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2025 Men's Track Roster

Elijah Skutt

  • Position High Jump / Hurdles
  • Class Senior
  • Major Construction Management
  • Hometown Eureka, Ill.
  • Highschool Eureka

Biography

STATS

2025 - 2nd Team All-OVC (High Jump) - Indoor Track
2024 - 1st Team All-OVC (High Jump) - Outdoor Track
2024 - 2nd Team All-OVC (High Jump) - Indoor Track
2023 - 2nd Team All-OVC (High Jump) - Indoor Track 


2025: Competed in indoor and outdoor track during the 2025 season… INDOOR: Competed in six meets during the course of the indoor season… earned second team All-Ohio Valley Conference honors in the high jump with a second place finish at the OVC Indoor Championships... posted a silver medal jump of 6'8.75" at the OVC Championships... also cleared that 6'8.75" height during the season at the EIU John Craft... posted three first place finishes in the high jump during the indoor season winning at the Illinois State John Coughlan Invite, EIU John Craft and DePaul Blue Demon Alumni Classic... also ran the 60m hurdles at the OVC Championships scoring points with sixth place finish and time of 8.31... OUTDOOR: Competed in six meets during the outdoor season... competed only in the high jump clearing a season best height of 6'8.75" during a bronze medal performance at the OVC Outdoor Championship... had a first place finish in the high jump at the Illinois State Normal Invite... 

2024: Competed in indoor track during the 2024 season... INDOOR: Competed in five meets during the indoor season... won a silver medal in the high jump at the Ohio Valley Conference with a mark of 6'5.5" earning second team All-OVC honors... posted four first place finishes during the season, two of them being in the 60 meter hurdle and the other two in the high jump... the 60 meter hurdle wins came at the Eastern Illinois Early bird (8.63), and at the EIU John Craft Invite (8.64)... the high jump wins came at the Eastern Illinois Early Bird (6'4.75"), and at the Notre Dame Invite (6'7.75")... season best high jump mark was 6'9" at the GVSU Big Meet... season best 60 meter hurdle time was 8.44 at the Ohio Valley Conference Championships... season best 60 meter dash time was 7.37 at the EIU John Craft Invite... OUTDOOR: Competed in five meets during the outdoor season... first team All-OVC winning a gold medal in the high jump at the OVC Championship with a mark of 6'8.75" which also served as season best... season best 110 meter hurdle was 15.49 at the Joe Walker Invite... personal best long jump mark was 21'2" at the Eastern Illinois Big Blue... season best 200 meter time was 22.94 at the Eastern Illinois Big Blue... 

2023: Competed in indoor and outdoor track during the 2023 season... INDOOR: Competed in seven meets during the indoor season... scored points as part of the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championship team with a second place finish in the high jump... earned second team All-OVC honors with a silver medal jump of 6'7.75", which ranked as best indoor high jump mark of the season... also ran the 60 meter hurdles and competed in pole vault... season best 60 hurdle time was 8.55 at the EIU Friday Night... season best pole vault was 11'5.75" at the EIU John Craft Invite... OUTDOOR: Competed in five meets during the outdoor season... scored points with a podium finish in the high jump at the OVC Outdoor Championship... was the bronze medalist with a third place high jump of 6'9.75" which was best jump of the season... ran the 110 meter hurdles with a season best time of 15.18 at the Illini Challenge... 

2022: Competed in indoor and outdoor track during the 2022 season... INDOOR: Competed in six meets during the indoor season... competed in the 60 meter hurdles and high jump... scored points at the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championships with a seventh place finish in the high jump... season best high jump mark was 6'6.75" at the Indiana Gladstein... season best 60 meter hurdle time was 8.51 at the EIU Friday Night... OUTDOOR: Competed in five meets during the outdoor season... competed in the high jump and 110 meter hurdles... scored points at the OVC Outdoor Championships with a fifth place finish in the high jump... season best high jump mark was 6'6" at the OVC Championships... season best 110 meter hurdle time was 14.94 at the Illini Invitational... 

HIGH SCHOOL: competed in track at Eureka HS helping the team place second overall at the IHSA Class 2A State Championships...  qualified for the IHSA state meet in the high jump, 4x200 and 4x400 relay events...  was sixth in the high jump clearing 6'2.75"...  would run the second leg on the 4x200 relay squad that placed 20th with a time of 1:36.87...  competed in multiple events during senior season throwing discus and shot put, running the 110 meter hurdles and 800 meter run and competing in the triple jump...  previously qualified for the IHSA Class 2A State Championships in the high jump as a freshman and sophomore...

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    High Jump / Hurdles
  • 2023Sophomore

    High Jump / Hurdles
  • 2024Junior

    High Jump / Hurdles
  • 2025Senior

    High Jump / Hurdles
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