Born: March 10, 1956
Hometown: Clinton, MS
Year of Induction: 2001
College Career
Mississippi College
• All Gulf South Conference (’75, ‘76, ‘78, ‘79)
• All American (’75, ‘76, ‘78, ‘79)
• NCAA Division 2 Champion, Long Jump (’76, ‘78, ‘79)
• NCAA Division 1 Champion, Long Jump (’76, ‘79)
• NCAA Division 2 Champion, 200 Meters (’78 – broke 14 year old mark, ‘79)
• School and Gulf South Conference records in long jump, 100 meters, 200 meters & relay teams in 400 meters, 1600 meters
AAU & Amateur
• AAU Long Jump Champion (’75, ‘76, ‘79)
• AAU Long Jump Indoor Champion (’79 – stadium record jump)
• USA/USSR Champion (’75, ‘76)
• Top Ranked Junior in the World (’75)
• World Cup Games Long Jump Champion (’79)
Olympics
• Four time U.S. Track & Field team member (’76, ‘80, ‘84, ‘88)
• 2nd in Long Jump, U.S. Olympic Trials (’76)
• Member, U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team (’76 – Montreal – broke foot in warm-ups)
• Member, U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team (’80 – Moscow boycott)
• Member U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team (’84 – Los Angeles, 4th place)
• Olympic Bronze Medalist, Long Jump (’88 – Seoul, South Korea, 27’1”)
Hall of Fame Memberships
• Mississippi College Athletic Hall of Fame (1989)
• Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame (2001)
Did You Know?
Larry’s leap of 27’1.25” at the 1976 Olympic Trials was the first time a person had jumped over 27’ and not won the trials.
