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Gyorffy, having cleared the 1.96-meter bar in mid-February, has qualified for the International Amateur Athletic Federation World Championships in Lisbon this weekend, while Siilats will be competing at the NCAA championships in Arkansas...
Gyorffy, who hails from Hungary, is one of the most decorated athletes in Crimson history. Last year, she tied the NCAA indoor high jump record with a 1.97-meter leap at Heps and went on to win the NCAA indoor title. This current season got off to a late start as she took the first semester off to compete in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, where she cleared the 1.89-meter bar but could not get past the 1.92-meter mark in her three attempts...
Since returning to Harvard, she has been consistently the 1.90-meter mark. As a result of her recent 1.96-meter leap, she decided not to defend her NCAA title from last year and instead compete in the world championships...
...competition will begin at 4:20 p.m., Lisbon time. Gyorffy's toughest competition from the United States will be Amy Acuff, whose personal best of 2.00 meters slighlty overshadows Gyorffy. In competitions this year the two athletes have been very evenly matched. Their season-best jumps are both 1.96 meters. At the Olympics, Gyorffy did overpower Acuff by nine centimeters, as Acuff only cleared the 1.80-meter...
...competition at A&M will be tough, but it will be nothing new for Shevchik. He took home a bronze medal in the 200-meter backstroke at the 1999 Pan American Games and placed eighth in the 200 backstroke at NCAAs last year...