Word: leapingly
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...does he do it? How is it possible that Butler is entering his third season as Harvard’s starting cornerback and fourth season on the varsity? A 35.5-inch vertical leap helps. A 40-yard dash time that ties him for fourth-fastest on the team doesn’t hurt either...
Queen is blessed with natural athletic ability, possessing the squad’s highest vertical leap (36.5”). He showed his ability at Princeton last year, coming up with 11 tackles and his first career interception in Harvard’s 24-17 victory...
...Garcia, who started his Crimson career as a tight end, squats 500 lbs. But he also has a 35” vertical leap that he routinely uses to dunk on opponents in pick-up basketball games...
Supermarkets It all began with a Piggly Wiggly in Memphis, Tenn., in 1916. Clarence Saunders conceived and patented the idea of customers' walking though aisles of goods instead of asking a clerk behind the counter for everything. From there it was a straight leap to Costco...
...growing, and so did his determination to make the best of a difficult situation. Yi still preferred watching cartoons to NBA games, but by the time he joined Guangdong's professional Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) team last year, he was an astonishing 6 ft. 11 in.--and he could leap and touch a spot more than 11 ft. 6 in. off the ground. (The basketball rim is 10 feet high.) As Yi mastered new skills--the midrange jumper, the baby hook, the reverse slam--he attracted the attention of Adidas. Eager to loosen Nike's hold on Chinese basketball...