BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Samford Men's Track & Field junior Justin Stuckey has qualified for the upcoming Olympic Trials in the high jump. His selection continues an amazing run in 2021 that includes the Southern Conference Indoor and Outdoor championships, and an All-American finish at both NCAA Championships.

Stuckey qualified with his jump at the War Eagle Invitational earlier this season, when he cleared a personal best 2.21 meters (7' 3"). The Olympic Trials will be held at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., and the preliminaries for the high jump are set for Friday, June 25, at 5 p.m. (CT). The finals for the event are scheduled for that Sunday, June 27, at 3:30 p.m. (CT).
 
"I am so happy for Justin and for Coach (Ashley) Shoemaker," head coach Rod Tiffin said. "They have worked so hard for this opportunity, and for Justin to be able to end his season at the Olympic trials is beyond amazing. He is such a competitor that I know he won't back down from the challenge of the trials. The success and opportunities he has had this season will only strengthen his drive."
 
Qualifying for the Olympic Trials is the latest in a long line of accomplishments by Stuckey this season. The Helena, Ala., native earned first team All-America honors in the high jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships, and later captured second team All-America recognition at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the same event.
 
He won the SoCon Indoor title with a height of 2.17 meters (7' 1.5"), and he then placed sixth at the NCAA Indoor Championships, jumping 2.18 meters (7' 1.75"). Stuckey won the SoCon Outdoor championship with a leap of 2.19 meters (7' 2.25"). He then qualified for the NCAA Championships with a height of 2.16 meters (7' 1"), placing ninth at the NCAA East Preliminaries. At the NCAA Championships, he came in 15^th with a jump of 2.15 meters (7' 0.5").
 
This marks the second-straight Olympics that a member of the Samford track and field program has qualified for the trials. In 2016, Tray Oates reached the finals of the trials in the pole vault.

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