It is not every day an athlete beats a record, especially one which has stood for 30 years.
For Clinton’s Atticus Thompson, it was his reality as he broke the record for longest long jump as he jumped 23 feet, 6 inches at the Nike Indoor Nationals.
The previous record was set back in 1994 by Mario Bryson when he jumped 23 feet, 3 inches at the Weatherford Invitational track meet.
While he was confide…