Hawaii's Stone eighth, Kaufman 12th in high jump at team trials
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EUGENE, Ore. — Chaunte Howard, Amy Acuff and Sharon Day made the U.S. Olympic team in the women's high jump.
Howard earned her second trip to the Olympics with a jump of 6 feet, 5½ inches Friday at Olympic track and field trials.
Acuff, a six-time U.S. champion, failed to get her first repeat title, but still made her fourth straight Olympics with a jump of 6-4.
Day earned the third spot with a jump of 6-3¼, which tied Dierdre Mullen. But Day won the tiebreaker, and Mullen wouldn't have been eligible because she didn't have the Olympic standard this season.
Mililani's Adriane Sims Stone finished eighth with a jump of 6-½, while University of Hawai'i athlete Amber Kaufman was 12th with a jump of 5-10½.
