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Off Topic => Shoot the Breeze! => Topic started by: Tom McManus on April 28, 2008, 07:39:15 PM

Title: Seven Foot
Post by: Tom McManus on April 28, 2008, 07:39:15 PM
Hey BD,

How many times did you clear seven foot? I don't think I could long jump seven foot.
Title: Re: Seven Foot
Post by: hj70ft on April 29, 2008, 05:49:03 AM
I cleared 7' 1/4" (2.14 Meters) three times in college. (I have video showing me clearing the next height at 7' 1 1/2" and then just grazing the bar to miss the height.) Once in competition to win the conference championship and break the school record. The other two times were in practice or during prelim work at the National Championships.

Since you've given me the stage for a moment I'll dredge up a bit of the glory days...

At my best I was ranked in the top 100 jumpers in the United States and around the top 250 jumpers in the world.

I missed getting to the Olympic trials by two inches.

I was a four time NCAA all-american missing a national championship by one height each time.

I still hold my high school and college school records in the event. One still immortalized on the internet.

http://athletics.uwsp.edu/Pdfs/mtrack/2007/11/30/OUTDOOR%20TRACK%20RECORDS.pdf (http://athletics.uwsp.edu/Pdfs/mtrack/2007/11/30/OUTDOOR%20TRACK%20RECORDS.pdf)

Thanks for asking and pumping my ego for me. Just what I needed. I figure I'll need about a 1000 rating to be as good at DG as I was at High Jumping.