Conqs’ Reynolds runs to Oral Roberts

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Conqs’ Reynolds runs to Oral Roberts

By Brad Memberto/Sports Writer

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Cabrillo’s Kendall Reynolds is surrounded by family, coaches and friends as she signed a national Letter of Intent on campus on Friday to run track at Oral Roberts University. Joining her, from left, is her mother, Air Force Major Paula Jacobs, father Keith Reynolds, and Conquistador coaches Jake Brown and Vincent Flowers. //Len Wood/Staff

Kendall Reynolds hasn’t competed long, but her coach Vincent Flowers knows she is destined for success.

“She has just scratched the surface,” Flowers said after Reynolds, a senior track star at Cabrillo High School signed a letter-of-intent to continue her athletic career at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Okla.

After returning to Lompoc — where she was born — from Japan where her mother was stationed, Reynolds made a quick impression on the Conquistadores coaching staff.

“Most kids take two or three years to become a quality triple jumper,” explained Flowers, co-coach of the track team along with Jake Brown. “But she went right out and competed.

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