Maalik Reynolds earns All-American status with eight-place finish at NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships

Nampa, Idaho - Maalik Reynolds keeps setting the bar higher.

The 6-foot-7 high jumper was named an Indoor All-American after finishing eighth in the high jump at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.

The sophomore cleared 2.20 meters (7' 2.5") on his final attempt to secure a top-eight finish in the end-of-the-year competition.

Only one of the final eight competitors made it over 2.23-meter bar on his first attempt.

On Reynolds' second attempt at 2.23 meters, he couldn't arch his back enough to clear the bar and a failed clearance on the third attempt guaranteed that he would exit the competition.

Despite only three jumpers clearing 2.23 meters, a miss on the opening height of 2.10 meters and two misses at 2.20 meters meant that Reynolds would finish behind the four others who were also unable to clear 2.23 meters.

Reynolds was named an All-American last June after finishing seventh in 2011 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Des Moines, Iowa with a 2.14-meter leap.

The finish Saturday was his tied for his second-highest jump this season and all-time indoors, topped only by a 2.23-meter leap at the Millrose Games on Feb. 11 in New York.