Maximus Tucker

Position:
Multi-Event
Height:
6-5
Weight:
null
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Milton, Ga.
High School:
Mount Pisgah Christian School
Exchange Profile:
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2025: Outdoor – Earned a silver medal in the decathlon at the SEC Championships, highlighted by victories in the 400-meter dash (47.70) and 1500m (4:08.11)…Placed in the top five in seven of 10 individual events in Lexington…Competed in the 100m to open the decathlon at the 44 Farms Invitational but retired following one event.

Indoor – Competed in two heptathlons during the indoor season…Placed seventh at the Razorback Invite with 5,122 points, highlighted by time of 2:34.10 to win the heptathlon 1,000m…Tallied a season-best 5,231 points at the SEC Championships, where he also won the heptathlon 1,000m with a season-best time of 2:31.42.

High School: Competed in cross country, basketball, track & field, golf, and eSports at Mount Pisgah Christian School…Nike Indoor National Championships runner-up in the pentathlon as a senior, also setting the Georgia indoor pentathlon state record during his final season…Canadian Olympic Trials U20 decathlon runner-up during his senior season…Won an individual state title in the 400-meter dash as a junior while guiding his team to a state championship…Also took third place in the shot put at the state meet that season…Nike Outdoor National Championships runner-up in the decathlon during his third season, also setting a Georgia decathlon state record as a junior…Canadian Outdoor National Championships U20 decathlon champion during his third year…Was the team captain on the state runner-up basketball team, earning All-Region Honorable Mention as a junior…Also was a state qualifier in golf that season…Guided the 4x800-meter relay team to a state title as a sophomore, also helping set the Georgia 1A state record in the event…Placed second in the 800m and third in the 400m at the state championship meet during his second season…Qualified for the state cross country meet while helping his team earn a region title as a sophomore…All-Region Honorable Mention in basketball during his second year…State 800m runner-up and cross country state qualifier as a freshman, also taking third place in the 800m at the Junior Olympics (age 15-16)…Member of the state championship basketball team during his first year…Personal-best marks of 7,035 pts. (decathlon), 48.32 (400m), 1:55.62 (800m), 4:09.97 (1500m), 14.50m/47-7 (shot put), and 1.93m/6-4 (high jump)…Patriot Award recipient…Honor graduate, member of National Honor Society, and Dean’s List recipient…Part of International Thespian Society Troupe 7371.

Personal: Born April 19, 2005…Son of Ardin Tucker and Ben Tucker III…Has three siblings: Nathaniel Riech, Benjy Tucker, and Avery Tucker…Comes from an athletic family…Mother, Ardin, was a professional pole vaulter who attended Fresno State University, and father, Ben, played professional baseball and attended USC…Brother Nathaniel is a professional distance runner who competed collegiately at Furman and South Alabama…Brother Benjy plays baseball at Mercer…Sister, Avery, plays prep softball and lacrosse at Wesleyan School…Grandfather Jim Harrison played professional ice hockey…Uncle Trevor Harrison competed in professional rugby…Grandfather Ben Tucker II competed for the lacrosse and football teams at the United States Naval Academy…Uncle Brad Tucker played baseball professionally and at Pepperdine University…Intending to major in Ocean Science.