Here’s the cover of the @SBTribune sports section today, featuring @cavemensports junior @LeonFowlerlll’s IHSAA boys track & field long jump state championship.
Special shoutout to @GraceHollars of @indystar for the photo! 📸
Read the full story here 📝: https://t.co/jNM1eNV4k4
🏆 STATE CHAMPION 🏆
Congratulations to Mishawaka’s Leon Fowler on capturing the IHSAA Boys Track & Field State Championship in the Long Jump!
Leon soared 24'6" to claim the state title and etch his name into Cavemen history. We are proud of you, Leon! 🔥
@angdicarlo@LeonFowlerlll@cavemensports Some notes on Fowler’s title.
He’s the first Mishawaka state long jump champ since Franklin Kristl in 1936.
He’s the first Cavemen boys track state champ since Nicholas Banke won the 2009 discus crown
He’s the 12th individual boys track champ in Caveman history, 2nd since 1957
Just spoke with @cavemensports’ new IHSAA boys track and field long jump state champion @LeonFowlerlll over the phone. Here’s what he said. 🏃♂️🏆
“Unbelievable. God was on my side … It’s giving ‘Long jump is back for Mishawaka.’ If you know you’re special, then you’re special.���
It’s official — @CavemenBTrack junior @LeonFowlerlll backs up his social media bios and proves that he is the No. 1 long jumper in Indiana by becoming a 2026 IHSAA boys track and field state champion. His best distance was 24-06 feet, just 1.75 inches off the state record.🏃♂️🏆🧵
@cavemensports, @SBTsports
STATE CHAMPION!
Mishawaka Junior Leon Fowler wins the State Title in the Long Jump at the IHSAA Boys Track and Field State Finals.
Fowler’s top jump was 24 feet, 6 inches.
Congratulations @LeonFowlerlll and @cavemensports!
After a great conversation I am blessed to receive another D1 offer from Purdue university Fort Wayne thanks to coach Hatfield & the entire staff #AGTG
Let’s keep on the train of state title contenders and turn our attention to Mishawaka junior Leon Fowler who repeats as regional champion in the long jump with a leap of 23-05.
You can watch the entire Boys Track Regional from Warsaw here: https://t.co/VrKEu69e04
Congratulations to all of our Mishawaka 2026 Boys & Girls Track & Field athletes who earned All-Conference honors this season in the Northern Lakes Conference!
BOYS TRACK SECTIONAL AT PENN:
Mishawaka Junior Leon Fowler wins the long jump with a leap of 23-04.
He’ll be a favorite in the regional next Thursday, which we will air on our Sports Michiana Game of the Week.
Big congrats to Leon Fowler on his new school record Long Jump of 24-5 last night at #theclassic
Leon currently has the best mark in the state of Indiana.
@LeonFowlerlll@cavemensports@IHSAA1