The former Texas State pole vaulter placed third overall in Monday's finals of the U.S. Olympic Trials at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field.
As a result, the Smithson Valley native has punched his ticket into next month's Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He's the seventh Bobcat to qualify for the summer olympics in track and field, and only the second to represent Team USA (Charles Austin, the gold medal winner in the high jump at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, Georgia, was the other).
After finishing in a tie for first during Saturday's semifinals, Cunningham knew that a top-three finish would get the job done on Monday.