Sammy Sommers

Bio

2021-2022 at Taylor:

Indoor: Automatically qualified for NAIA Nationals in the long jump and triple jump … Provisionally qualified for NAIA Nationals in the 60-meter hurdles … Set the TU program record in the long jump with a mark of 23-05.25 at the Trojan Invite … Set the Crossroads League meet record in the triple jump … Won the 60-meter hurdles at the Indiana Wesleyan Invite and the triple jump at the Indiana Wesleyan Classic … Won the triple jump and long jump at the Trojan Invite … Claimed a season-best distance of 46-10.00 in the triple jump at the Crossroads League Championships … Posted the team’s second-best time of 23.14 in the 200-meters at the Crossroads League Championships … Claimed a season-best mark of 8.38 in the 60-meter hurdles at the Indiana Wesleyan Classic … All-Crossroads League in both long jump and triple jump … Finished 15th in long jump and 17th in triple jump at the NAIA National Championships … USTFCCCA All-Academic.

Outdoor: Automatically qualified for NAIA Nationals in long jump … Provisionally qualified for NAIA Nationals in 4x100-meter relay … Finished 2nd in long jump at the NAIA National Championships … Finished 21st in 4x100-meter relay at the NAIA National Championships … Won long jump at the Last Chance Invite … Posted TU’s best mark of 7.58 meters in the long jump at the Saint Francis Fighting Chance Meet … Clocked a season-best time of 55.24 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Crossroads League Championships … Member of the 4x100-meter relay team that posted a season-best time of 41.74 at the Saint Francis Fighting Chance Meet … NAIA All-American in long jump … Academic All-Crossroads League … NAIA Scholar Athlete … USTFCCCA All-Academic.

2020-21 at Taylor:

Indoor: Competed in the 200-meters and 60-meter hurdles at the IWU Invite, clocking a 200-meter time of 23.16 and a 60-meter hurdle time of 8.33 … Posted a mark of 5.76-meters in the long jump at the Indiana Tech Invite.

Outdoor: Did not compete during the 2021 outdoor season.

2019-20 at Taylor:

Indoor: Qualified for NAIA Nationals in the triple jump and the 60-meter hurdles … Finished 16th in the triple jump at the national meet … Earned All-Crossroads League honors in the long jump and triple jump, finishing second in both events … Set the TU program record in the triple jump at the Mastodon Opener with a leap of 47-02.93 feet … Raced to a season-best time of 8.22 in the 60-meter hurdles at the Mastodon Opener … Jumped 22-10.80 feet in the long jump at the IWU Invite for his best jump of the season … Honored as a USTFCCCA Scholar-Athlete.

Outdoor: Outdoor season cancelled due to COVID-19.

Prep: Competed for Paige Brunner at Oak Hill High … Earned a total of nine varsity letters … Earned All-Indiana State honors in the long jump in 2018 and 2019 … All-state in the 110-meter hurdles in 2019 … Indiana State qualifier in the 300-meter hurdles in 2019 … Won the long jump in the 2019 All-State Midwest Meet of Champions … Holds the Oak Hill High school record in the long jump, 110-meter hurdles, 300-meter hurdles, most points earned in a single season and most points earned all time … USATF Boys 15-16 National long jump champion … USATF 2017 Male Athlete of the Year … Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Son of Robert and Kristin… Mother, Kristin, is the current track and field jumps coach at Taylor … Majoring in exercise science.