WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – For the third-straight season, graduate student
Kyle Rollins, of the St. John Fisher College men's track & field team, secured the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field National Championship in the high jump with a dominant performance in today's competition at the JDL Fast Track.
Rollins, who has already cemented himself as the only St. John Fisher College student-athlete to win multiple national championships, has now done it three times – all in consecutive seasons – with a chance to extend that number later today and in the upcoming outdoor season. Rollins is the sixth individual national champion and fifth from the track & field team in Fisher's history.
Despite the last two indoor national championships being canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, Rollins is the reigning champion in the event across indoor and outdoor seasons as he won both the 2019 and 2021 outdoor championships in the event – the last two track & field championships to be held.
After passing on the first three entry heights, Rollins entered competition at 2.03 meters – a height which he cleared on his first attempt and only six total participants surpassed.
When the bar raised by .03 meters, the Groveland native again met the height with no reservations and the competition dwindled to just two.
He then cleared a height of 2.09 meters with flying colors and was pushed into an ultimatum by his lone remaining competitor, who passed on the height, and made the defending champion go back-to-back on attempts – this time, at 2.12 meters.
Unphased, Rollins stepped up to the plate and exceeded the height easily, while his competitor missed his final three attempts of the event.
Rollins has now been named an All-American for the ninth time in his career with the finish, as he looks to make it ten times this afternoon when he competes for the triple jump national championship, where he is seeded fourth, at 2 P.M.
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