high-jump

When I tracked him down at his little adobe house on the edge of L.A., he still had an old mattress in his backyard that was part of his makeshift high-jump pit.

David Maraniss discusses Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World. 2010

Grant may have been a mediocre student at West Point, but he was an excellent horseman and set a high-jump record that stood for nearly 25 years.

Ulysses S. Grant in Galena Mark Yost 2011

The men's high-jump record has been broken 18 times since 1968.

Cracking the Long-Jump Code Scott Cacciola 2012

Most sports eponyms (words taken from a person's name) are more closely related to the actual sport, such as the Axel jump in skating (named after Norwegian skater Axel Paulsen) and the Fosbury flop (a high-jump technique popularized by Dick Fosbury).

Week in Words Erin McKean 2011

In high school competition in California, you have to clear the high-jump bar at predetermined heights in order to qualify for each of the major meets league, CIF, Masters, State at the conclusion of the season.

Misty Misty May-Treanor With Jill Lieber Steeg 2010

In high school competition in California, you have to clear the high-jump bar at predetermined heights in order to qualify for each of the major meets league, CIF, Masters, State at the conclusion of the season.

Misty Misty May-Treanor With Jill Lieber Steeg 2010

Though she tied the German high-jump record, she was not allowed to compete.

Jewish Women In the Olympics 2010

But unexpectedly, high-jump chic is most definitely having a moment.

How female high-jumpers raised the fashion bar 2010

Emma Green of Sweden competes in the women's high-jump final of the IAAF Diamond League athletics meet Friday in Doha, Qatar.

Sports Snapshots 2010

She had a particularly good relationship with her high-jump colleague, Elfriede Kaun.

Gretel Bergmann. 2009