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Ben Miller was one of San Diego's long line of champion pole vaulters, winner of the gold medal at the...
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Willie Steele won the Olympic gold medal in the long jump in the 1948 Games in London with a leap...
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Bob Gutowski carried on a San Diego tradition of excellence in the pole vault, setting American and world records in...
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Bud Held was the world's best javelin thrower in the early 1950s and the first American to hold the world...
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Billy Mills scored one of the great upsets in Olympic history by winning the 10,000 meters in 1964 at Tokyo,...
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Bobby Smith was part of a premier pole-vaulting family from San Diego High School. He emulated the feats of his...
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Jack Rand brought San Diego State its first NCAA title when he set a pole vault record of 14 feet,...
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Ralph Smith was the first in a long line of San Diego pole vault champions. He won the National Junior...
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Arnie Robinson, a native San Diegan, was one of the best long jumpers in U.S. track and field history. He...
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Willie Banks set a world record of 58 feet, 11-1/2 inches in the triple jump in June, 1985, the first...
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The SDSA traces its roots back to the San Diego Hall of Champions and Breitbard Athletic Foundation, which were founded by the legendary Bob Breitbard.
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