Education
University of Arkansas.
University of Arkansas.
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.