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 | | Porter (formerly Trish King before marrying fellow Olympian, distance runner and U.S. cross country champion Pat Porter), one of two women in the world to have jumped 1.76 meters/5-9.25 after reaching the age of 40, heads the field of high jumpers. |
 | | A neck injury forced Porter, 42, off the track for 11 years, but the 1988 Olympian recovered and set a world record in the 2003 Masters Championships at her alma mater, the University of Oregon. |
 | | Franklin "Bud" Held, 77, NCAA javelin champion and 1952 Olympian, was the first to throw the javelin more than 260 feet, breaking a world record in 1953 with a throw of 263 feet, 10 inches. |
| www.usatf.org /news/view.aspx?DUID=USATF_2005_07_26_13_39_26 (1974 words) |
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