high jump
noun
: a jump for height over a horizontal bar in a track-and-field contest
high jumper
noun
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Jade Jones, high jump, King’s Academy senior: The University of Houston basketball commit finished fourth in the state in the high jump (1.52) at the state meet and was a part of the sixth-place 4×400 relay team.
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Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2025
Tanner Schick, Mount Dora Christian, Sr. Buzz: Repeat 1A high jump champ (6-7½).
—Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2025
And Miles Bennett cleared 6-8 in the men’s high jump.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2025
The transgender junior from Jurupa Valley High School — who competed despite a directive from Trump that she be barred from doing so — won state titles in the girls’ triple jump and the girls’ high jump and took second place in the girls’ long jump.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
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Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2025
Tanner Schick, Mount Dora Christian, Sr. Buzz: Repeat 1A high jump champ (6-7½).
—Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2025
And Miles Bennett cleared 6-8 in the men’s high jump.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2025
The transgender junior from Jurupa Valley High School — who competed despite a directive from Trump that she be barred from doing so — won state titles in the girls’ triple jump and the girls’ high jump and took second place in the girls’ long jump.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
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“High jump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20jump. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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