text: Alice Strick of Wasilla tied the world record of 78 inches in the two-foot high kick at the 2011 NYO Games in Anchorage's Dena'ina Civic & Convention Center. The mark equaled one set by Nicole Johnson in the 1989 World Eskimo Indian Olympics. Strick broke her own NYO record of 76 inches. In the two-foot high kick, competitors have to jump with both feet, kick the suspended ball, then land back on both feet. It's a supreme test of abdominal strength and balance. (ACVB photo by Roy Neese