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Larry Jessee is an American pole vaulter who competed at the international level thru the 1970's into the 1990's. He first rose to notice in 1970, vaulting the top vault in the high school ranks in the United States. In 1974, he won the NCAA Indoor Pole Vault Championships and led his team, the Univerity of Texas El Paso Miners to the first NCAA team championship. In 1975, he became the eight man in history to vault 18' feet and set the NCAA record. After college, he won two U.S. Indoor pole vault championships, in 1977 and 1978. He was one of the top vaulters in the world I.A.A F. rankings for most of the late 1970's and early 1980's. He set the American record in the pole vault in 1982 with a vault of 18-8 3/4. In 1985, he set an un unofficial indoor pole vault record of 19-2 3/4 in Australia. In 1992, Jessee returned to Masters competition, setting seven masters world records. In 1996, at the age of 44, he became the first man in the world over the age of 40 to vault 18' feet. He won the World Master Championship at Buffalo, New York in 1995. He was inducted to the Ohio Track and Field Hall of fame in 2007

References.. Track and Field News Masters News I.A.A.F