Lee Balkin
Lee Balkin
Title: Assistant Coach Jumps
City: Glendale
State: CA
Email: lbalkin@glendale.edu

Glendale High School grad 1979, UCLA  grad 1984. World class high jumper 1979-1992. Current California High School State Meet HJ record holder 7' 3 1/4".  Pac 10 champion, Collegiate All American, and two time USA champion runner up in the HJ 1985, 1987. Best jump 2.33 meters, 7' 7 3/4". Now a single dad with a teenage daughter, Lee lives in Glendale and is an Associate Professor of PE and Health, and assistant track coach at GCC specializing on coaching the high jump. Lee has coached either a men's or women's community college state finalist four of the last five years at Glendale through 2016.