Johnathan Cabral

Johnathan Cabral competing for Agoura High School in 2011

Johnathan Knight Cabral (born December 31, 1992) is an American-Canadian hurdler. He grew up in Agoura Hills, California and competed for the Agoura High School football team and track and field team. He currently attends the University of Oregon where he is a member of the track and field team.

Personal

Cabral grew up in Agoura Hills, California and graduated from Agoura High School in 2011. His hurdle coach since he was 8 years old was his father, John Cabral, who encouraged him to try hurdles in youth track. Throughout his time at Agoura High School, where he currently holds both the 110- and 300-meter hurdle records[1] his father held the position of head hurdle coach.[2]

Track and field career

Sophomore year

During the 2009 CIF Southern Section Finals, Cabral ran the 10th fastest 110-meter hurdle time in the state that year with a time of 14.15 seconds.[3] He qualified for the CIF State Prelims where he was disqualified for falling and interfering with another competitor.[4]

Junior year

Cabral was ranked third in the nation in the 110-meter hurdles during 2010. His personal record that season was 13.54 wind-aided at the CIF State Championships. His fastest wind-legal time was 13.63 seconds at the Junior World Championships.[5] He was the California State Champion in the 110-meter hurdles with his time of 13.54,[6] and earned 5th place in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 37.57.[7]

Senior year

Cabral finished his senior year as the national leader in both the 110 and 300-meter hurdles. He posted times of 13.43 in the 110-meter hurdles and 36.42 in the 300-meter hurdles at Arcadia Invitational, setting two new meet records and the fasted combined hurdles performance in meet history.[8] The following week he broke the Mt. SAC Relays 110-meter high school meet record with a time of 13.48 seconds.[9] His 110-meter personal best was posted at the CIF Southern Section Masters meet with a wind-aided time of 13.27 seconds. The time did not break Chris Nelloms' U.S. 110-meter national record of 13.30 due to the wind illegality.[10] Nevertheless, he qualified for the CIF California State Meet where he won in both the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles with times of 13.79 and 36.20 respectively.[11]

His state wins qualified him to compete in the U.S. Junior Track and Field National Championships where he ran his fastest wind-legal time of 13.36 in the Men's 110-meter Junior Prelims.[12] During the Men's 110-meter Junior Finals, Cabral hit the 10th hurdle and fell, ultimately crossing the finish line in 7th with a time of 14.36.[12] Unable to compete for USA at the 2011 Pan American Games, Cabral attended the Canadian Junior Championships in Winnipeg, MB which served as the Pan American Junior Trials. He posted the top time in the 110-meter preliminaries with a time of 13.43 seconds, but was determined ineligible to compete in the finals despite his Canadian citizenship status. Nevertheless, his time broke the previous Canadian National Record of 13.72.[13] Still pursuing the 110-meter national record of 13.30, Cabral competed in the Golden West Invitational and won both hurdle events with a time of 13.41 in the 110-meter hurdles and his fastest wind-legal 300-meter hurdle time of 35.76.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Agoura Track Records". Agoura Track and Field. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  2. ↑ Carlisle, Jim (July 3, 2011). "Johnathan Cabral is the Star's Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year". Ventura County Star. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "2009 California Outdoor 110H Rankings". CalRunners.com. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "CIF State Track and Field 2009 Championships Results". CalRunners.com. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "2010 Outdoor National 110H Elites". Dyestat. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  6. ↑ "2010 Live Results - CA CIF Outdoor State Championship". RunnerSpace.com. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  7. ↑ "2010 Live Results - CA CIF Outdoor State Championships". RunnerSpace.com. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  8. ↑ Knoblauch, Austin (April 10, 2011). "Agoura hurdler Cabral posts 2 U.S. bests". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  9. ↑ "53rd Annual Mt. Sac Relays Results". Mt. Sac Relays. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  10. ↑ "High School Records". Track and Field News. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  11. ↑ "CIF State Track and Field Championships 2011". RunnerSpace.com. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  12. 1 2 "Men's 110 Meter Hurdles Junior - Prelim". USA Track and Field. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  13. ↑ "Canadian Junior Championships Results". Canadian Junior Championships 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  14. ↑ "Golden West Invitational 2011 Results". Golden West Invitational. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
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