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The Deaf Superstar: How Jarvis Anderson dominates his athletics
Taylor High School’s Jarvis Anderson is making a name for himself in track and field and football all while being deaf. He even represented the USA in the 2022 Summer Deaflympics in Caxias Do Sul, Brazil.
Jarvis Anderson already had a stranglehold on first place in the Region III-4A Triple Jump finals. Nobody in the field could touch his opening jump of 48-feet-3-inches.
But Taylor High School track coach Earven Flowers and Anderson had already set their goal before the meet even started, and the junior hadn’t hit it yet. With no other athlete capable of matching him, it was time for Anderson to compete against himself.
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