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...contributions go far beyond acting as a father figure and a cheerleader. In his four years at Harvard. Udo has been a key member of one of the strongest jumping contingents in the East. Udo, Johnson, junior Mark Henry, senior Shawn Hall, and freshman Mike Okwu were almost unstoppable in the long and triple jumps, often sweeping both events...
...Udo was one of the 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...
This success is nothing new to Udo. In fact it has marked his entire jumping career, which began more than a decade ago. The Quincy House resident was first introduced to organized sports when his family moved from Nigena to England after civil war broke out there in 1967. From the age of 10 until about 15, soccer was Udo's first love. But then a friend of his older brother's--one of Udo's seven siblings--convinced the Nigerian native to join the Shakesbury Harriers a local track club...
...Udo 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...