Definition of long jump
: a track-and-field event in which a jump for distance is made usually from a running start
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The pentathlon can be one of several combinations but is generally the 110 hurdles, long jump, shot put, high jump, and 1,500 for boys and men.
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In all, 220 fifth graders from across town competed in a variety of events, including the long jump and the high jump.
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Riverside Poly's Bobby Bonds won the long jump in 1965 and went on to a 14-year career in the majors.
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Anoush Krafian of Belmont won the girls’ pentathlon with 3,409 points, scoring first in the 100-meter hurdles, long jump and shot put.
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Junior Magaly Tshipopo qualified for the high jump, long jump and triple jump.
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Bailey won the 200 (26.10) and 400 (58.94) and placed second in the 100 while Williams secured titles in the long jump (15-11.5) and triple jump (34-6.25) and finished runner-up in the high jump.
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Crete-Monee’s Stefan Baldwin won the long jump in 23-1 as one of six qualifiers for the Warriors.
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Waubonsie Valley junior Johanna Kirtzeck won the long jump in 16-2.
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First Known Use of long jump
1853
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