Alaskan Long Jumper Wins Bronze Medal

Long jumper Janay DeLoach of Eielson High School has a bronze medal. Wednesday she made a jump of 6.89 meters, which is 22 feet, 7 and a quarter inches to get third place in the event. Brittney Rose of Team USA took the gold, Elena Sokolava of Russia the silver.

Dan Bross is a reporter at KUAC in Fairbanks.

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