Sammy Sommers
Sammy Sommers
  • Weight:
    0
  • Year:
    JR
  • Hometown:
    Sweetser, IN
  • High School:
    Oak Hill
  • Years Coached (at Taylor):
    Oak Hill
Bio

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.