Wanita May
Encyclopedia
Wanita May is a Canadian
high jump
er. She started competing at age 16 and participated in World Junior Championships
in 1992. She went on to place first in the Canadian Championships in 2000 and 2001.
2004 Canadian Olympic Trials 1
2003 Canadian Championships 1
2002 Canadian Championships 4
2001 Canadian Championships 1
2001 Francophone Games 1
2001 Canadian Championships 1
2000 Canadian Championships 1
1999 Canadian Championships 2
1997 Canadian Championships 5
Canadian Jr Record 1.92m
Ontario Indoor Record 1.91 (sr)
Wanita (née Dykstra) May started competing at the age of 16 years old. She broke the Canadian Junior record at the age of 18, jumping 1.92m. She attended Kansas State University on a track scholarship, graduating with a BS degree in Kinesiology. She also competed in the Pentathlon (holds the Canadian High Jump Pentathlon Record) and Heptathlon. She was runner up at the 1994 indoor NCAA competition, also placing 4th and 6th at NCAAs. She continued to compete after college, representing Canada on numerous occasions. Retired in 2005, after the birth of her first child.
Interesting Facts:
1. Wanita stands 1.70cm, her personal best is 1.92cm - that is 22cm over her head that she has jumped (for the imperial system - she is 5'7" and her PR is 6'3.5"
Holds Canadian record for greatest physical height to jump height differential (female)
Wanita May also goes under the YA Author (young adult write) name of W.J. May. Her debut novel: Rae of Hope, the first book in the Chronicles of Kerrigan was published November 15, 2011 by Mitchell Morris Publishing.
Wanita May's writing website
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
high jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....
er. She started competing at age 16 and participated in World Junior Championships
IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics
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in 1992. She went on to place first in the Canadian Championships in 2000 and 2001.
Results
2005 Senior World Championships 32004 Canadian Olympic Trials 1
2003 Canadian Championships 1
2002 Canadian Championships 4
2001 Canadian Championships 1
2001 Francophone Games 1
2001 Canadian Championships 1
2000 Canadian Championships 1
1999 Canadian Championships 2
1997 Canadian Championships 5
Canadian Jr Record 1.92m
Ontario Indoor Record 1.91 (sr)
Wanita (née Dykstra) May started competing at the age of 16 years old. She broke the Canadian Junior record at the age of 18, jumping 1.92m. She attended Kansas State University on a track scholarship, graduating with a BS degree in Kinesiology. She also competed in the Pentathlon (holds the Canadian High Jump Pentathlon Record) and Heptathlon. She was runner up at the 1994 indoor NCAA competition, also placing 4th and 6th at NCAAs. She continued to compete after college, representing Canada on numerous occasions. Retired in 2005, after the birth of her first child.
Interesting Facts:
1. Wanita stands 1.70cm, her personal best is 1.92cm - that is 22cm over her head that she has jumped (for the imperial system - she is 5'7" and her PR is 6'3.5"
Holds Canadian record for greatest physical height to jump height differential (female)
Wanita May also goes under the YA Author (young adult write) name of W.J. May. Her debut novel: Rae of Hope, the first book in the Chronicles of Kerrigan was published November 15, 2011 by Mitchell Morris Publishing.
External links
Wanita May's writing website