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Record Athlete High School Name High School Location Meet Location Meet Name Date Ref. 100 y: 9.30 (+0.9 m/s) Houston McTear: Baker High School Baker, Florida: Winter Park, Florida: FHSAA State Meet (prelim) May 9, 1975 [2] 100 m: 10.00 (+1.6 m/s) Trentavis Friday: Cherryville High School: Cherryville, North Carolina: Eugene, Oregon: USATF ...
The men's high jump was one of four men's jumping events on the Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics program in Mexico City. Thirty-nine athletes from 25 nations competed. [ 1 ] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.
In his junior year, he broke his high-school record with a 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) jump, and the next year took second place in the state with a 6 ft 5.5 in (1.969 m) jump. The technique gained the name the "Fosbury Flop" when in 1964 the Medford Mail-Tribune ran a photo captioned "Fosbury Flops Over Bar," [ 5 ] while in an accompanying article a ...
Joni Huntley is a two-time Olympian with a bronze medal and a career full of high jump records at every level in the 1970s and ‘80s. Some of those records lasted for decades. Two still stand.
Track and Field News: American U20 records – Men Outdoor 11 September 2024 updated; Track and Field News: American U20 records – Women Outdoor 12 June 2024 updated; Track and Field News: American U20 records – Men Indoor 9 February 2024 updated; Track and Field News: American U20 records – Women Indoor 9 February 2024 updated; Specific
Reynaldo Brown in 2018. Reynaldo Brown (born December 6, 1950, in Los Angeles, California) is an American track and field athlete, known for the high jump.He competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics at the beginning of his senior year in high school, finishing fifth. [1]
A plaque on Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria, commemorating Valeriy Brumel's high jump world record of 2.25 m set on 31 August 1961. The first world record in the men's high jump was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in 1912. As of June, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 40 world records in the ...
The 32-year-old Salinas resident smashed the course record that had been held since 2007 by Riverbank High School standout Germán Fernández (14:27 at the state CIF cross country championships).