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2023-24 Men's Track and Field Roster

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James Rhoads

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Baltimore, Ohio
  • Highschool Liberty Union

Biography

ALL-TIME MARKS AND CAREER RECORDS

CAREER ACCOLADES

3x NCAA Championships qualifier in outdoor pole vault (2022, 23, 24)
1x NCAA Championships qualifier in indoor pole vault (2024)
2024 First-Team All-America (outdoor pole vault)
2024 First-Team All-America (indoor pole vault)
2024 Ivy Heps champion (outdoor pole vault)
2024 Second-Team All-Ivy (indoor pole vault)
2024 Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area
2x USTFCCCA All-Academic (2023, 24)

PROGRAM RECORD BOOK
Indoor Pole Vault: 1st ... 2024 ... 5.58m (18-3.75)
Outdoor Pole Vault: 1st ... 2024 ... 5.62m (18-5.25)

OUTDOOR 2023
  • Competed in 10 meets during the outdoor season
  • Set a career best in the pole vault with a third-place finish vault of 5.36m at the Transatlantic Series (Apr. 15)
  • Finished first in the pole vault at four meets: Penn Challenge (Mar. 18), Hurricane Collegiate Invitational (Mar. 25), Big Five Meet (Apr. 1), IC4A/ECAC Outdoor Track and Field Championship (May 12-14)
  • Finished third in the pole vault with a 5.32m vault at the Ivy League Outdoor Track and Field Championship (May 6-7)
  • Competed at NCAA East Preliminaries (May 25-27)
INDOOR 2023
  • Competed in six meets during the indoor season
  • Placed first two times in the pole vault, Penn Select 10 (Jan. 14) and Wesley A. Brown Invitational (Jan. 20-21)
  • Placed third in the pole vault at the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track & Field (Feb. 25-26)
OUTDOOR 2022
  • Competed in eight meets during the outdoor season
  • Set a career best 5.32m (17-5.5) in the pole vault at the Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 7-8)
  • Placed first three times in the pole vault, Penn Challenge with 5.30m (17-4.5), Mason Spring Invitational with 5.17m (16-11.5), and the Princeton Elite Invitational with 5.30m (17-4.5)
INDOOR 2022
  • Competed in seven meets during this indoor season
  • Placed first two times in the pole vault at the Seahawk Shootout with 5.15m (16-10.75) and the Villanova Invitational with 5.05m (16-6.75)
  • Placed second in the pole vault at the Sykes and Sabock Invitational with 5.05m (16-6.75)

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

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  • 2022-23Sophomore

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