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“I love being a part of a team. That’s why I chose to go to Indiana—because I love the team,” Drouin said. “I had one more season of my life that I could be on a team like that. I wasn’t going to give up being a part of something like that. That was my main reason for going back, and I loved it. And I’m so happy that I did.”

If he left IU with one regret, it might be failure to score in the 110-meter hurdles at the 2013 Big Ten meet. He was going so fast while leading a semifinal that he smacked barriers late and didn’t advance.

He completed a four-year Big Ten outdoor sweep, then finished third in the Prefontaine Classic at Eugene, Oregon, setting a Canadian record of 7–8¾. Six days later, he beat Kynard at Eugene to win the NCAA title at 7–8.

If London was an occasion in which a low jump realized a medal, the 2013 World Championships in Moscow were the antithesis of that. To stay in contention, Drouin had to make 7–2½, 7–4½, 7–6, 7–7¼ and 7–8½, all on his first attempts. Then he broke his own seventy-five-day-old Canadian record by jumping 7–9¾ for a bronze medal. It was the highest third-place jump in history. Drouin said he never thought 7–9¾ would be worth only third.