Gabby in Eugene Oregon???

[Blakeon18]

Maybe not physically but I bet that our world class high jumper is keeping an eye on the
USA track trials being held July 1-10 at the University of Oregon...especially the women's high jump.

Remember that she finished 5th in 2012 with a jump of just over 6'2"...at 15 years of age.
I recall that Geno [and all her other pursuers for hoops] were OK with her taking a redshirt year during her soph year and focusing on track in hopes of making the Rio games. I'm guessing that her knee surgeries put the kibosh on that. I think...not sure...that I read she was considering returning to the high jump at some point down the road....2020...2024?

BTW: in 1980...year of our boycott of the Moscow games...I went to Eugene to see our trials. Fantastic atmosphere....those fans are enthusiastic and knowledgable about this 'minor' sport.

 

[jdubct]

She would be watching, among others, Vashti Cunningham (daughter of a former NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham), who recently won an international meet at 6'5".

 

[ed4ourgirls]

She would be watching, among others, Vashti Cunningham (daughter of a former NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham), who recently won an international meet at 6'5".

Amen. I think Gabby made a wise choice when she opted for basketball over high jumping.

 

[msf22b]

Amen. I think Gabby made a wise choice when she opted for basketball over high jumping.

I don't know Ed...
An Olympic Gold is surely a nice trinket.
Who's to say one sport is better than the next?

 

[Trappist]

She would be watching, among others, Vashti Cunningham (daughter of a former NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham), who recently won an international meet at 6'5".

And Vashti is also from Nevada! Must be something in the air out there that produces great young high-jumping women!

 

[TroyHouse66]

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<<An Olympic Gold is surely a nice trinket.>>

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Virginia City, Nevada Territory

 

[MilfordHusky]

Maybe not physically but I bet that our world class high jumper is keeping an eye on the
USA track trials being held July 1-10 at the University of Oregon...especially the women's high jump.

Remember that she finished 5th in 2012 with a jump of just over 6'2"...at 15 years of age.
I recall that Geno [and all her other pursuers for hoops] were OK with her taking a redshirt year during her soph year and focusing on track in hopes of making the Rio games. I'm guessing that her knee surgeries put the kibosh on that. I think...not sure...that I read she was considering returning to the high jump at some point down the road....2020...2024?

BTW: in 1980...year of our boycott of the Moscow games...I went to Eugene to see our trials. Fantastic atmosphere....those fans are enthusiastic and knowledgable about this 'minor' sport.

Eugene is a track and field mecca. Pre is an icon there.

 

[JordyG]

I don't know Ed...
An Olympic Gold is surely a nice trinket.
Who's to say one sport is better than the next?

No there's no question that sport is sport. Yet financially a future in high jumping takes a back seat to the potential in WBB

 

[ed4ourgirls]

I don't know Ed...
An Olympic Gold is surely a nice trinket.
Who's to say one sport is better than the next?

To be sure, an Olympic gold medal would be a treasure for Gabby (or anyone). The problem
is in the likelihood of winning one. Gabby is a terrific athlete, but as a previous poster
pointed out, she would face a level of competition both at home and abroad that I'm not
sure she could match. Careerwise, I like basketball for her.

 

[Gus Mahler]

Amen. I think Gabby made a wise choice when she opted for basketball over high jumping.

Amen.

 

[Blakeon18]

Cunningham's daughter got a spot on the team...finishing second with a jump of 6'5 and one half.
Winner jumped 6'7". Gabby's 2012 jump of 6'2 and one quarter was exactly the height of the fifth place gal....the same as Gabby's finish. 6'4" got the last Olympic berth.