Sentences with phrase «for longest jump»

On the men's side, there is Kevin Bickner, who now holds the record for longest jump in U.S. ski jump history.

Davis waited another couple of seconds, then just rose up for a long jumper.

Fry also equalled the then - world record for the long jump.

Having not been invited by the IAAF to contest the pentathlon, double UK Indoor champion Katarina Johnson - Thompson has been named for the long jump, alongside Shara Proctor.

Also he won Olympic Gold medals for the long jump in 92 & 96.

Do you know that a flea can break the current world record for long jump in the Olympics by about 970 feet if it were the size of a human athlete?

Between wall running when necessary, flinging oneself up in the air and making short bursts of forward flight, dashing along rails to get the speed necessary for long jumps, and even limited running across water, there's no reason to ever touch concrete in Sunset Overdrive.

She qualified to participate in the South Western Ontario Secondary Schools Association competition for long jump that same year.

Not exact matches

Eastern State Penitentiary has a 16 - foot - high bar graph, showing the dramatic jump in the prison population, due to expanded definitions of crimes and longer, mandatory sentencing for nonviolent offenses, notes Sean Kelley, Eastern State senior vice president.

But as 20 - year blogging veteran Jason Kottke notes, if you jump (back on) the blogging bandwagon, you might not be alone for long.

Once the experiment started, we had astronomical jumps in productivity for 60, 90, 120 days — probably for as long as six months.

For Twitter, which has long struggled with introducing new users to its confusing world of hashtags, @ signs, and followers, the NFL games present a unique opportunity to jump start growth.

If real GDP can jump 3 % or more this year and keep doing the same thing for three or four more years after that, and we can put in place some spending reductions, we would go a long way to solving our deficit problem.

The funeral home owner, Paul Roller, says property values in Palo Alto have jumped so dramatically that it no longer makes economic sense to use the acreage for a funeral home, according to reports.

For businesspeople looking to jump, now is a long - awaited chance to find a better employer and maybe notch a substantial raise.

James Hahn, who won his first PGA TOUR event last year, was looking for an edge when he jumped to PXG in January: «I didn't feel the need to switch (from TaylorMade) but a small part of me was thinking, «I can't compete with a guy who hits 30 yards longer than me and one or two clubs longer than me.»

Busch, who served for 22 years in the U.S. Navy, said the new retirement program will help jump start many members» long - term savings.

«For instance, if you've got a promotion or a new store opening coming up, you can jump - start something very effective with Twitter, but it might not have a long term effect.

Average pay for long - haul truckers jumped 17 percent since the end of 2013 to a record average of $ 57,000 in 2015, according to the National Transportation Institute.

U.S. oil inventories declined for 10 straight weeks as of January 24, the longest stretch ever recorded, before jumping again in the week ended January 31.

Cynics decried Groupon for choosing a field that's easy for new rivals to jump into, and questioned whether any daily deals site can come up with a viable long - term business model.

He cited Wanda Cinema Line, which jumped tenfold last year, as an example of the value of holding a good company for the long term.

Jumping into that race — even if a party welcomed him — could bring a quick end to a long career for Jason Kenney.

San Diego's Dexcom posted a 30 percent jump in revenue for the March quarter as it prepares for a major launch of its next generation continuous glucose monitors that no longer requires finger pricks for calibration.

I didn't jump into the investing world for so long because it all seemed so complicated.

We are also watching the US economy, where any unexpected slowdown in growth or jump in longer - dated bond yields, given the more advanced tightening campaign, could have repercussions for the European economic outlook.

One in six said they would have trouble making mortgage payments if interest rates rise (long - term interest rates jumped following the November election of Donald Trump as U.S. president, while the U.S. Federal Reserve earlier this month raised its trend - setting rate for the second time since the 2008 crisis).

You have to give them credit for maintaining such a disciplined approach for so long when everyone else around them was jumping in and out of the most recent short - term performers.

I had almost given up, when I stumbled across this video, which is less than 10 minutes long and answered all my questions so perfectly that I nearly jumped for joy — it's definitely worth a watch.

Value added in manufacturing leaped, and at the same time, real GNP grew 4.32 % per year from 1869 to 1898, an unrivaled rate for a period that long, and consumption per consumer jumped 2.33 % per year.

Christianity is way older and has fought evolution for so long, funny how all the sudden they want to jump on the bandwagon.

It is quite long, so I have included some hotlinks for you to jump to sections that interest you.

This language has stuck in my head for more than forty years: «First they would teach you the prayers and the Psalms, and that would be the right door (the one with the circle) and the long sweet words with the holy sound, and that would be the one to jump at to get where the food was.

If you have been a believer for long you have had these experiences: First, a day or season of reading the Bible where the verses jumped off the page and nourished your soul.

I thought about jumping in, I needed to jump in, but the water was dark and unfamiliar and so I sat, for a long time, alone in the quiet, and it was enough for me.

I wonder how long it will take for a believer to jump in here and declare the priest above not to be a true christian, a closet atheist.

I kept him there for so long on one occasion that he decided to jump off.

you would think that based on the prejudice and idea that blacks no longer marry each other or bother to get married at all but just have babies that an all white church would have jumped at the opportunity to not only marry the couple but comment on what a great example they were setting for all the other blacks who just have babies with no stable households — or something like that.

A person makes an open - ended statement on a social networking site and it didn't take long for people to jump to conclusions.

I've looked at Kris Carr's inspiring story because of you and found information out about Margaret Hills (recovered from severe Rheumatoid Arthritis in the 1980's by doing pretty much an alkaline diet), and basically you gave me the jump start and motivation to do what I can to help myself as naturally as possible for as long as possible.

I had a nice red cabbage in the fridge, so it didn't take long for my brain to jump to using it as the dressing for coleslaw.

I'm pretty sure I did a literal jump for joy when I broke out my long sleeved shirts this past weekend, and another when I made hot coffee for the first time since April.

Here are my final tips for you if you are jumping on the homemade ketchup bandwagon: wear black and long sleeves.

Both views are splendid... or is it because I have been here too long and anything European makes me jump for joy?!! You have a lovely blog and thank you for stopping by!

Agribusiness valuer Sam Paton said informed purchasers looked for longer - term trends as commodity prices tended to jump around.

I love the long day's and I am jumping out of my skin excited for summer to hit around here.

For a long time, gluten - free food was the domain of gluten - free blogs, and gluten - free food bloggers were writing about the topic long before cookbooks started to hit the shelves, items began to appear on menus, and companies jumped into the gluten - free market.

In the second half he didn't even bother with trying to jump for a long ball or fight for it at all.

For a few third - quarter minutes in her third league all - star game, in February, Bolin (it's her married name and rhymes with rollin») put on one of her typical showstopping performances, hitting seven straight long - range jumpers.

He fell from the world's No. 1 ranking in both the 100 meters and the long jump for the first time since 1981.