It's already been a big year for high jumper Vashti Cunningham, and it could soon get even bigger. In March, the high school senior from Las Vegas set a world junior record and decided to forgo college competition and turn pro.Now she has graduated and has her sights set on the Summer Olympics in Brazil, just over a month away.Here are a few numbers to keep in mind:6-foot-1: her height.6-foot-6 1/4 (1.99 meters): her world junior record, which captured the U.S. indoor championship in March. She won the world indoor title a week later, with a jump of 6-foot-5.18 years: her age.When Vashti high jumps, it's "kinda like this long-limbed gazelle jumping over a bar," says her father and coach, the former NFL star quarterback Randall Cunningham, a former high jumper himself.Vashti is gifted with some pretty spectacular DNA. She can likely chalk up her strength, speed and agility to her father. Her graceful form and flexibility come from her mother, Felicity DeJager Cunningham, a former
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