GOLD AND BLACK ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 27, ISSUE 5 80
BY KYLE CHARTERS
KCharters@GoldandBlack.com
A
year ago, Savannah Carson set a very simple
goal for her long jump season.
She wanted to quit scratching.
Because if she didn't stop stepping over the board —
the technique on her approach was so inconsistent that
she barely ever hit the mark in the same spot, often step-
ping over it — then she was never going to reach her
potential.
So before the 2015-16 indoor season, Carson wrote,
"Get on the board, trust my mark as well as increase
my runway distance" on a goal sheet, but nothing more.
Spring Forward
Gains have
Carson
competing
among
country's best
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Photo courtesy of Purdue Athletics