Decathlon Essays

Jennifer Archibald Creates a Work about Olympian Jackie Joyner Kersee-Analysis Obtaining a renowned reputation of being the first American to ever claim a gold medal in the Olympics’ long jump event is not as simple of a task as it seems- though it was accomplished by a world-record heptathlon holder, Jackie Joyner Kersee (also known as Jacqueline Joyner or Jackie Joyner). Born on March 3rd, 1962 in East St. Louis, Illinois, Jackie Joyner-Kersee strived through poverty, racial discrimination, and

his success to his coach Glenn "pop" Warner. At the age of 24 Thorpe became part of the all american team and sailed to Stockholm, Sweden for the 1912 Olympic games. Thorpe began setting records in multipart games, known as the pentathlon and the decathlon, those

running back of my football team, and simultaneously competing for our nationally ranked academic decathlon team. As my head still rang with the intensity of a church bell, I powered through the test and nine more the same way which I had powered through the opposing team’s defense just a few minutes ago repeating to myself “almost there”. The combination of mental and physical strain that football and decathlon created had become the norm for me over the past 4 months and my thoughts at night reverberated

school, it is made clear that she is in fact academically talented. She is referred to as a “freaky genius girl” and “an Einsteinette.” Gabriella is almost immediately recruited to be a part of the school’s prestigious Scholastic Decathlon Team. “Our Scholastic Decathlon team has its first competition next week and there is certainly a spot for you!” Another common stereotype attached to Gabriella is the “new girl.” This stereotype usually entails shyness and discombobulation. Gabriella displays

pulled out my iPhone to text my parents. A quick swish and a blue bubble appeared. I put on my headphones and stuck my phone in my pocket. Looking forward to joining the Academic Decathlon class the next year, I already knew I could make the team. The first Wednesday of my junior year, I gazed around my Academic Decathlon class. I could just tell who would make the ‘A’ team, of course including myself. A lot of students had joined because of the class’s false impression of a plain study hall. I looked

James Francis Thorpe, better known as Jim Thorpe or Wa-Tho-Huk, was born in a one room cabin close by Prague, Oklahoma, May 28, 1887. He was born to Hiram Thorpe and Marry James. Both half caucasian, Marry was the direct descendent of the last great Potawatomi chief, Black Hawk. A notable athlete and warrior. Jim’s Pottawatomie name, Wa-Tho-Huk, translates to Bright Path. It is thought that he was named this because it was storming when family was going to the cabin and lightning suddenly lit the

football player in his time. He mainly played running back, but Jim could play any position the coach wanted him to on the football field. Jim’s track and field career was not as looked at upon as his football, even though Jim went undefeated in a decathlon in 1912, Jim had taken part in the pentathlon Olympic Trials.Jim won three out of the five events possible and finished second in the other two to win the trials with a score of 7 points. Jim’s performance is well-known as he set a world records

Jim Thorpe was born into the Sauk and Fox Native American nation in 1888. His parents named him Wa-Tho-Huk, which means “Bright Path.” From a young age, he enjoyed hunting, riding horses, and playing outdoors on his family’s farm in Oklahoma. At sixteen, Thorpe went on to the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania. As he was passing by the track field one day, he saw the team practicing the high jump. Thorpe stopped to ask if he could try. As a joke, the members of the team put the bar higher than

While world war II was going on there was a lot of athletes making history. The 1940s was a time of war, world war II was a major event of the forties. During world war II the women had work opportunities. Since most men went to war the need for women increased to fill in for the men in war (“Women In The Weather Bureau”). There was a low amount of meteorologists at the time in the Weather Bureau. They then said if a women has had training or has had experience with meteorologists they should

Caitlyn “Bruce” Jenner, is a former U.S. Olympic medalist, businessman, and a television celebrity. Bruce, an athlete, was born on October 28, 1949., he was an athlete. He played college football and also won the Olympic decathlon title in 1976. Later, due to an injury, he made a career out of television. Bruce was married to three different women: Chrystie Crownover, Linda Thompson, and Kris Jenner, whom he had a total of six children with . After divorcing Kris Jenner in March of 2015, he “spilled”

Hoover High School is a coed public high school in Des Moines, Iowa. There are about 1,000 students enrolled in the school, and the student to teacher ratio is 16:1. HHS holds classes for students in grades 9 through 12. Students must live within the school's attendance zone to enroll. The student body gender makeup is 53 percent male and 47 percent female. Hoover High School is part of the Des Moines Independent Comm School District. State assessment results indicate 53 percent of students are proficient

Bruce Jenner is a man whose life is quite ironic. Even though he was one of the world’s greatest athlete and a father figure to many children, Bruce Jenner took a big step in his life and came out as a woman, not too long ago. His prominent life is distinguished among the celebrities, because his story is so different from the rest. Bruce Jenner, being 65 years old, definitely has a story to tell. As a child, Bruce Jenner had two other siblings, a mother, and a father. His two siblings are named

the people who take academics seriously, and unfortunately get excluded from social activities. At the Mountain View High School the students and workers only recognized the football team for making it to state. Even though the school’s academic decathlon, science bowl team, and speech and debate team made it to state as well. They received only ten minutes of recognition, while the football team were commemorated with banners and assemblies. With my own observation, I can say that it is noticeable

at Finny 's request and are introduced into anarchist boots. Everyone seems drunk with cider and life itself, especially Finny, who plays a wild but pretty dance at the awards table with his good leg. Finny announces the beginning of the carnival decathlon and has shown several athletic gestures for the popular crowd. Among the festivities, Brownie reappears bedroom with a telegram: Lebbro Gene wrote to say he is "escaped" and that his safety depends on whether gene is immediately approaching his "Christmas

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thorpe had. Thorpe let nothing stop him even if people were dragging him down he still strived for a greater and better future for himself and his race. When the team got to the olympics Thorpe blew away the competition winning the pentathlon and the decathlon setting records that would stand for decades, all the hard work and early and long training days paid off. To me Jim Thorpe is a hero and a legend, Jim was an outstanding athlete and man on and off the field. In 1913 his olympic medals were at high

showing scholarship during my time at Mount Michael was my GPA during my freshman year. I earned a 4.0 GPA. Also, I have been on the Dean’s list every year that I have been at Mount Michael. Moreover, during this year, I participated in Academic Decathlon, and, at the scrimmage in Lincoln, I medaled in two of the three categories. I got a silver medal and a bronze medal. This was huge for me because I was competing against high schoolers in the honors category, which includes people with a 3.75 GPA

Jim Thorpe was born on May 28, 1888, near Prague, Indian Territory (now in Oklahoma), United States. He attended Carlisle Indian Industrial School. (Adam Augustyn 1). Jim Thorpe won the first gold medal as a Native American in both pentathlon and decathlon at the Stockholm 1912 Olympic Games. He won four out of the five pentathlon events at the Olympics to start his career, but finished third in the javelin. He also played professionally in football and baseball. From

intricacies of living organisms and inspired me to further improve my understanding of the human body . In pursuit of my goal, I focused on medicine and related subjects in my academics. I studied biology extensively as a part of my school’s Academic Decathlon team and AP Biology classes, paying extra attention to subjects related to medicine such as anatomy and physiology.Through my independent studies, I have been able to compete in the Los Angeles/Irvine Brain Bee competition and the USA Biology Olympiad

I grew up in California, born to Chinese immigrants who began their American dream by working as dish washers at a shifty restaurant in Oregon. From there, my father worked his way up by fixing machines ranging from dumpling assemblers to oil rigs on the ocean that took him away from home for months while my mother became confined to bed rest due to chronic illness. Thinking back, I distinctly remember the vague acknowledgement of poverty in our family. Whenever I asked for jejune luxuries such as