Another #1: High Jumper Campbell Ranked Best in America
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UAlbany high jumper Matthew Campbell speaks during an interview on Wednesday in the SEFCU Arena. (Times Union photographs here and on homepage by Will Waldron)
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ALBANY, N.Y. (April 10, 2018) — Reaching number one in the nation is getting to be a welcome habit for UAlbany Athletics.
Less than five weeks after men's lacrosse became the University's first team ever to be ranked number one in the nation — reaching it by vote — Matthew Campbell became the number one NCAA high jumper of the outdoor season — attaining it by inches.
In doing so, he became UAlbany's first individual athlete in any sport in the Great Danes' Division I era (post 1989) to attain a number one U.S. ranking.
Campbell, a graduate student in Information Science, cleared 7 feet, 5 inches to win the Florida Relays this past weekend.
Read a detailed story of his achievement here from The Albany Times Union.
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