[Disclaimer: I am not a member so I could only read the first few paragraphs of this piece. Apologize in advance if I am discussing something already covered by it. AT]

It would be interesting to see how high Simone could get in the highjump. (The gymnastics floor is springy, she might not like the hard clay of track and field.) But as a ratio of her hieght to the bar height, I wouldn't be at all surprised if she would surpass even Javier Sotomayor, the world record holder. At 193 cm tall, he cleared 2.45 m. At 142 cm short, she would have to clear 1.80 m (less than six feet). A slam dunk, I would say.