Spikes for LJ

[John Lee]

My daughter runs the 100/200 in high school. She runs with Mizuno Tokyo track shoes. Next season, she wants to long jump.

Does she need a LJ shoe and can she practice and jump with her current spikes?
I worry she may get a sore heel from using her current shoe.

Any info appreciated.

[Mansfield]

it should be okay with a sprint spike, although i have never used the tokyos, i have seen numerous people jumping in sprint spikes. at new england meet i saw kids triple jumping in sprint spikes

[Run-n-Jump]

i triple jump in sprint spikes though i have read sumwheres that tj'ing in sprint spikes is bad .. but i dont have tj shoes so yea ..

but i think sprint spikes are ok for long