up. Here until its over so please check back early and often !

10:40 am update – Girls 4 still at it.

10:50 am – Girls 4 preparing for Finals now.

11:00 – best guess, first jump around 11:30ish

How this works is that All who qualified for the event get three attempts. I believe that the total number is 26(37 actually). After they have all jumped 3 times, the best will advance to the Finals. There, they’ll receive 3 additional attempts.

11:20 – Girls Class 4 is now complete in 1:50 of clock ⏰. Corrie Delp just received First Call 📞.

11:45 – Now we know more – Corrie is in the third of 3 flights ✈️ and might still be an hour from jumping.

11:50 – The playing of our National Anthem marks the switch to the afternoon session.

The flights for the Long Jump are 12,12 and 13. They are created by the Athletes PR. Delp is in the third and final flight, the one containing the best of the qualifying!

New Best Guess for first jump is 12:45ish

The upside is that the finals will take place immediately after the 3rd flight is completed. Heading in, Corrie has the eighth best recorded jump of the season in Class 3.

12:15 – Flight ✈️ 1 has completed the first two jumps and are beginning their third and final attempts.

The good news is that the rain 🌧 held off and the bad news is the rain held off. 82° feels like 86° and its not down climbing. The rain was going to keep the temps in the mid to low 70’s.

12:35 – Flight ✈️2 is prepared to start, next best guess for Corrie is now 1:20

The good news is that Corrie is resting in the shade with her Family and friends.

12:53 – we have a Corrie Delp sighting !

1:06 – practice is over, its showtime here !

1:10 – jumping 5th, first attempt was red flagged.

1:17 – great 2nd jump !

1:26 – solid third jump, we think she is in the Finals but waiting for confirmation from the officials…

16-9.25 makes it, we are in the Finals with 17-7.5, still 1/4 inch from School 🏫 record.

2nd best jump headed into the Finals !!!

1:40 – Finals begin…

1:42 – solid first attempt1

:45 – great jump but red flagged

1:48 – Jumps are finished, waiting for official results…

Duke University Baseball ⚾️ needs to win 2 more games to head out to Omaha for the College World Series and they have three opportunities on Campus to get ‘er done! Texas captures Softball Natty …

Saturday afternoon at 1pm versus Murray State and then Sunday afternoon at High Noon are the start times for the Blue Devils as they look to head to Omaha for the first time in over 60 years.

Duke has been playing Softball for less than a decade now but last season the team made the trip out to Oklahoma City for their World Series for the first time. Now the baseball team is in their fourth Super Regional but this time its taking place in Durham.

In would have been Awesome if the best 2 out of 3 could have been played over at neighboring Bulls Stadium 🏟 ( the house that Kevin Costner built) but instead it will take place on campus. The park should be busting at the seems over the weekend as both Duke and Murray State are trying hard to cap off a special season.

Tickets 🎟 were challenging to get but thankfully they added some extra bleachers at the last minute. So, once we finish up here in Lynchburg today it will be South to Durham !

Not sure if Duke will be able to punch its ticket out to Omaha or not but it should be a fun watch. If they don’t make it then kudos to Murray State 👏 for having earned its first ever trip to the CWS.

Congratulations to the Texas Longhorn Softball program for capturing its 1st ever National Championship,defeating Texas Tech in a best of three finals.

We always have fun with the resemblance between Coach Alan Knight and Texas Coach Mike White.

The Atlantic Coast Conference is alive in well in Baseball ⚾️ in regards to the Super Regionals ( Final 16)..