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Frederick gives high jump field the boot.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 31-JUL-04
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Frederick gives high jump field the boot.(Sports)(The Seattle jumper overcomes shoe troubles to win national crown)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Curtis Anderson The Register-Guard

Shoes normally don't dominate the conversation when it comes to a high jump competition.

But that was the case at Hayward Field on Friday.

Both Norris Frederick of Seattle's SeaTown Express and Brock Brigman of the Spartanburg (S.C.) Striders had to overcome footwear adversity in the Young's Men's (17-18) age group at the USA National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships.

Frederick, who will be a freshman at the University of Washington this fall, ended up winning the national title with a leap of 6 feet, 11 1/2 inches.

He accomplished this...

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