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Gatorade 2021 - 2022: Player of the Year

Boys Track & Field - Indiana

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BOYS TRACK & FIELD

Tucker Smith

Throws
COLUMBUS NORTH HS
COLUMBUS, INDIANA
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-3
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 66-6.75

State Meet - Shot Put

72ft, 0.5 in

State Record - Shot Put

2nd

State Meet - Discus
“Tucker is the hardest worker on the team, even though he’s the most talented athlete. He actually sacrificed some of his potential in the shot put this year to work even harder on his discus-throwing, because our team was in contention to win a state championship. He could have been inches or even feet further, but he chose instead to help his team.”
Rick Sluder
Head Coach - Columbus North coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-3, 270-pound senior shattered his own state record in the shot put this past season, hurling the shot 72 feet, 0.5 inches, which ranked as the nation’s No. 1 performance among prep competitors in 2022 as well as No. 14 in U.S. prep history. The state’s returning Gatorade Player of the Year in boys track and field, Smith repeated as state champion in the shot put with a mark of 66-6.75 and also took second in the discus.

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Academic Achievement

Smith has maintained a 3.44 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete on scholarship at the University of Oklahoma this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Smith has volunteered locally on behalf of a youth track program.