Before Beamon's leap, the farthest long jump had been 27 feet, 4¾ inches, by Ter-Ovanesyan and Ralph Boston. Jesse Owens had set a record of 26-8¼ in 1935 that had held up for 25 years.

Jones caught 914 passes for 13,703 yards and 66 touchdowns. A state champion in the long jump, triple jump and high jump at Foley, Jones made his combine jump with a broken bone in his foot.

Jamaica College’s (JC’s) outstanding jumper Michael-Andre Edwards produced an excellent performance claimed his second gold ...