Class of 1988: Track & Field

Edward "Mac" Test was one of the most decorated track athletes in Carleton history, soaring to great heights in both the long jump and high jump on Carleton's track and field teams of the late 1980s. He was a six-time All-American and was the MIAC champion in both the high jump and the long jump on multiple occasions. Test still holds outdoor school records in the high jump, long jump and triple jump as well as two indoor school records in the high jump and long jump.

Perhaps Test's finest moment as a Carleton athlete came at the 1988 NCAA Division III National Championships, held at Carleton's Laird Stadium. The Knights finished seventh in the nation at that meet, due in no small part to Test, who finished fourth in the high jump and was runner-up in the long jump. As the long jump was the last event of the championships, the entire crowd gathered around the jumping area to cheer on Test, who remembers the moment vividly: "I was out-jumping everyone, but scratching virtually every time. On my last jump I took the lead with one jumper remaining. Then that guy had the gall to out-jump me by two centimeters- and on my home turf!"