Black and white photo of University of Oregon multi-event track and field athlete Mary Officer going up in an attempt to clear the high jump bar during a practice at Hayward Field in the 1970s.
Black and white photo of University of Oregon high jumper Kari Easton approaching a jump during a meet held at Hayward Field in 1979. Picture appears on page 170 of the 1979 Oregana.
Black and white photo of University of Oregon long jumper Ed Bilusak, who competed for the Ducks 1972-75, in the air during a jump at a Hayward Field meet.
Wagner coached both OSU athletes at the Pan American games in Mexico City, where they both won gold medals. He coached at OSU from 1966 to 1975, compiling a dual meet record of 49-24. He led OSU to four top six finishes at the NCAA Championships, where the 1969 squad finished second. Nine of his athletes won individual NCAA titles, and fifteen athletes won twenty-three All-American honors. Tom Woods was a four-time All-American in the high jump and captured the 1972 NCAA title. Huntley competed at OSU in 1975 and participated on two U.S. Olympic teams. In the early 1970s, OSU was called the “high jump capital of the world” by some sportswriters due to the success of Dick Fosbury, Woods, Huntley and other Beaver high jumpers.
Huntley competed for OSU in 1975, and later competed for the United States national team in the 1976 and 1984 Olympics, winning a bronze medal in 1984. She was ranked the no. 1 female high jumper in the United States five times. She also served as an assistant track and field coach for OSU in 1981.