PERSONAL BEST MARKS: (updated before 2019 season) 60M IN: 7.37 (2018 - JR, Jack Jennett - 1/25-26) 100M OUT: 11.61w (2017 - SO, Lyle Hokanson - 4/21-22) 400M OUT: 53.41 (2017 - SO, Summit League - 5/11-13) 1,000M IN: 2:52.87 (2017 - SO, SDSU Holiday - 12/2-3) 1,500M OUT: 5:03.72 (2017 - SO, Summit League - 5/11-13) 60H IN: 8.72 (2018 - JR, SDSU Last Chance - 2/16) 110H OUT: 16.46w (2017 - SO, Lyle Hokanson - 4/21-22) 400H OUT: 57.39 (2018 - JR, Howard Wood - 5/4-5) 4x100M OUT: 43.50 (2018 - JR, Howard Wood - 5/4-5) 4x400M OUT: 3:30.14 (2018 - JR, USD Invite - 4/11) HJ IN: 5-10.50 (2018 - JR, Summit League - 2/23-24) HJ OUT: 5-09.75 (2017 - SO, Summit League - 5/11-13, Lyle Hokanson - 4/21-22) PV IN: 13-01.50 (2018 - JR, Summit League - 2/23-24) PV OUT: 12-11.50 (2017 - SO, Summit League - 5/11-13, Lyle Hokanson - 4/21-22) LJ IN: 20-02.25 (2018 - JR, SDSU Holiday - 12/1-2) LJ OUT: 20-08.00w (2017 - SO, Lyle Hokanson - 4/21-22) SP IN: 33-09.25 (2018 - JR, Summit League - 2/23-24) SP OUT: 31-04.00 (2017 - SO, Lyle Hokanson - 4/21-22) DT OUT: 92-01.00 (2017 - SO, Summit League - 5/11-13) JT OUT: 156-09.00 (2017 - SO, Summit League - 5/11-13) Heptathlon IN: 4,587 (2018 - JR, Summit League - 2/23-24) Decathlon OUT: 5,874 (2017 - SO, Lyle Hokanson - 4/21-22)
HONORS & AWARDS:
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (‘17S, '18S)
2017-18: OUTDOOR: Competed in 10 events ... recorded his PR in the 400m hurdles at the last meet of the season - the Howard Wood (5/4-5), finishing ninth (57.39) and trimming 0.29 seconds off his 2017 best ... also added a season-best mark and place-finish in the javelin at the Howard Wood, notching a fourth-place finish (156-09.00) - just 2-10.00 from his 2017 PR ... notched a season-best mark and his lone top-three finish of the season in the 110m hurdles at the NSU Twilight (4/20), recording third (16.59w) ... posted his first career 4x100m relay - placing fourth as the fourth leg (43.50) and his first career 4x400m relay - finishing seventh as the fourth leg (3:30.14) at the USD Invite (4/11) ... had the team’s third-best 110H mark (18th in the league), second-best 400H mark (15th), sixth-best 4x100m relay mark, seventh-best 4x400m relay mark, and third-best javelin mark (12th) on the season performance list. INDOOR: Competed 14 events, including three heptathlons ... finished ninth (4,587) in the heptathlon and 13th in the prelims of the 60m (8.86) at The Summit League Championships (2/23-24) - his first indoor league championships ... added PR’s in the high jump (eighth, 5-10.50), pole vault (tied eighth, 13-01.50), shot put (10th, 33-09.25), and the heptathlon score (ninth, 5,587) while notching a season-best mark in the 1,000m (sixth, 2:53.37) at the multi-event championship ... his total points scored in the championship heptathlon was the school’s fifth-best mark all-time in the school’s top eight ... recorded a PR in the finals of the 60m hurdles at the SDSU Last Chance (2/16), finishing fifth (8.72) and trimming his 2017 PR by 0.03 seconds ... finished sixth overall (4,430) in his second multi of the year ... added a PR in the 60m (fifth, 7.37) while competing in the Jack Jennett multi ... in the first meet of the season, the SDSU Holiday Open (12/1-2), he placed eighth (4,461) in his second-highest scoring multi of his career ... added a PR in the long jump (sixth, 20-02.25) enroute to the eight-place multi finish ... had the team’s ninth-best 60m (37th in the league), eighth-best 1,000m, fifth-best 60m hurdles mark (15th), seventh-best high jump (24th), fifth-best pole vault (22nd), seventh-best long jump (27th), ninth-best shot put (26th), and second-best heptathlon (ninth in the league, 184th in the NCAA) on the season performance list.
2016-17:
OUTDOOR: Competed in two decathlons ... won the Lyle Hokanson Classic (4/21-22), registering a career-best 5,874 points in the decathlon ... set career-best numbers in high jump (5-09.75), pole vault (12-11.50), and shot put (31-04.00) at the Lyle Hokanson Classic ... scored 5,729 points in the decathlon at The Summit League Championships (5/11-13) ... set career-best marks in the javelin (159-07.00), 110 hurdles (16.80), discus (92-01.00), and javelin (159-07.00) at The Summit League Championships ... tied his career-best pole vault jump at the championships, winning the event. INDOOR: Competed in the heptathlon at the SDSU Holiday Open and Multi (12/2-3) scoring 4,304 points and placing fifth ... the heptathlon score ranks fifth-best in SDSU’s top 10 performances ... set career-best numbers in the heptathlon (4,304), 60m (7.45), 1,000m (2:52.57), 60m hurdles (8.75), and long jump (20-01.75) at the SDSU Holiday Open and Multi ... competed in four events at the Jim Emmerich (1/21) with a 12th place finish (8.75) in the 60m hurdles, which is a career-best time.
Before SDSU: 2015-16 (St. Cloud State):
OUTDOOR: Attended St. Cloud State University ... Placed 15th in the Decathlon with a score of 5,558 at the NSIC Championships ... placed fifth in the javelin throw at the NSIC Championships with a distance of 149-08.00 ... recorded a javelin throw of 142-08.00 at the Warrior Challenge to place third ... ran a season-best 110m hurdles at the Lyle Hokanson Classic, recording a time of 16.39 ... 4x400m relay team finished third at the USF Invitational with a time of 3:31.01. INDOOR: Attended St. Cloud State University ... member of the first-place 4x400 relay team at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Indoor Championships, finishing in 3:20.06 ... posted a score of 4,265 in the heptathlon at the NSIC Indoor Championships, placing 11th ... won the 4x400 relay at the Minnesota State Multi, recording a time of 3:22.88 ... ran a season-best 60-meter dash (7.48) and 60-meter hurdles (8.82) at the NSIC Indoor Championships ... finished second in the long jump at the Minnesota Open, posting a mark of 19-11.00.
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time all-state performer ... won the state championship in the shuttle hurdle relay in 2014, finishing with a time of 58.01 ... placed 10th in the 400m hurdles at the 2015 state meet. posting a personal-best time of 56.07 ... earned eight varsity letters in high school (four in track and field, two in baseball and two in football) ... academic all-state 2013-15 ... named exchange club student of the month in 2015 ... earned the Iowa State Bar Association-American Citizenship Award ... made honor roll 2012-15 ... father, Dave, played football at SDSU ... mother, Barb Riemenschneider Bates, played volleyball and track for the Jackrabbits ... brother, Tom, also competes for the SDSU track and field team.