{"422451":{"#nid":"422451","#data":{"type":"news","title":"AE Student Jonathan Gardner Earns All-America Honors at NCAA Track Championship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEugene, Ore. - AE student Jonathan Gardner finished seventh overall in the men\u0027s triple jump, earning All-America honors at the NCAA Track and Field Championship at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon\u0027s campus. Gardner had placed 11th at the NCAA East Regional with a leap of 15.36 meters (50-4.75) to punch his ticket to the NCAA Championships. The AE junior from Chicago, IL, made a career-best leap of 15.92 meters (52 feet, 2 3\/4 inches) on his third jump, after recording distances of under 14 meters on his first two attempts, to place fourth in his flight and qualify for the finals. The top nine individuals moved onto the finals, where Gardner\u0027s jump held up.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2012 Track:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIndoor\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003ETook fifth place with his best triple jump of the indoor season at 15.23m (49\u0027113\/4) at the Rod McCravy invite\u003Cbr \/\u003ERan part of the 4X400-meter relay that crossed the line ninth in 3:19.47\u003Cbr \/\u003EPlaced 10th at the ACC Championships with a triple jump of 14.76m (48\u002751\/4)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOutdoor:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHelped the 4X100-meter relay team place second (41.05) at the Georgia Intercollegiate Invite\u003Cbr \/\u003ETook first place in the triple jump 14.89m; (48\u0027101\/4) at the same meet\u003Cbr \/\u003ERecorded a distance of 15.00m (49\u002721\/2) for second place at the UCF Invite\u003Cbr \/\u003EEarned points for Tech in all three of his events at the ACC Championships - fourth in the 4X100-meter relay (41.54), fifth in the triple jump (15.21m; 49\u002711) and seventh in the long jump (7.16m; 23\u00276)\u003Cbr \/\u003ELogged a collegiate-best triple jump of 15.71m (51\u002761\/2) at the Georgia Tech invite\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"AE Student Jonathan Gardner Earns All-America Honors at NCAA Track Championship"}],"uid":"27456","created_gmt":"2015-07-09 10:39:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:56","author":"Britanny Grace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-06-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-06-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"132911","name":"Jonathan Gardner"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["communications@ae.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}