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(staff photo by Matt Roth)..What did Scott Simpson do over his summer vacation from Yale? He went to England ...and broke two world records in jump roping! In thirty seconds, the Hammond High School graduate, jumped 99 times on his right foot (198 total), edging out the former record, 97. He also shattered the Triple Unders record, previously 364, with 450 jumps. The endurance event is "performed by turning the rope around the body three times for every jump," explains Kangaroo Kids head coach Jim McCleary in a press release. Scott demonstrates his jump rope skills in the jump rope room in his family's basement in Laurel Wednesday, August 25, 2010.

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(staff photo by Matt Roth)..What did Scott Simpson do over his summer vacation from Yale? He went to England ...and broke two world records in jump roping! In thirty seconds, the Hammond High School graduate, jumped 99 times on his right foot (198 total), edging out the former record, 97. He also shattered the Triple Unders record, previously 364, with 450 jumps. The endurance event is "performed by turning the rope around the body three times for every jump," explains Kangaroo Kids head coach Jim McCleary in a press release. Scott demonstrates his jump rope skills in the jump rope room in his family's basement in Laurel Wednesday, August 25, 2010.