The long jump involves a sprint, three quick steps, a jump from the board with one leg, and ends with both feet landing on the sand. Mike Powell set the men’s world record of 8.95 m (29 ft 4+1 ...

Ventura County will be well-represented at the USATF National Outdoor Championships. Check out the six locals who will go up ...

The CIF State championships are in Fresno on May 30-31. Hernandez currently holds the state's top marks in long jump (20-1.5) and triple jump (41-4) in girls track and field. HOW THE STORY CAUGHT FIRE ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Winning the women's long jump at the 20th World Athletics Indoor Championships, Claire Bryant (Gainesville, FL/USATF Florida) earned recognition as the 11th USATF Athlete of the Week ...

Long, curly hair and loose clothing can significantly reduce the performance of athletes taking part in long jump and 100-metre sprints, research has found. In both events, the difference is ...

Junior trans athlete AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley (center) — who won titles in the girls’ long jump and triple jump — posed with competitors to take pictures on the podium. X / @Riley_Gaines_ ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Greek long jumper Miltiadis Tentoglou was named the Best Balkan Athlete of the Year for 2024 on Friday. The 26-year-old Tentoglou, who won Olympic gold in Paris last year ...

CIF adopts new qualification and medal policy in the high, triple and long jump. Cisgender female now qualify if they lost a qualifying position to a transgender athlete. Details on shared podiums ...

She has won gold twice at the I.P.C. World Championships — in the T38 long jump in 2017 and the T35-38 100-meter sprint relay in 2015 — and bronze in the 4×100-meter relay in the 2012 ...

Despite isolated protests outside and inside the stadium, cheers largely drowned them out, the Times reported. Hernandez also was part of a three-way tie for first in the high jump after all three ...

JuVaughn Harrison arrived at LSU in the fall of 2017 as an 18-year-old high-jump specialist. More than most track and field events, the high jump can become stifling. “It’s an event where you ...

May 28, 2020 JJK’s long jump record earns her USATF Throwback Athlete of the Week honors INDIANAPOLIS -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee (East St. Louis, Illinois) set an American record in the women’s long jump ...