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  1.                                  each day after school, to 
  2.                                  earn money, Jesse 
  3.                                  delivered groceries and 
  4.                                  worked in a shoe-repair 
  5.                                  shop. 
  6.  
  7. At Fairmount Junior High School, Jesse set 
  8. the first of many records he would establish
  9. in track and field. In 1928, he high-jumped 6'
  10. and long-jumped 22' 11 ┬╛", both national
  11. junior high school records. By the time he
  12. graduated from high school, in 1933, Jesse
  13. had won 74 of 79 sprint races he had entered.
  14.  
  15. Jesse attended college at Ohio State 
  16. University. During his sophomore year, 
  17. he had one of the greatest days in the 
  18. history of his sport: Within one hour,