Hall of Honor
Triple jumper from 1980-83 ... 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in triple jump with leap of 56-7.50 (first American to win that event at Olympics in 80 years) ... had four of the five longest jumps in the Olympic final ... teamed with sister Jackie Joyner to become the only brother-sister combination in American track and field history to win a medal each in the same Olympics (Jackie won silver in heptathlon) ... Olympics finished a great year that included national TAC championship ... received Jim Thorpe Award as Field Event Performer of the Year for 1984 ... three-time NCAA All-America (runner-up outdoors in 1983, fifth indoors in 1981, sixth indoors in 1983) ... five-time Southland Conference champ (indoor triple jump in 1982 and 1983, outdoor triple jump in 1981 and 1983, outdoor 110 high hurdles in 1980) ... still owns triple jump record both indoors and outdoors at A-State ... ranked top-10 in U.S. by Track & Field news for five years (1982-86) ... eighth in World Championships in Finland in 1983 ... ranked 5th in the world in 1985.
