![]() An NCAA champion in 1989, he was ranked No. Woo is a medal favorite in Oregon.īut Nordquist says: “I don’t see it being won much higher than 2.35 (7-8 1/2).” Hollis Conway, American indoor record holderĬonway, 55, is parks and recs director in Monroe, Louisiana. He wishes more money was spent sending kids to camp - the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center where South Korea’s Woo Sangheok is mentored. … That’s unfortunate because that’s all that’s there.” “USATF is happy getting less money than they pay LeBron James - for the entire sport. Nordquist doesn’t know how to cure his ailing event. “When people are starting to wear braces in their 30s, there are some things that cause that.” “A lot of retirements came at that time,” he said. Steroids circulated and “knock-and-pee” started, jargon for unannounced out-of-season drug testing. Nordquist looks at the 1980s as a turning point in the event - and the sport. On Saturday, he thought the same: “Slowed down at the takeoff. It’s kind of frustrating.”Īt the Tokyo Olympics, as the bar went up, Cunningham started slowing down her approach run, he said. I mentioned to him some things, and he kind of agrees. SAC and talk to the guy from the elite high jump program from USATF. ![]() Vashti Cunningham isn’t as technically sound as she could be - even though USA Track & Field “has been doing a lot of studies on her,” Nordquist said. “I don’t think Americans are technically very good” unlike Russian and Ukrainian jumpers - cookie-cutters but “so solid.” “They just want to be on a team and they want to … participate and not compete,” he said. The same number of kids come out for track, but it’s more of a social thing. It was beautiful weather,” he said.Ĭompeting for kids’ attention are basketball, video games and skateboarding, Nordquist says. “And I thought it was bad weather and I looked. Photo by Chris Stoneīut in 2022, 6-7 won it with six jumping 6-5. Yonathan Kapitolnik of Israel jumped 2.28 meters (7-5 3/4) to make finals at world meet in Oregon. “But there still are a couple major things that are going on that are stopping her from jumping 2.05 and an American record and challenge the world record.” ![]() “It’s because of the problems in her run-up, some of which have been fixed,” says Stones, who showed his UCLA coach, Tom Tellez, the ropes of the blossoming Fosbury flop in the early 1970s. Vashti Cunningham, the 24-year-old Olympian, had been America’s best hope for a medal at Oregon22, but on Saturday she went no higher than 1.86 (6-1 1/4) and failed to make Tuesday’s final.īefore her unexpected result, Stones said he was a little disappointed in her lack of improvement - rising from 1.90 (6-2 3/4) in 2014 to 2.02 (6-7 1/2) in 2021 at a Chula Vista meet. He says ex-Bruin Amy Acuff should have jumped much higher than her 2003 best of 2.01 (6-7): “She was a phenom, built perfectly for the event. … If you don’t discover them - or the chemistry’s not right - you’re going to be mired in mediocrity.” Vashti Cunningham of Las Vegas jumped her personal record of 6-7 in Chula Vista last year. ![]() There are so many mistakes that are made that kill a career early in the career. “There’s a huge amount of talent,” he said. ![]()
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