T&F Trivia Question

At 17, this future world record holder in the mile, long jumped over 19 and a half feet. ?????

[Per Andersen]

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Regina Jacobs.

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Herb Elliot?

[stevehj197]

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that lj distance is not very far; must be an old timer.

[stevehj197]

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>that lj distance is not very far; must be an old timer.

unless its a female...

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Ovett? Bit of a guess though.

[michael lewis]

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Mary Decker?

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Steve Ovett?

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Peter Snell

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yeah, the answer better be a female, because if you are the male record-holder and can only LJ 19 1/2 feet, you just lost major cool points.

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Svetlana Masterkova

[jhc68]

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tn, why the attack on cool points? A nearly 20 foot long jump at age 17 is not so un-macho for a MILER! I recall that on another thread (probably the infamous "can an average guy run a 6 minute mile?") people were riduculing the notion that a 4 minute miler might be able to squat 2x his body wt. IMHO, I bet any 4 minute miler could do squat 2x their puny body wt easily, but, also, I bet that most world class milers would have thought they were really cool if they could long jump 20 ft.!

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Great guess satchman. At 17, Elliot jumped 19' 7.5". I probably would have guessed Ovett (maybe he did??)

[trackhead]

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I'm almost certain Dr Snell began his athletics career in rugby and tennis. I remember that after a few races (I think he ran low 2s for 800m) that a track coach he would never go anywhere because "he has no kick."

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Jim Ryun of Wyandote East H.S.