SlowFatMaster wrote:
Scroll down to second paragraph about David Thompson triple jumping almost 50 feet with very little training:
https://vault.si.com/vault/1972/06/19/faces-in-the-crowdWould have loved to see what he or Jordan or Lebron or Manigault or Vince Carter could have done in high jump or triple jump if they had concentrated on field events for a year or two.
"Ron Davis, a versatile senior at Bay (Ark.) High, scored 35½ of his team's 77 points in the county meet, winning the 100, 220, 440, 880 and mile, anchoring the winning 880-relay team and placing second in the long jump. He also batted .341 for the baseball team."
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