Education
He also resumed his studies in biology, and graduated with the Bachelor of Science degree in 2008.
He also resumed his studies in biology, and graduated with the Bachelor of Science degree in 2008.
He is currently ranked northern 56 in the world by the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM). Sacksen started out his sporting career at Rockwood High School in Rockwood, Pennsylvania, where he spent four years playing for the track and field and for the swimming team
After graduating from high school, he spent one academic year at the University of Pittsburgh, before he moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he worked as a resident athlete at the United States. Olympic Training Center.
He reached into the international scene by competing at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, but did not advance past the semifinal. Sacksen made his official debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics after receiving and accepting an invitation by UIPM, competing in the men"s modern pentathlon, along with Eli Bremer.
In the end, Sacksen finished the event in eighteenth place, with a score of 5,280 points. In the same year, Sacksen also set a world shooting record for a fourth-place finish in the mixed relay event at the World Championships in Moscow, Russia.
In April 2012, Sacksen, however, suffered a ligament injury, which was completely torn in his left ankle, at a training camp in Poland.
Unable to compete at the World Championships, because of a severe ankle injury, Sacksen landed to thirty-eight place, and missed out of the national team for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England.