Vashti Cunningham

Vashti Cunningham

Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1998-01-18) January 18, 1998
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 03⁄4 in)[1]
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	High jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	High jump: 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) (Edmonton 2015)
Medal record Women's athletics Competitor for  United States Pan American Junior Championships 2015 Edmonton High jump

Vashti Cunningham (born January 18, 1998)^[2] is an American track and field athlete specializing in the high jump. She is the daughter of retired National Football League (NFL) quarterback Randall Cunningham, niece of retired NFL fullback Sam Cunningham, and the younger sister of Randall Cunningham II. She, like her brother two years ahead of her in school, jumps for Bishop Gorman High School in Summerlin, Nevada.

On April 18, 2015, at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, California, she jumped 1.94 m (6 ft 4¹⁄₄ in),^[3] to set the pending new national high school record. At age 17, that is also equal to the #4 world Youth mark,^[4] and to that date was the #3 mark in the world in 2015.^[5] She was names USATF Athlete of the week for that performance.^[6] On June 27, 2015 she won the U.S. Junior National Championship.^[7] A month later at the 2015 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, she improved again, jumping 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in). That mark equalled the World Youth Best.

References

External links

• Vashti Cunningham profile at IAAF