PERSONAL BEST MARKS: (updated before 2019 season) PV IN: 15-07.00 (2018 - RFR, SDSU Holiday - 12/1-2) PV OUT: 14-11.00 (2017 - FR, SMSU Mustang - 3/31-4/1)
HONORS & AWARDS:
Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (‘18S)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (‘17S, '18S)
2017-18: OUTDOOR: Competed in six pole vault events ... finished the season with two wins in the event, the first one coming in the NSU Twilight (4/20), jumping 14-06.00 and the next one coming in the same week, at Mount Marty (4/25), jumping 14-07.25 ... his mark at Mount Marty tied a season-best mark from the USD Invite (4/11), where he finished seventh ... his season-best was 2.25 inches from his 2017 PR ... he tied for the second-best mark in the pole vault on the team (14th in the league) on the season performance list. INDOOR: Competed in six pole vault events ... added a PR in the first meet of the season, the SDSU Holiday Open (12/1-2), finishing fourth (15-07.00) and increasing his PR by 1-11.75 feet ... the new PR is tied for ninth-best all-time at SDSU ... added two top-three finishes (Dakota Realty - 2/3, 14-06.00 - third place; SDSU Last Chance - 2/16, 15-01.00 - second place) on the last two meet of the season ... finished with the team’s second-best pole vault mark (10th in the league) on the season performance list.
2016-17:
OUTDOOR: Competed in five events ... jumped a career-best 14-09.50 in the pole vault at The Summit League Championships (5/11-13), finishing eighth. INDOOR: Competed in one event ... jumped 13-07.25 in the pole vault at the SDSU Holiday Open and Multi (12/2-3), finishing fourth.
BEFORE SDSU: Two-time class A state champion in pole vault (2015 and 2016) ... placed sixth at the 2015 state meet in the 300-meter hurdles, finishing in 42.40 ... holds school record in the pole vault (14-07.00) ... garnered Aberdeen American News athlete of the week award once in 2016 ... earned eight varsity letters (five in track and field and three in football) ... was an all-state performer in football in 2016 ... student body president in 2015-16 ... National Honor Society member 2015-16 ... made honor roll 2013-16.