Best Schoolboy LJ's Prior to 1989

[bijanc]

(source, '89 NY Times article about Dion Bentley):

Top 10 Jumps By U.S Schoolboys 26-8 1/4 Carl Lewis, Willingboro High School (N.J.), 1979. 26-6 1/2* Dion Bentley, Penn Hills High School (Pa.), 1989. 26-6 Carl Lewis, Willingboro High School (N.J.), 1979. 26-5 1/2 Charles Smith, Las Vegas High School (Nev.), 1984. 26-4 1/2 Carl Lewis, Willingboro High School (N.J.), 1979. 26-2 1/4 Ken Duncan, McClatchy High School (Calif.), 1972 26-2* Jerry Proctor, Muir High School (Pasadena, Calif.), 1967 26-1 1/4* Jerry Proctor, Muir High School (Pasadena, Calif.), 1967 26- 3/4* Dion Bentley, Penn Hills High School (Pa.), 1989. 26- 3/4 Joe Richardson, Pasadena High School (Calif.), 1984. 26- 3/4 Charles Smith, Las Vegas High School (Nev.), 1983. 26- 3/4 Jerry Proctor, Muir High School (Pasadena, Calif.), 1967. * Indoors.

[Texas]

26-04.75 James Stallworth (Tulare) 1989

Ok ok I cheated a bit 8-)

[paulthefan]

Id rate owens 24 1/2 foot LJ from 1933 as superior to all of these.

[EPelle]

26-04.75 James Stallworth (Tulare) 1989

Ok ok I cheated a bit 8-)

One of my best friends set a huge PB (and school record) against him in the state prelims, only to be dwarfed by the 25-5,5 Slallworth put up in the same flight.

[paulthefan]

here is one worth mentioning, diminished his jr and sr years with a bout of malaria (ouch)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Hamm

[Texas]

26-04.75 James Stallworth (Tulare) 1989

Ok ok I cheated a bit 8-)

One of my best friends set a huge PB (and school record) against him in the state prelims, only to be dwarfed by the 25-5,5 Slallworth put up in the same flight.

Last time I saw him he was riding a bike around Tulare. What could have been!