Ranking Records Finale: Greats Who Missed the List


Kansas all-time list: 200 m 20.9 (# 8), 400 m 47.51 (# 4), long jump 25 feet 3 1/4 inches (# 3), triple jump 55 feet 4 1/4 inches (# 3)

PRs:

200m   20.51 (2000)

400m   45.67 (1998)

Long Jump 2  7'10.25" (2000)

Triple Jump   58'4" (2004)

Post-High School Honors/Achievements:

2000 US Olympic team long jump

2004 US Olympic team triple jump

5 NCAA National championships in the long jump and triple jump

Lister achieved the incredibly rare feat of making two separate US Olympic teams at two different events, something only accomplished in the modern era by Maurice Greene and Amy Cragg (Hastings).


Melvin Lister 1999 NCAA Long Jump Championship