SPARTANBURG -- Broome High's Bauvier Jackson turned in one of his best performances of the season against some of the best high school discus throwers on the East Coast a few weeks back at Taco Bell, placing second in a highly competitive and entertaining field event at Spring Valley High.
His best throw on that Saturday afternoon -- 185-10 -- was four-and-a-half feet short of the winning throw, but it was Jackson's best effort of the season.
His performance also erased whatever lingering memories he, and his coach, Skip Frye, may have had about Jackson's results earlier this season at the Bob Jenkins SCTCCCA Coaches Classic, where he placed second in the discus with a disappointing throw of 162-10. It was his worst effort in competition since last April.
"At Taco Bell, we were really happy," Frye told scrunners.com. "Bauvier had been struggling a little. He felt like he should have won at Coaches Classic. He came back and worked on a few little things and it paid off with some big throws at Taco Bell."
Frye said he expects Jackson, and classmate and long-jumper Desmond Anderson, to continue to do well heading into the final meets of the season and at state in mid-May. Anderson currently ranks first in the state in the long jump with a jump of 23-4.5, also turned in at Taco Bell. He jumped 24 feet, ½ inch last year at state.
Jackson said following his performance at Taco Bell that he's aiming for a throw in the mid-190s this year at state. His best throw is 187 feet, 6 inches, turned in at last year's regionals.
"I'll be chasing the state record this year," he said. Griffie Loy of Bishop England set that mark in 2013 with a toss of 196 feet, 6 inches. SCHSL State: Griffie Loy breaks discus record
Frye said Jackson's performance at Taco Bell helped get him back on course for the balance of the season.
"Getting back into the mid-180s is a move in the right direction," Frye said. He describes Jackson as a "very hard worker," though he sometimes overdoes it.
"Many days, we have to stop him from throwing," the coach said. Just as it is with any athlete, "you get tired and start falling into bad habits," he said.
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