Jump Rope Champ Turns Sport into Science Project

A 2009 grad who has traveled the world in jump rope competitions will spend this summer analyzing the science behind the jump.

Jen Evans, a member of the Heartbeats Jump Rope Team and a junior at Baldwin-Wallace College majoring in pre-physical therapy and public health, has been selected for the competitive B-W live-in research program, Summer Scholars.

A jump rope multi-time Grand National Champion and two-time World Medalist, her ten-week project will focus on whether competitive jump ropers have a better biomechanical jump-landing technique than those who participate in other sports, like volleyball.

“The best speed jumpers jump well over three-hundred times per minute, so the results should be impressive,” Evans said.  

With the intention to give jumpers the attention they deserve, Evans is hoping to bring this sport to light in the field of sports medicine.

Recently, Evans was chosen as a “Team USA Captain,” a “true honor in the jump rope world,” she said.