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2000: Had two third-place finishes during the indoor season, clearing 15-9 at the Gator Invitational and 16-2 3/4 at the Houston Indoor Classic ... Finished 10th at the Big 12 Indoor Championships with a 16-1 1/4 mark ... Placed fifth at the Dr Pepper Invitational with a height of 15-9 ... Cleared 16-0 3/4 to place seventh at the Michael Johnson Open ... Best height of the outdoor season was a pair of 16-8 3/4 marks ... First came in a seventh-place showing at the Texas Relays ... Second came in a fourth-place finish at the Texas A&M Invitational. 1999: Finished fifth at the Big 12 Championships with a season-best vault of 16-10 3/4 ... Cleared 16-8 at Norman, Okla., for a sixth-place finish ... Took third at Reno, Nev., with a height of 16-4 3/4 ... During the outdoor season, cleared 16-9 at the Florida Relays to finish second ... Took fourth at the UCLA Triangular meet with a vault of 16-6 ... Tied for ninth at the Big 12 meet with a height of 16-0 3/4 ... Ran on the “all vaulters” 4x400-meter relay team that clocked a 3:37.24 at the Dr Pepper Invitational. 1998: Had an indoor season-best mark of 16-6 at the Oklahoma City Classic to place second ... During the outdoor season, vaulted 16-9 at the Sierra/UTEP Invitational ... Finished third at the Dr Pepper Invitational with a vault of 16-2 3/4 ... Took third at the UTA Open with a vault of 16-6 3/4. High School: Lettered in football, basketball and track and field at Tatum High School in New Mexico ... An all-state selection in basketball and football ... Was the 1997 State High Point individual ... Set state pole vault records in each of his last three seasons ... Prep best was 15-8 in Reno, Nev. ... Was a member of the National Honor Society ... Also a Maddox Foundation Scholar ... Graduated with a 3.7 GPA. Personal: Born April 9, 1979 ... Son of Cutter and Bethe Cunningham and Max Jones ... Majoring in biology.
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