Word: jumped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...main reasons the jumping corps was so successful competing in both the long jump and the triple jump and proving highly successful at both. He finished only inches out of first place in the long jump in this year's indoor Heptagonal meet a competition between the eight Ivy Schools as well as Army and Navy and then came back to win the triple jump. He then repeated his performance this spring, winning his second. Heptagonal triple jump championship...
...began as a high jumper and when he hurled his body over 6-ft 6-in he began devoting more time to track and less to soccer. In 1976, Udo won the 17 and under English National title in both the long jump and the high jump, setting a new long jump record of 7.08 meters...
...years later, he won the Senior National School Championship in the long jump, setting another record with a leap of 24-ft., 10 3/4-in, and earning an invitation to compete with both the British and the Nigerian Junior National squads. Udo opted to leap for the British team, but fell in a pothole and hurt his right ankle just before the competition and was forced to watch the meet from the sidelines. This was the first of nagging, untimely injuries that were to plague Udo throughout his leaping career...
That summer he returned to England and leaped over 25 feet, finishing second to the 1976 Olympic Champion. When Udo returned in the fall he began his most successful year here at Harvard, adding the triple jump to his repertoire, and set a school record...
...knew we had to jump out to a lead," Hixon said. "We have a tendency against Harvard to jump out to a lead and then lose it. We knew it would be only a matter of time before they started coming back...