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LONDON, England (EMUEagles.com) - Former Eastern Michigan University track and field athlete and 2012 Hall of Fame inductee Jamie Nieto qualified for the finals of the high jump competition at the 2012 Olympic Games Sunday, Aug. 5. The EMU alumnus leapt 2.26-meters on his way to becoming one-of-three American athletes to earn a spot in the finals.

The medal round for the high jump is scheduled for 7 p.m. (London Time) which is 2 p.m. locally on Tuesday, Aug. 7.

Time Schedule for Jamie Nieto (London Time/EST)

Tuesday, Aug. 7: 7 p.m./2 p.m. - High jump final

EMU has had a track representative at the summer Olympic Games since Hayes Jones in 1960. The Eagles have had 17 representatives in 52 years, 14 men and three women.

EMU's Track and Field Olympic Athletes

1960 - Hayes Jones

1964 - Hayes Jones

1968 - Dave Ellis

1972 - Hasely Crawford, Tony Nelson

1976 - Hasely Crawford, Deby Lansky LaPlante

1980 - Hasely Crawford

1984 - Earl Jones, Hasely Crawford

1988 - Tommy Asinga

1992 - Tommy Asinga

1996 - Paul McMullen, Tommy Asinga, Greg Rhymer, Sevatheda Fynes, Clement Chukwu

2000 - Clement Chukwu, Nduka Awazie, Fabian Rollins, Sevatheda Fynes

2004 - Jamie Nieto

2008 - Sasha Springer-Jones

2012 - Eric Alejandro, Jamie Nieto