Jesse Williams is usually a pretty calm guy.

But when he got his first look at the official start list for the men’s high jump at the 35th annual Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field on Sunday, his eyes lit up and he couldn’t hold back an ear-to-ear grin.

“I’m pumped,” he said. “I mean, really pumped.”

Williams, the reigning U.S. high jump champion after winning last summer’s Olympic Trials, has already set personal bests indoors (7 feet, 8 3/4 inches) and outdoors (7-8) this year, and he can’t imagine a better stage to showcase his skills than the Pre Classic in his adopted hometown of Eugene.

Outside of the Olympics, he has seldom seen a better field of high jumpers.

The top Americans?

They’re all here. Williams, Jamie

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