Dante Pettis hadn’t attended a track-and-field practice since high school, and he made it to only one with the University of Washington team before making his collegiate debut in the long jump at last month’s Trojan Invitational in Los Angeles.
So the senior receiver says his mark of 23 feet, 10 ¼ inches in that March 18 meet “wasn’t really my best at all.” His footwork and timing are rusty. But it was a fine enough effort considering how long it had been since Pettis competed in that event, and it was tops on the team and the sixth-best jump among individuals at the meet.