2008-09: Competed in several events during the 08-09 track and field season...posted a career-best effort in the pole vault at the Big South Championships, clearing 4.5 M...also participated in several multis throughout the indoor/outdoor seasons...will use his remaining semester to bolster the 2009 Keydet football kicking game.
2007-08: Pole vault specialist finished fourth at the Big South Outdoor Championships, equaling his career-best of 4.45 M...also posted career-best decathlon finish at that meet, accumulating 5477 points to place fourth...placed fifth in the heptathlon at the Indoor Championships, posting 4103 events in the multi-event discipline...posted career-best, or near career-best, efforts in several of the multi-event versions of certain disciplines, including the indoor 1,500-meters.
2006-07: Won the
conference championship in the pole vault at both the Big South Indoor
and Outdoor Championships ... finished second in the heptathlon and
fourth in the decathlon ... was the Keydets leading conference scorer
with 33 points ... automatic qualifier for the indoor and outdoor
IC4A Championships ... posted the conference’s best indoor and outdoor
mark in the pole vault (4.45m).
2005-06: Finished
second in the heptathlon (3,957) at the Big South Indoor Championships
as a freshman ... pole vault mark (4.20m) ranked as the second best in
the conference for the season ... took second in the decathlon (5,181)
and fourth in the pole vault (4.10m) at the Big South Outdoor
Championships.
High School/Personal: Won Virginia state
title in the Pole Vault ... a three-sport athlete at Robinson,
lettering in Football, Lacrosse and Track and Field ... selected as an
All-State Pole Vaulter ... All-District in Discus ... full name is Tyler
Wilson Tucker ... son of Robert Tucker and Patty Daso.
Personal Bests:
Pole Vault: 4.50 M
Decathlon: 5,477 points
Pentathlon: 4,152 points
