OlympicTalk · Jan 29, 2016
Vashti, Randall Cunningham make their own names in high jump
Randall, Vashti CunninghamOn Aug. 1, a tall, slender high school senior broke the American junior record in the women’s high jump, clearing a height that would have made the 2012 Olympic team.
Her behind barely grazed the bar, not nearly enough to scare it out of place. She leaped out of the landing pit with her right arm raised.
She composed as she walked out of the competition area, fixing her hair as she crossed eight running lanes and stepped onto grass on the track’s perimeter.
There, standing on the other side of a white, four-foot fence, were two men who share a name.