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Confident, healthy, ready, high jumper Jesse Williams eyes Olympic gold in London
Feb 24th 2012, 5:14pm | Athlete Features
EUGENE _ The pressure is squarely on Jesse Williams, which is just the way he likes it.The reigning world high jump champion and No. 1 ranked high jumper in the world in 2011, Williams is the early favorite to win Olympic gold this summer in London.... [Read More]
Jumpin' With Excitement
Dec 9th 2011, 5:18am | Athlete Features
by Elliott Denman — posted on 12/5/2011"I'm excited, really excited," Jesse Williams tells one and all.
And it's obvious why the the North Carolina-reared, California-schooled, Kansas-trained, Oregon-resident high jump star i... [Read More]
Ukhov to return to Moravian High Jump tour
Dec 9th 2011, 1:39am | Athlete Features
Reigning World indoor champion Ivan Ukhov will headline both stops of the eighth edition of the Moravia High Jump Tour series in late January.... [Read More]
USA Track and Field: Jesse Williams uses wrestling roots to take competition to the mat High flyer’s hoops snub led to wrestling and greater heights
Kansas State Student-Athlete Spotlight: Scott Sellers - Big 12 Conference
Apr 8th 2009, 7:33pm | Athlete Features
Kansas State Student-Athlete Spotlight: Scott Sellers
Release: 04/07/2009
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Donald Thomas leaving high jump?
Apr 5th 2009, 10:59pm | Athlete Features
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Interview with Jesse Williams - Trackshark.com
Feb 28th 2009, 1:37pm | Athlete Features
You've had quite the impressive indoor season so far in thehigh jump, clearing 2.32m, 2.34m and 2.36m in Europe. How was the
experience for you overseas now that you're back in the United States?
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BC High Eagles rise up - Corey Thomas sets record
Feb 2nd 2009, 10:30am | Full Results
Corey Thomas scanned the crowded stands looking for John Normant. When the BC High senior high jumper spotted the Eagles head coach, he grabbed his calf after clipping the bar on his second attempt at 6 feet, ll inches at yesterday’s Division 1 C... [Read More]
Ukhov and Klyugina take High Jump victories in Moscow
Jan 31st 2009, 6:42am | Full Results
Moscow, Russia - Ivan Ukhov and Victorya Klyugina were the winners of the 13th High Jump Cup with Music in the Russian capital on Thursday (29).The 2000 Olympic champion in the High Jump Sergei Klyugin turned out to be the main hero of the tournamen... [Read More]
Vlasic debuts with 2.03m leap in Rijeka
Jan 30th 2009, 5:16am | Full Results
Rijeka, Croatia - With a boisterous capacity crowd as a backdrop, Blanka Vlasic made her eagerly anticipated debut an auspicious one with a world-leading 2.03m leap at the Rijeka 2009 High Jump Meeting in this northern Adriatic port city.“It f... [Read More]
Ukhov ups world lead to 2.34, Friedrich sails over 2m in Hustopece
Jan 26th 2009, 4:18am | Full Results
Hustopece, Czech Republic - Ivan Ukhov raised his own world lead in the High Jump to 2.34m while Ariane Freidrich equalled her own season-pacing mark with a two metre clearance at the 10th Hustopecske skakani event in Hustopece, Czech Republic on Satur... [Read More]
Miller Breaks High Jump Record (Again) At Razorback Invitational
Jan 26th 2009, 4:13am | Full Results
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - - Two weeks after breaking the Tech indoor high jump record in the season opener, senior Jerome Miller set a new historic mark on the first day of competition at the Razorback Invitational Friday in Fayetteville, Ark.The Staffor... [Read More]
Spank opens with 2.30m leap in Dresden, Battke again over 4.60m
Jan 26th 2009, 4:11am | Athlete Features
Dresden, Germany - It could hardly have been a better start into the year for one of Germany’s major hopes for the World Championships in Berlin: In front of his home crowd Raúl Spank took the High Jump at the Dresden Meeting on Friday eve... [Read More]
Ukhov, Strakova win Moravia High Jump tour
Jan 26th 2009, 4:08am | Athlete Features
Russian high jumper Ivan Ukhov continued his sublime run this season to win the men's tour at the Fifth Moravia High Jump Tour with a world leading mark of 2.34. World and Olympic finalist Iva Strakova of Czech Republic won the women's tour title.... [Read More]
Ukhov world leading 2.33m; Tereshin 2.30 in Trinec
Day jumps 1.93m PB in season opener in Fresno
Jan 20th 2009, 3:10pm | Athlete Features
Fresno, USA - Sharon Day didn’t come to the Run for the Dream Indoor Invitational on Monday (19 Jan) with many expectations but the 2008 Beijing Olympian left with high aspirations.Day cleared an indoor career personal best 1.93m in her High J... [Read More]
Five-time winner Acuff to take on Howard at 102nd Millrose Games
Jan 20th 2009, 3:06pm | Athlete Features
New York, USA - Amy Acuff will go for her fifth career Millrose Games victory, while Chaunte Howard eyes her second title when the two go head-to-head in the John Thomas Women's High Jump on 30 January at the 102nd Millrose Games, held at New York City... [Read More]
Friedrich, Spiegelburg, Battke start season on a high note - German indoor round-up
Jan 19th 2009, 9:29pm | Interviews
Three German women jumpers have started their 2009 indoor campaign with very promising results over the past weekend. High Jumper Ariane Friedrich cleared 2.00m to win the regional championships in Hanau on Sunday (18). The 25-year-old, who intend... [Read More]
Junior Destinee Hooker sets meet record in the high jump with an NCAA automatic mark of 6-3.25 (1.91m)
Jan 19th 2009, 9:22pm | Athlete Features
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Thornblad vs. Ukhov in Trinec; Friedrich aiming for two metres - Moravia High Jump Tour
Jan 16th 2009, 5:39pm | Athlete Features
Brno, Czech Republic - The fifth Moravia High Jump Tour series offers solid fields including 12 men with bests of 2.30 or more and 8 women with PB´s of 1.95m or more.The line-ups include Russian 2.40m jumper Vyacheslav Voronin and three w... [Read More]
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