State long jump record doesn't satisfy Holmes

By Angie Mudd, Special to the Rocky

Thursday, May 15, 2008

When his first long jump competition resulted in a regional meet record last year, Cherry Creek's Roman Holmes realized his hops were better than he thought.

And when he set the Colorado state record in the long jump last week at the Centennial League championships - his leap of 24 feet, 11 1/2 inches beat the longstanding 1990 mark of Montbello's Chris Sanders by 4 inches - Holmes, a senior, became excited by the thought he is a state record-holder.

He will try to add "state champion" to his list as he competes in the Class 5A state track and field meet Friday and Saturday at Jefferson County Stadium.

"Believe it or not, that was my goal for that meet, getting that state record," said