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Recent Gyorffy jump is second-best in the world

Senior Dora Gyorffy is hoping to close out her outstanding Harvard career on a high note.

Two meters high, to be exact.

“My goal is to break the collegiate high jump record, which is 1.98 [meters], and the Hungarian high jump record, which is also 1.98,” Gyorffy said. “My goal is two meters.”

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Gyorffy is well on her way to reaching that goal. Last Saturday at the Princeton Invitational, she set a new outdoor personal record with a jump of 1.96 meters.

It was the second-best jump in the world this season. The only athletes to reach such heights this year are American Amy Acuff, who also cleared 1.96 meters in Osaka, Japan last Saturday, and Russian Hestrie Storbeck-Cloete, who cleared 1.97 meters in March.

“I was tired from papers and studying for exams that weekend, so I was very excited to jump a [personal record],” Gyorffy said.

The best jump, indoor and outdoor, of Gyorffy’s career came at the Indoor Heptagonal Championships last year, when she tied an NCAA indoor record with a winning jump of 1.97 meters.

Gyorffy will have two more opportunities to break or match Acuff’s NCAA outdoor record. Her first chance will be Sunday morning at the 125th IC4A and 18th ECAC Women’s Championships hosted by Princeton this weekend.

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