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Erick Walder
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He still holds the collegiate outdoor long jump record with a leap of 28 feet 8.25 inches (874 meters). Walder was inducted into The University of Arkansas Hall of Fame in 2010. Walder finished 3rd in the triple jump at the 1993 National Collegiate Athletic Association Outdoor Championships.
Walder was ranked in the top ten long jumpers in the world by Track and Field News for eight consecutive years and as the best long jumper in the United States three times.
In 2004, Walder tested positive for a legal medication that is banned by USATF. The sample was delivered on June 5, 2004 at the IAAF Adidas Oregon Track Classic. He received an IAAF suspension from October 2004 to October 2006.
Walder was reinstated in 2007. He competed professionally for two years before his retirement in 2010.
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His personal best was 8.74 meters, achieved in April 1994 in El Paso. Walder competed collegiately for the long jump/triple jump juggernaut University of Arkansas where he won 10 National Collegiate Athletic Association long jump and triple jump titles, indoor and outdoor. Walder claimed the National Collegiate Athletic Association outdoor and indoor long jumps and the indoor triple jump titles in 1992, 1993 and 1994, and added the outdoor triple jump win to sweep the 1994 National Collegiate Athletic Association meets:.
