INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The indoor track & field season was extended for Orlandus Gamble on Wednesday when punched his ticket to the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships for the second consecutive season. 
 
A native of Kings Mountain, Gamble was one of 16 student-athletes selected to compete for a national title in the High Jump. The redshirt junior cleared 2.10 meters at the Roanoke Invitational Challenge on February 12, which marked an NCAA provisional qualifying mark.
 
Gamble competed on the sport's biggest stage during the 2020-21 indoor season in High Jump and earned all-American status with a ninth-place finish. He was one of eight Conference Carolinas student-athletes selected who will be competing at the Indoor National Championships later this month.
 
Gamble will compete for a national championship on March 12 at 4:30 p.m. The national event will be held in Pittsburg, Kan.