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“I had no choice but to be composed in such a final,” Drouin said. “I am proud of myself. It feels really good.”

Drouin became the first IU male athlete to win a world medal since Jim Spivey’s bronze in the 1,500 meters in 1987.

Ukraine’s Bohdan Bondarenko won gold with a World Championships record of 7–10¾. Barshim took silver, also at 7–9¾, because he cleared that height on the first attempt and Drouin on the second. Olympic champion Ukhov finished fourth at 7–8½ and Kynard fifth at 7–7¼.

In 2014, a year without a global championship, Drouin was ranked fourth in the world. On April 24, in the Drake Relays at Des Moines, Iowa, he raised his Canadian record to 7–10½ (2.40 meters). Through 2019, only six men in history had gone higher. He jumped 7–7 to win a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games at

Glasgow, Scotland, and 7–7 again to finish fourth in the Continental Cup at Marrakesh, Morocco.

After the college season, Huntoon was fired as an assistant coach for the Hoosiers. He continued to coach Drouin, though, and took a job with Athletics Canada.