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 ...

Long jumper Greg Rutherford goes the extra mile to prepare for the World Championships - by building a pit in his garden.

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 ...

Grard is building a new long jump pit after she tore her ACL in her freshman season in 2021. She’s gotten to work replacing the “very rocky pit” with a new MPA regulation pit that will be ...

Cuban teen long jumps so far he nearly flies out of the pit at Diamond ... 2018, 4:00 p.m. Juan Miguel Echevarria of Cuba wins the men's long jump at the IAAF Diamond League meet at ...

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 ...

Long jumper Greg Rutherford goes the extra mile to prepare for the World Championships - by building a pit in his garden.

While some prepared for the summer by laying new lawns, Olympic champion Greg Rutherford decided to lay a long jump runway and pit. The 28-year-old from Milton Keynes had help from his father to ...