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Boys Track & Field - Florida

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BOYS TRACK & FIELD

Jacob Lemmon

Throws
FORT MYERS HS
FORT MYERS, FLORIDA
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-4
Press Release

Peak Performance

209-6

Discus
“Jacob Lemmon is one of only five guys to throw over 200 feet so far this year and his personal-best of 209-6 ranks as the No. 35 throw by a prep male athlete since 2000. That’s impressive stuff.”
Erik Boal
Editor for Dyestat.com
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-4, 208-pound senior swept the discus and shot put events at the 3A state meet, helping the Greenwave to an 11th-place finish as a team. It marked the third straight state title in the discus for Lemmon. His personal-best throw in the discus of 209 feet, 6 inches set a Florida record and ranked No. 2 nationally among prep competitors in the event in 2019 at the time of his selection. Lemmon’s discus PR is the No. 35 performance by any prep boy nationwide since 2000. He graduates as the author of five of the 10 discus throws over 200 feet in state history.

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Academic Achievement

Lemmon has maintained a 3.90 state CUM GPA in the classroom and has signed a national letter of intent to compete on an athletic scholarship at the University of Virginia beginning this fall.

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Exemplary Character

An avid angler, hiker and cyclist, Lemmon has volunteered 400 hours of community service at the Marine Lab and Native Plant Nursery of the Sanibel/Captiva Conservation Foundation. He has also donated 350 hours of community service at the Sanibel Sea School. A past member of the Fort Myers High Model U.N. Club, math team, school newspaper staff, Mu Alpha Theta mathematics honor society and JROTC, Lemmon also competes for the Greenwave swim and weightlifting teams.