Pat Matzdorf of Wisconsin goes over the bar. Matzdorf held the National Collegiate Record with a height of 7'6.25". He is a member of the Drake Relays Hall of Fame.
Dick Fosbury poses for a picture. Fosbury invented the technique called the "Fosbury Flop," where jumpers clear the jump backwards, giving them more height. Fosbury was a 1968 Olympic gold medalist and set the U.S. and Olympic record of 2.24 meters.…
Stacy Boerema from Clinton High School in Clinton, Iowa clears the bar in the high jump. Boerema won the high jump with a height of five feet seven inches. Boerema became the first Iowa female athlete to clear six feet that same year.
Brian Brown knocks hits the bar as he tries to jump over 7'8". He won the Mens Special Invitational High Jump with a height of 7'7" in 1997, setting the Drake Relays record in the event. Brown came back to win the event again in 1998, and also place…
Austra Skujyte of Lithuania flies over the sand in the Olympic preview Long Jump. Skujyte was a silver medalist in the Heptathalon at the 2004 Olympics.
