This is in today's SI On Campus...
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Florida: Jock Jump
What's more impressive than pole vaulting? Pole vaulting in your athletic supporter. Florida's Jock Jump started in 1996, when a senior, Troy Rumfelt, said he'd once jumped naked. \"We thought, We've got to do that,\" says Steve Mesler, then a freshman decathlete. \"But maybe we shouldn't get arrested.\" Jock straps were deemed enough clothing for the vaulters to avoid trouble. Strings were pulled to get lights turned on at the stadium, and Mesler made up flyers and started a website. The first competition featured Lawrence Johnson, who earned a silver medal in the 2000 Olympics, and Mesler, who in 2002 made the Olympics in the bobsled. Tradition dictates that Jock Jump start with an announcer reading the jumpers' bios. At the post-party a \"trophy\" keg is bought in the name of the winner. The Jump went coed in 1999 (female competitors wear sports bras and underwear) and is going strong, albeit under constant fear of being shut down. \"I have no idea how we never got in trouble,\" Mesler says.
SIOC LinkWhat's more impressive than pole vaulting? Pole vaulting in your athletic supporter. Florida's Jock Jump started in 1996, when a senior, Troy Rumfelt, said he'd once jumped naked. \"We thought, We've got to do that,\" says Steve Mesler, then a freshman decathlete. \"But maybe we shouldn't get arrested.\" Jock straps were deemed enough clothing for the vaulters to avoid trouble. Strings were pulled to get lights turned on at the stadium, and Mesler made up flyers and started a website. The first competition featured Lawrence Johnson, who earned a silver medal in the 2000 Olympics, and Mesler, who in 2002 made the Olympics in the bobsled. Tradition dictates that Jock Jump start with an announcer reading the jumpers' bios. At the post-party a \"trophy\" keg is bought in the name of the winner. The Jump went coed in 1999 (female competitors wear sports bras and underwear) and is going strong, albeit under constant fear of being shut down. \"I have no idea how we never got in trouble,\" Mesler says.
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