Arizona State: Ranks second all-time in school history in the indoor heptathlon with a score of 5,029 points scored in 2011... also ranks sixth all-time in the indoor 60m hurdles (8.68aa)...Cracked the all-time top-10 in the decathlon last season with a score of 7,061 at the Jim Click Combined events...2011 Outdoor: Improved his decathalon score by over 150 points at the Jim Click Combined Events to score 7061 points and place fourth...was tenth in the PAC-10 Championship decathalon before no-heighting in the pole vault and finishing 14th overall...ran a career best at the PAC-10 Championships for the 400m with a time of 51.12...placed third in the 110m hurdles at the 2011 Sun Devil Open where he set a career best of 15.22...2011 Indoor: Improved his heptathalon score by 100 points in the MPSF Indoor TRack & Field Championships to score 5,029 and place seventh overall...placed in four events at the Lumberjack invitational and set a 60m hurdle career best in the preliminaries of 8.64...competed at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic & Combined in the high jump to set a career best at 2.00m...2010 Outdoor: Improved his top decathlon score by over 700 points to score 6,909 points and finish fifth in the Pac-10... recorded eight decathlon personal-bests in the Pac-10 meet... was the team's top high jumper as well, clearing a season-best 6-04.75 (1.95m)... ran a personal-best 14.58 in the 110m hurdles to open the year at the ASU Invitational... also shaved 15 seconds off his 1,500m time in the decathlon... 2010 Indoor: Moved into third on the all-time heptathlon list at ASU with a personal-best score of 4,929 points to finish ninth at the MPSF Championships... set four personal-best marks while completing the heptathlon... bettered his all-time score by over 1,000 points with his MPSF performance... cleared 6-06.75 (2.00m) in the high jump at the NAU Invitational to lead the team with the top clearance of the season... won the 60m hurdles at the Friday Night Challenge before running a best of 8.76 at the MPSF meet... 2009 Outdoor: Finished 12th in the decathlon at the Pac-10 Championships with a personal-best score of 6,202 points... tied a personal-best clearance in the high jump at the Pac-10 decathlon meet with a mark of 1.83m (6-0.00)... 2009 Indoor: Competed in the heptathlon at the Mountain `T' Multis and took ninth with a score of 3,874 points... also competed in a pair of individual events at the Friday Night Challenge earlier in the season.
High School: A 2008 graduate of Chaparral High School (Scottsdale, Ariz.)... lettered in track & field three times and twice in basketball... captained the track team as a senior... set school records in both hurdle events... selected as the team's Most Outstanding Athlete as a senior... two-time Scottsdale Most Outstanding Track Athlete (2007, 2008)... 2008 Scottsdale All-City honoree... Second Team All-East Valley Tribune selection in the 110m hurdles (2007, 2008)... member of the National Honors and Spanish Honors Societies... graduated among the Top 5% of his class.
Personal: Majoring in anthropology... parents are Cliff and Susan Sandys... has one brother: Micah... born December 6, 1989, in Phoenix... hobbies include basketball, music and skiing... full name is James Samuel Sandys.
Personal Bests Heptathlon: 5,029 Decathlon: 7,061 110H: 14.58 300H: 39.03 High Jump: 6-6.75