Word: high-jump
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Although the individual results of the meet were not what either athlete had hoped for, it was the beginning of a new era of Harvard high-jump dominance that should continue throughout this season...
Siilats topped out at the 1.78-meter bar, which placed her last out of the seven competitors in the highly selective field. The event was won at 1.96 meters by Amy Acuff, the U.S. National Team member and high-jump celebrity who has appeared in Rolling Stone and the Tonight Show...
Siilats, the Estonian national record holder, and Gyorffy, the Hungarian national champion, constitute the beginning of what could become a Crimson Eastern Europe high-jump dynasty. Gyorffy's success was likely an attraction in Siilats' decision to come...
...Freshman high-jump sensation Dora Glorify once again dominated the competition and started her season with a bang. Glorify jumped 1.90 meters, setting a Bayou Classic record and the Rice stadium record...
Less than a month before competition begins, 1992 high-jump gold medalist Javier Sotomayor of Cuba, the only man to clear 8 ft., has yet to find his form. At a recent meet in Havana, he failed to make 7 ft. 1 in. on his first jump and passed on his next two. The 6-ft. 6-in. Sotomayor has been slow to recover from an inflamed left knee. He predicted that it will take a leap of at least 7 ft. 9 in. to win in Atlanta. "I'm not going for the record," he said. "I only intend...