When Mane, 22, walks into the Stade de France on Wednesday evening to make his Olympics debut in the qualifying round of the men's triple jump, those words will be reverberating through his head.

In May, Salif Mane earned a degree in civil engineering from Fairleigh Dickinson University. On Sunday, he earned something even more impressive: A spot on the U.S. track & field team at the Paris ...

From 12th to 5th, that’s the impressive jump Mane made from his sophomore to junior year at the outdoor long jump nationals. But for his senior year, he wanted more. Are you a student-athlete?

And Mane didn’t just make the team − he struck gold at the Olympic trials, capturing the U.S. championship in the triple jump. His top jump of 57-5¾ marked a personal best and obliterated the ...