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With the jump he set the school record, Big 12 Championship meet record, Big 12 Conference record and put his name at the top of the World list.

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After just clipping the bar with his foot on his first attempt, the Potts Field crowd got behind the small-town kid from La Vernia, Texas, which has a population of 931

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We didn't offer. Really. And it's not like he was some diamond in the rough in HS that we had to take a chance on. How could you let local talent like this slip through your fingers?

http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?PALBID=11339&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=1472029

[This message has been edited by Boots over Delaware (edited 5/20/2008 10:21a).]

Nowhere does it say we didn't offer. I know for a fact he took an official visit here and was offered a scholarship. He chose to go to Nebraska. It happens. By the way, Arkansas and Texas also recruited him.

No, the article doesn't mention where he had offers from. I was led to believe he didn't get much attention from us or tu. I guess the NU deal was sweeter than ours. His family seemed to me a little disappointed, even betrayed, in the beginning, that in-state schools didn't do more. They don't sound too disappointed with the net result, though.

regardless of whether we offered or not, this guy had without a doubt the most impressive stat at the Big 12 meet. I also find it interesting that the top high jumpers are white... just an observation.

except the world record holder

top high jumpers in the big 12

wash- all I found was a text results sheet. How did you determine race of the participants? Interesting observation, though. Different kind of jumping than straight vert jump, 1 leg vs 2 leg.

I have seen Sellers in person, but didn't know if Jonas was white. I checked his bio on the NU athletic dept. website and figured it out.

Yeah, you're right about the vertical stuff. It's a different ballgame with the high jump.

[This message has been edited by washburn321 (edited 5/22/2008 4:20p).]