On a chilly and slick evening in Eugene, Ore., Christoff Bryan failed to clear the bar in his first attempt at the second bar height of 2.13 meters.
No big deal.
Bryan shook off the miss, cleared the height on his second attempt, and then went on to win the 2017 NCAA Division I men’s high jump title at Hayward Field.
Bryan became one of only three jumpers to survive the next height of 2.18m with a third-attempt clear, and then delivered a dagger blow by clearing 2.21m on his second attempt while Arizona’s Justice Summerset was unable to clear and Texas Tech’s Trey Culver needed three tries to move on.