Sentences with phrase «long jump field»

Not exact matches

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.

SANJAY KETTLES St. Mary's - Berkeley — Track & Field — Senior After fouling out of the finals as a junior, Kettles was down to his last attempt as a senior when he jumped 24 - feet, 33/4 inches to win the state title in the long jump.

In the finals, the qualifiers were competing for the best long jump of six total attempts, with a cutoff to a field of eight following the first three attempts.

In 1991 Powell not only broke the most astounding record ever — Bob Beamon's long jump standard of 29» 2 1/2», set in 1968 — but also produced his 29» 4 1/2» in the greatest mano a mano battle in field event history, defeating Carl Lewis, who also jumped his lifetime best, 29» 1 1/4», in the World Championships in Tokyo.

Track and field: Men's decathlon gets underway, men's 3000 - meter steeplechase final (8:30 a.m., live stream), women's long jump, women's 200 - meter final, women's 100 - meter hurdles final (7:20 p.m., live stream)

Coaches give instruction and training in events such as sprinting (100m, 200m, 400m), middle and long distance running (800m & 1600m), field events (long jump, shot put, discus, mini-javelin and hurdles).

Sprinter - long jumper Carl Lewis became the first three - way winner since 1886 at the U.S. track and field championships

THE MOORE FILES • THE STATS: Moore won gold in the long jump and triple jump at both the North Coast Section Meet of Champions and the CIF State Track and Field Championships.

Moore, who transferred from Bishop O'Dowd before the school year, seemed almost content with a second - place finish in the long jump, considering the defending champion and one of the nation's top athletes was in the field.

If that admission seems odd, that's because it is, especially when considering triple jump typically takes a back seat to more popular field events like the long jump and high jump.

Also out in the field and New Zealand's shot put star Valerie Adams extended her unbeaten streak to 55 competitions, her first throw of 19.96 m her best to claim victory ahead of Germany's Christina Schwanitz, while Olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor leapt his best in the final round of the long jump to move from fifth to first and beat Commonwealth silver medallist Zarck Visser of South Africa by just one centimetre — 8.09 m to 8.08 m. Britain's Greg Rutherford — gold medallist ahead of Visser in Glasgow — leapt a best of 8.04 m for fourth as just eight centimetres separated the top five.

But he has no chance in a race against Gbamin, who was a track and field athlete (long jump) in his youth, and is soon caught.

In the women's long jump, Jazmin Sawyers leapt 6.62 m to beat a field that included Olympic champion Tianna Bartoletta of the United States.

Over in the field events, recently - crowned British champion Greg Rutherford will continue his return from injury in the long jump, while in the women's high jump, world champion Maria Lasitskene will look to extend her winning streak as she forms part of a field also including Britain's Morgan Lake.

Home fans were treated to wins in the field from world pole vault record - holder Lavillenie, world indoor long jump champion Éloyse Lesueur and Benjamin Compaoré in the triple jump.

Playgrounds can become competition fields by taking a stopwatch and timing how many times your toddler can jump in one minute or how long it takes to climb the slide and get down.

As a student at Hersey High School, Arlington Heights, she excelled in track and field, competing at the state level where she won first in 80 - yard hurdles and second in long jump, as well as in national meets.

As an undergrad, I was a scholar athlete with the Track and Field Team, as a long jumper and sprinter.

The in track and field events events in which he competed included the 100 meter dash, the 200 meter dash, the long jump and the 4 x 100 meter relay race.

Brea Olinda's Sydney Skipper competes in the division 3 long jump during the CIF - SS Track and Field Divisional Finals at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., on Saturday, May 19, 2018.

Muir's Miicah Fulton finished second in the division 4 long jump during the CIF - SS Track and Field Divisional Finals at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., on Saturday, May 19, 2018.

Wildwood's Asha Fletcher wins the division 4 long jump during the CIF - SS Track and Field Divisional Finals at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., on Saturday, May 19, 2018.

West Covina's Shannon Lo competes in the division 2 long jump during the CIF - SS Track and Field Divisional Finals at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., on Saturday, May 19, 2018.

Antelope Valley's Ranise Smith competes in the division 3 long jump during the CIF - SS Track and Field Divisional Finals at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., on Saturday, May 19, 2018.

Long Beach Jordan's A'Lena Chaney competes in the division 1 long jump during the CIF - SS Track and Field Divisional Finals at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., on Saturday, May 19, 2Long Beach Jordan's A'Lena Chaney competes in the division 1 long jump during the CIF - SS Track and Field Divisional Finals at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., on Saturday, May 19, 2long jump during the CIF - SS Track and Field Divisional Finals at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., on Saturday, May 19, 2018.

Mater Dei's Kelli Godin competes in the division 2 long jump during the CIF - SS Track and Field Divisional Finals at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., on Saturday, May 19, 2018.

Mater Dei's Dominique Ruotolo competes in the division 2 long jump during the CIF - SS Track and Field Divisional Finals at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., on Saturday, May 19, 2018.

Woodbridge's Madison Lyon finished competes division 1 long jump during the CIF - SS Track and Field Divisional Finals at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., on Saturday, May 19, 2018.

Mater Dei's Jade McDonald competes in the division 2 long jump during the CIF - SS Track and Field Divisional Finals at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., on Saturday, May 19, 2018.

According to his website, Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history.

And I now bought the Konami classic Gamer Picture set just to get the Track & Field long jumping picture, and reinforce my reputation as the slightly lunatic «Track & Field liker».

The other two games in Track & Field are long - jump (another cool experience) and Javelin (so - so).

We have come a long way since jumpers for goalposts, football has evolved both on and off the field, turning from the pastime of the working class into a massive financial behemoth.

Many of the usual suspects are here such as many of the track & field events such as sprinting, high jump, long jump etc..

I kind of jumped head long into this field.

See, in Denim Dress, how the tranquil American iconography of girl - sprawled - out - in - field jumps the frame when you realise the girl is a boy; and in Junction 2015, how the mythic forms and long shadows of the American west are worked into surreal compositions that speak as poignantly of human longing as has any sculpture or painting.

Field events consisted of the hula toss, tennis ball throw, shot put throw, softball throw, bean bag competition, standing long jump and the wheelchair slalom.

One example Bolles uses for making the «long jump» is if you are an accountant in the television industry and you want to become a reporter in the medical field (no direct connection between the two jobs), it helps to first get a job as accountant in medicine or reporter in television, each jump easier since there is some direct connection to what you do now.