Scott Michael Sellers (born August 16, 1986) is an American

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who holds records in the

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

. His clearance of 7-07.75 is currently 4th in NCAA history and 15th in U.S. history. As a high schooler, Sellers broke the national indoor record with a jump of 2.27m in Landover, Maryland. Sellers attended and competed for

Kansas State University Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public instit ...

in Manhattan, Kansas. Sellers won the 2007 Big 12 championships with a jump of 2.33m. This accomplishment is the fourth highest jump in

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history. Sellers followed up his performance by capturing the Midwest Regional title with a jump of 2.25m. A mere two weeks after securing a Regional title, Sellers ascended to the status of Division I National Champion by triumphing over a highly skilled field, achieving a jump of 2.32m on his second attempt. In 2009, Sellers won gold in both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships. These two wins gave Sellers his 7th and 8th All-American honors in the same event, a feat accomplished by a select few in NCAA history. At the end of 2009 Sellers was named the high school high jump athlete of the decade by ESPN and USAToday.

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1986 births Living people American male high jumpers Sportspeople from Katy, Texas NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners Kansas State Wildcats men's track and field athletes NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners {{US-highjump-athletics-bio-stub