2011 Awards (Past Awards: 2010 2009 2008)
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Williams brings HJ back to Garden; Shot putters ready to roll


12/21/2011
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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...

Reigning World indoor champion Ivan Ukhov will headline both stops of the eighth edition of the Moravia High Jump Tour series in late January.

 
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Just jump Jesse: High jumper gears up for Olympic trialsBy Bill Swartz97.3 KIRO FM SportsJesse Williams believes he was born to jump. Right now he's the best high jumper in the world and a threat to win the U.S. a gold medal from the 2012 Summer Olympi...

Wednesday, 17 August 2011

High jumper Williams on Daegu: ‘I’ll be ready’
Jesse Williams was just seven-years-old when Charles Austin won the High Jump gold medal for the United States at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo....

BY TYLER HICKS | Summer Reporter

A Purdue athlete has a goal of competing in the Olympics next year and he is in a good position to succeed.
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It probably won’t come as a surprise to learn that Jesse Williams plays pickup basketball. He’s a regular at the rec center on the Oregon campus, just a hop, skip and a high jump from Hayward Field.

His game can be fairly quiet, though...

Pragmatic is the approach. Focused is the mindset.

Erik Kynard's goal is to literally leap over the competition every time out.
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At last Friday’s Samsung Diamond League opener in Doha, the spotlight fell on local star Mutaz Essa Barshim, the 19-year-old high jumping wunderkind who exceeded all expectations by equaling his own national record of 2.31m in first major co...