UA freshman high-jumper Justice Summerset of Mountain View High School might be The One to finally win an NCAA high jump championship at Arizona. His third-place finish Friday in Oregon, at 7 feet 1¾ inches, was the eighth time an Arizona high jumper has finished in the top three in the NCAA outdoors. But no one has been able to kick down the door and win it all starting in 1967 when Olympian Ed Caruthers was second at 7-2 ¼. Since then, Lorenzo Allen (1971); Robert Joseph (1973); James Frazier, (1979 and 1980); and school record-holder Nick Ross (2011 and 2014) were either second or third. If Summerset can break Ross’ incredible record of 7-7 set in 2014, he could finally be the one to win it all.
UA's Justice Summerset could win NCAA high-jump title someday
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Greg Hansen
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Mountain View's Justice Summerset attempts to clear the bar at 7 feet 1 inch during the boys Division II high jump final at the state track and field championships in Mesa on Saturday, May 7, 2016. Summerset won the event with a jump of 6 feet 9 inches. Ralph Freso / for the Arizona Daily Star
Greg Hansen
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