2020 Men's Track and Field Roster
Biography
Collegiate Honors
• 2017 Horizon League Indoor Pole Vault Champion
2019-20 Season
2020 Outdoor: Season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 Indoor: Had a podium finish in pole vault at the Horizon League Championships, placing fifth with a clearance of 4.50m (14-9) ... opened the season at Gene Edmonds, Jan. 10, finishing seventh in pole vault (4.35m) ... one week later was third in pole vault (4.58m) at the Tierney Classic home opener, Jan. 18 ... also placed third in pole vault (4.35m) at the ONU Invite, Feb. 1 ... invited to the prestigious Meyo Invite, Feb. 7, placing eighth in pole vault with a season-best height of 4.70m (15-5), which ranks ninth in program history
2018-19 Season
2019 Outdoor: Returned to action during the outdoor season for the first time since his sophomore year, scoring and taking seventh at the Horizon League Championships ... cleared 4.55m (14-11) at the league meet ... started the season with a third-place finish at 4.50m (14-9) at the Jack Shaw Classic April 5 ... turned in a new personal-record height of 4.65m (15-3) to take seventh at Kentucky April 20 ... that height now ranks him tied for 10th in MKE history ... topped the field one week later at Louisville with a height of 4.48m (14-8 1/4).
2019 Indoor: Did not compete.
2017-18 Season
2018 Outdoor: Did not compete ... named to the Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2018 Indoor: Returned from a injury over the summer only to have his indoor season cut short due to a different injury, competing in just three meets on the season ... cleared the bar at 4.30m (14-1 1/4) for fifth at the Tierney Classic Jan. 20 ... one week later, came in sixth with a height of 4.35m (14-3 1/4) at the Mark Messersmith Invite ... named to the Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll ... named to the Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2016-17 Season
2017 Outdoor: Again scored, taking eighth in pole vault at the Horizon League Championships ... started his season taking fifth in javelin with a throw of 44.54m (146-1) at the Edmonds Invite Mar. 25 ... one week later, came in 10th in pole vault and 20th in javelin at the Big Blue Classic ... returned to action at the Pacesetter Invite April 22, coming in runner-up in pole vault with a height of 4.43m (14-6 1/4) ... one week later, cleared a season-best 4.50m (14-9) at the Drake Alternative ... named to the Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2017 Indoor: Made a big jump as a sophomore, finishing as Horizon League Champion in pole vault ... cleared a PR height of 4.61m (15-1 1/2) to bring home the league title ... that height now ranks him ninth in school history ... came in third at the Messersmith Invite with a season-opening height of 4.48m (14-8 1/4) Jan. 28 ... one week later, finished runner-up at the Parkside Classic ... came in fourth at the GVSU Big Meet Feb. 11 ... topped the pole vault field after clearing 4.60m (15-1) at the Panther Tune-Up Feb. 18 ... named to the Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2015-16 Season
2016 Outdoor: Started the season taking third in pole vault with a height of 4.21m (13-9 3/4) at the Billiken Kickoff Mar. 19 ... after that, suffered a season-ending injury and did not compete.
2016 Indoor: Landed on the podium in first Horizon League Championships, finishing tied for fifth in pole vault ... cleared a season-best height of 4.30m (14-1 1/4) at the league meet ... made his collegiate debut Jan. 16 at the Karl Schlender Invite, taking second overall in pole vault ... one week later, was fifth in the same event at the home Tierney Quad ... placed third at the Parkside Green & White Jan. 30 ... fifth in the same event at the Parkside Classic one week later ... came in fourth overall at the Panther Tune-Up Feb. 19.
High School
Competed in track and field three years at Nathan Hale High School ... finished fourth in pole vault at state as a senior after clearing 14-feet, 6 inches ... earned second-team all-conference honors ... also played football all four years, being named second-team all-conference, basketball three years and baseball one year.
Personal
Son of Steve and Michelle ... born Sept. 18, 1996.
Historical Player Information
