Track and Field - 2024

Dwight Stones was one of the world’s top high jumpers and a three-time world record holder setting his first world record in 1973. During his 16-year career, he won an incredible 19 national championships and remains history’s all-time #1 ranked high jumper. He competed at the Maccabiah Games while at Glendale High School. Attending Long Beach State and UCLA, Dwight was named to the Pac-12 All-Century Team in Track & Field.

He was just 18 when he represented the U.S. for the first time at the 1972 Olympic Games, bringing home a bronze medal. Four years later, he again won bronze at the 1976 Games. Dwight returned to the Olympics in 1984, finishing fourth and becoming the first athlete to both compete and announce at the same Olympics. At the 1984 Olympic Trials, Dwight set his 13th American record. That jump also made him the first “flop” jumper to set a world high jump record.

He was twice named the World Indoor Athlete of the Year by Track & Field News. Dwight has been a popular color analyst for decades and has covered track and field consistently on television. He is a member of the U.S. Track Hall of Fame, the California Sports Hall of Fame, the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and the Orange County Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.