standing broad jump

Example Sentences

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He also had a standing broad jump of 10 feet, 3 inches.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2022

This is a league that has drawn eyeballs to college kids sprinting 40 yards and performing the standing broad jump, which at one point seemed akin to watching grass grow.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2020

In the standing broad jump, one squats and then pushes off with the legs to see how far one can jump.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

“I finally did standing broad jump in middle school, because that was the only thing I could do,” Wittenberg said.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2012

We had an athletic contest last year and they beat us, carrying everything but the standing broad jump.

From The Boy Allies at Jutland by Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)