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The long jump is a track and field event that tests how far you can go. You’ll sprint down a 40-meter runway until you reach the take-off board.
Venues are going to need to expand their long-jump pits whenever 19-year-old Juan Miguel Echevarria comes to town. During the weekend's Diamond League, the Cuban teenager unleashed a jaw-dropping ...
COLORADO SPRINGS — As Bob Beamon paced off the length of his legendary leap at the Mexico City Olympics in the long jump pit at Sierra High School — heel to toe, heel to toe — the school’s ...
Watch This 19-Year-Old Nearly Long Jump Over the Entire Pit. Juan Miguel Echevarria recorded the longest jump since 1995. By Andrew Dawson Published: Jun 11, 2018 4:49 PM EDT. Save Article.
DAVISON — An unusually large crowd surrounded the long-jump pit, hoping to see history made at last week’s Davison Twilight Invitational. They were there to catch a glimpse of Saginaw senior ...
MCI’s Isabelle Grard builds long jump pit for senior project She’s been planning the project for a few months and believes she will be done within the next couple weeks. By Ben Barr.
Cuban 19-year-old Juan Miguel Echevarria unleashed the farthest long jump under any conditions in 23 years, leaping 8.83 meters (29 feet, 11 1/2 inches) at a Diamond League meet in Stockholm on ...
LSU jumper JuVaughn Harrison did it again. Harrison, who scored a rare double in winning the high jump and long jump at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships in 2019, duplicated that feat ...
Kelly thought about how he plans to chase success when so much has already been found. He's long, 6-foot-4 and over 170 pounds, arguably the perfect build for any of the leaps found in track and ...
FLINT, MI – While many of his fellow classmates at Flint's Southwestern Academy may have spent their Saturday morning in bed, Milton Gordon was busy repairing the school's long jump pit, working ...
It had him going back and forth from the long jump pit, ... DeVaughn won the long jump with a leap of 23 feet, 1 3/4 inches. He won the 110-meter hurdles in 13.78 seconds, ...