Jack Pierce (track and field)
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Jack Warren Pierce was born September 23, 1962 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey
, but was raised in Woodbury
. He graduated Woodbury High School
in 1980. He attended the Morgan State University
on a track scholarship.
Pierce is a former hurdling athlete. He stands and during his Olympic competition he weighed 185 pounds (83.9 kg). At the 1991 World Championships, Pierce placed second behind Greg Foster
, and at the 1992 Summer Olympics
in Barcelona
, Pierce finished third. Jack's personal best time was 12.94 seconds.
He was coached by Norman Tate
, a former triple jump
er who competed at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Cherry Hill is a township in Camden County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township had a population of 71,045, representing an increase of 1,080 from the 69,965 residents enumerated during the 2000 Census...
, but was raised in Woodbury
Woodbury, New Jersey
Woodbury is a city in Gloucester County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, 10,307 residents were counted. Woodbury is the county seat of Gloucester County....
. He graduated Woodbury High School
Woodbury Junior-Senior High School
Woodbury Junior-Senior High School is a comprehensive community middle school and public high school that serves students in sixth through twelfth grades from Woodbury, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Woodbury Public Schools system.As of the 2008-09 school year, the...
in 1980. He attended the Morgan State University
Morgan State University
Morgan State University, formerly Centenary Biblical Institute , Morgan College and Morgan State College , is a historically black college in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Morgan is Maryland's designated public urban university and the largest HBCU in the state of Maryland...
on a track scholarship.
Pierce is a former hurdling athlete. He stands and during his Olympic competition he weighed 185 pounds (83.9 kg). At the 1991 World Championships, Pierce placed second behind Greg Foster
Greg Foster (hurdler)
Gregory Foster was an American hurdling athlete. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He is the only person in the history of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics to win three consecutive 110 meter hurdling titles . He was the 1981 World Cup and the 1991 World Indoor hurdling champion...
, and at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Pierce finished third. Jack's personal best time was 12.94 seconds.
He was coached by Norman Tate
Norman Tate
Norman W. Tate is a retired long jumper from the United States, who set the world's best year performance in 1971 by jumping 8.23 metres on 1971-05-22 at a meet in El Paso...
, a former triple jump
Triple jump
The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...
er who competed at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.
External links
- Jack Pierce at sports-reference.com