Howard, Acuff, Day make Olympics in high jump

By Associated Press Published: Jul 5, 2008 at 12:41 PM PST Last Updated: Nov 20, 2008 at 9:43 PM PST
Howard, Acuff, Day make Olympics in high jump
Chaunte Howard clears the bar during the women's high jump final at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore., Friday, July 4, 2008. Howard finished in first place to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Chaunte Howard, Amy Acuff and Sharon Day have made the U.S. Olympic team in the women's high jump.

Howard earned her second trip to the Olympics with a jump of 6 feet, 5½ inches Friday at Olympic track and field trials.

Acuff, a six-time U.S. champion, failed to get her first repeat title, but still made her fourth straight Olympics.

Day earned the third spot with a jump of 6-3¼, which tied Dierdre Mullen. But Day won the tiebreaker, and Mullen wouldn't have been eligible because she didn't have the Olympic standard this season.

 


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