[4] At the CIF Southern Section Track Championships, held on 28 May 1965 at Cerritos College, Wilson won with a height of 16-0.
[4] His personal best height of 16-6 3/4 was the best mark on record for a California high school athlete (more than 5 inches higher than the next highest mark, at 16-1 by fellow Warren High School athlete Bob Steinhoff),[4] set a national interscholastic track & field record,[4] and stood as the best in the world.
[4] He was selected to the 1965 Honor Track & Field Team in the All-Southern Section of CIF by a panel of area sports writers.
[5] Although he was the world record holder, injury prevented Wilson from competing at the United States trials for the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.
During his curtailed career, Wilson was a formidable performer at USA national championships, held by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).
[10] Wilson was also voted by the experts at Track and Field News[11] to be ranked among the best in the USA and the world at the pole vault during his career.