Editor's Note: Vashti Cunningham made the U.S. Olympic team by finishing second in the high jump at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., on July 3, clearing 6-foot-5 (1.97 meters). Her brother ...

And Cunningham – the reigning queen of the US high jump since she was a teenager – returns to her starting point for the next leap. Another jump, another step toward what she hopes will be ...

Vashti Cunningham, the daughter of a NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham and pro South African ballerina Felicity deJager, is poised to become the world's best high jumper. This story first ...

Cunningham finished 13th in the high jump at the 2016 Rio Games. She finished first at Olympic trials in June. Her father is former NFL quarterback, Randall Cunningham. Vashti Cunningham was ...

One of the world's best high jumpers, American Vashti Cunningham has cleared the 2m mark and now has her sights set on breaking the long-held world record! Watch a high jumping competition ...

No matter. Vashti Cunningham competed in high jump qualifying at the Paris Olympics on Friday. She made no excuses. She qualified—though with a little more drama than at U.S. trials back in June.

For the first time in 20 years, a women’s high jumper from the United States will grace the cover of Track & Field News next month. Yes, things are happening fast for Vashti Cunningham.

Vashti Cunningham of Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) smashed her own national high school high jump record by clearing 6 feet, 6 1/4 inches (1.99 meters) at the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championships ...

Medal table | How to follow Getty Images American Vashti Cunningham struggled in the first round of the high jump. So much so, she left the track not sure if she made it in with her best mark of 1 ...

Las Vegas track and field star Vashti Cunningham came up just short of medalling in her latest appearance in the Olympics. Cunningham finished fifth in Sunday's women's high jump final following a ...

Cunningham, who coached his daughter Vashti to a world high jump championship and two Olympic appearances, has been named an assistant track coach working with the jumpers at UNLV. Cunningham ...