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Sugrue has not ruled out the possibility of jumping higher. She said that she is considering going to Europe to compete on the high-jump circuit for a year after she graduates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track's Erin Sugrue | 2/13/1987 | See Source »

Kekkonen knew from experience the perils of direct confrontation with the Soviet bear, who stares at Finland across 788 miles of common border. Born the eldest son of a forestry worker, the man who became a lawyer and national high-jump champion was Interior Minister during the Winter War of 1939-40. Finland, after resisting valiantly, was eventually overwhelmed in that conflict by the Soviet Union, which seized 17,640 square miles of territory and evicted 12% of Finland's population. Following Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union, Finland sided with Nazi Germany against Moscow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finland: End of an Era | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

...meet progressed, the Crimson steel proved true as Dan Sullivan broke a three-way tie for first place in the high-jump by winning on fewer misses, and mountain-climber Geoff Stiles left his Princeton Sherpa guides behind with a 14-ft.,-6-in. ascent in the pole vault...

Author: By Michael Kendall, | Title: Crimson Trackmen Upset Tigers | 4/18/1977 | See Source »

...light a fire in Chuck," says California Head Coach Mike White. A little commitment was all Muncie needed to take advantage of superb natural gifts: the strength to bench-press 275 Ibs., the speed to run the 100 in 9.7 sec., and the coordination and leg power to high-jump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Col's Improbable Hero | 12/15/1975 | See Source »

John Sullivan in high-jump, and Dan Jiggetts and Steve Niemi in the shot-put, failed to qualify for the finals in their events...

Author: By Kathleen T. Riley, | Title: Embree Inched Out in IC4A's; Crimson Track Squad Chokes | 3/10/1975 | See Source »

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