Jessie Williams of Broughton HS and NCSU won the High Jump competition in Eugene and is heading for Beijing.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/news/newsid=146757.html#williams+manson+jonas+make+olympics+high+jump

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"Williams, ranked eighth in the world last year, jumped 7 feet, 6 1/2 inches at Olympic track and field trials Saturday for the victory. "I really couldn't sleep very well last night and woke up at 4 a.m. dreaming about winning the trials at that height," Williams said. "I really don't know how that happened, but it did. I couldn't get back to sleep because all I was thinking about was being clean through 2.30.""

7/7/2008 11:32:32 AM

cool

7/7/2008 11:34:41 AM

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"being clean through 2.30."

as in steroids?

7/7/2008 11:38:13 AM

someone wasn't on the track & field team in HS

7/7/2008 11:39:47 AM

He transferred to Southern Cal after his freshman or sophomore year

7/7/2008 9:31:29 PM

Ryan Hill (2013 graduate and 7 time ACC champ) won the USA T&F Outdoor Championships in the 5k. Gets him a spot on Team USA for the World Championships Beijing in August.

http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&do=videos&video_id=150536

7/2/2015 1:27:49 PM

for all the meat heads making fun of how distance runners look: go check that dude out shirtless. Who wouldn't want to look like that?

7/3/2015 8:03:52 AM

classic BanjoMan

7/3/2015 11:23:31 AM

That was a really slow 5000M...but Hill just beasted those guys on that last 100M.

7/3/2015 11:30:26 AM

meh. He was obviously in it to qualify and not to set a PR (IMO), and his strategy was great. He stayed largely in the middle of the pack and picked up a great draft from the leaders, then when the leaders pulled away with two laps he went with them, and then bolted for the last 200 meters. Pretty solid. His only mistake would have been if the leaders at the front broke off and separated to form a new pack, but they didn't, so yay.

[Edited on July 4, 2015 at 10:26 AM. Reason : w]

7/4/2015 10:20:43 AM

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"Cravont Charleston is the national 100m champion! ?? #USATFOutdoors"

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"NC State alum Cravont Charleston is the fastest man in the United States."

https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/1677528884969893888

7/11/2023 10:11:52 PM