EUGENE, Ore. – Both Justice Summerset and Bailey Roth earned All-America honors today at day three of the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore. Summerset became the first freshman men's high jumper to finish in the top three at the NCAA Championships and is just the sixth Wildcat all-time to finish in in the top three.
 
"It was a great day to be a Wildcat," head coach Fred Harvey said. "Bailey fought hard and it was great to see him be a second-team All-American after not qualifying for the finals last year. I'm so proud of Justice Summerset. To come back to a place where he didn't score a point at the Conference Championships and be third overall at the National Championships as a freshman is a great feat."
 
Summerset took home first-team All-America honors today after finishing in third place in the men's high jump with his best cleared height at 7-1¾ (2.18m). He is the first freshman to earn All-America honors in the men's high jump since Nick Ross was a second-team All-American in 2010 and he is also the first freshman to be a first-team All-American. Additionally, he is also the first first-team All-American since Ross in 2014.

Roth clocked a time of 8:48.70, good for 11th place and second-team All-America honors. The now two-time All-American was competing in his first NCAA Finals after finishing in 13th place last year in the NCAA Semifinals. Roth is the first Arizona steeplechaser since Martin Keino in 1995 to finish 11th or better in the NCAA Finals in the 3000-meter steeplechase. He is also Arizona's third two-time All-American in the steeplechase and the first since since Jeff Hess (1983).
 
The NCAA Championships will wrap up tomorrow with Lisanne Hagens and Karla Teran in the women's high jump final and Sage Watson in the 400-meter hurdles final. Complete results and heat sheets can be found on ArizonaWildcats.com. Saturday's finals will be aired live on the ESPN family of networks.

 

SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 2017
3:00PM	HIGH JUMP	Women	Final	Hagens & Teran
4:57PM	400M HURDLES	Women	Final	Watson

 
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