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A former University of Buffalo football player named Christopher Spell trained six days a week for an entire year to etch his name in the history books.
The 23-year-old New York native attempted to set the Guinness Book of World record for the world’s highest standing jump two times before, and although he completed both jumps, neither registered with Guinness because the surface he landed on was too soft.
The previous record was set in 2016 by a Canadian named Evan Unger, who jumped a staggering 63.6 inches (watch it here).
Spell, who has dreams of playing in the Canadian Football League, can now try to make his way onto a roster armed with a world record under his belt: 64 and 1/8th inches. At 5’8” tall, that’s nearly Spell’s height.
“When I finally made that jump, it felt so freeing,” he told WKBW-TV. “I’m just very thankful for everybody that supported me. I had tons of support in Buffalo.”
This dude’s Instagram feed is wild. Makes me feel so insecure about barely being able to grab net in high school.