After graduating from Stanford University he started working for the Bank of Italy, but died from polio aged 22.
[8] There were originally some doubts about the legitimacy of these marks; Barnes's jump (revised down to 14 ft 1+1⁄2 in / 4.30 m) was rejected as a record in 1928 because the pegs had been the wrong length,[10] but in 1929 it was officially approved.
[11] Edmonds won the 1928 NCAA championship, jumping a meeting record 13 ft 6+1⁄2 in (4.13 m) and defeating the previous year's champion, Northwestern's Bill Droegemueller.
[16][17] He also repeated as NCAA champion, improving his own meeting record to 13 ft 8+7⁄8 in (4.18 m) and sharing first place with Tom Warne.
[19] After graduating Edmonds started working for the Bank of Italy while continuing his athletic career,[20] but he contracted polio and died in the Stanford University Hospital in San Francisco on October 26, 1930, aged 22.