MIAMI (June 10, 2017) – FIU's Clarissa Cutliff (Orlando, Florida/Edgewater High School) earned her second All-America honor of the year, sharing 12^th-place in the in the high jump finals in the NCAA Track and Field Championships at the University of Oregon's historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Cutliff, who equaled her own school-record during the event, finishes the championship earning Second Team All-American honors following her finish.
 
Her performance closes out the Panthers' 2016-17 athletics season, which proved to be another successful year.
 
The reigning Conference USA outdoor high jump champion, Cutliff made quick work of her opening height, surpassing 1.73m on her first attempt, and then needed just two attempts to clear 1.78m.
 
Surpassing that height brought her to the third progression of 1.82m which is the school-record. Cutliff missed on her first two opportunities and initially ran through on her third attempt. After getting a 15 second warning she successfully hit the mark, tying her own school record. Cutliff, however, gently skimmed the bar on the way over which caused it to wobble on the stand before becoming still. It was the fourth time this season that Cutliff jumped 1.82m. She also cleared that height in back-to-back meets at the Florida Relays on April 1 and at the University of South Florida on April 21, and then at the NCAA East Regional Prelims in Lexington, Kentucky on May 26.
 
Cutliff, however could not set a new school-record at 1.85m, the fourth progression in the event, missing on all three attempts.
 
Saturday was Cutliff's second appearance at an NCAA event this year. In February, Cutliff, also the reigning C-USA indoor high jump champion, earned Second-Team All-America honors finishing 13th with a height of 1.76m at the NCAA Championships.
 
Cutliff joins fellow high jumper, Chris Sullivan, in earning national recognition at the championships. On Friday, Sullivan earned Honorable Mention All-America kudos with a top 20 finish in the men's high jump final.     
 
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