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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2020-21 Men's Track and Field

Tom Connelly

Payton Morris

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Enola, Pa.
  • Highschool East Pennsboro Area

Biography

PERSONAL RECORDS
Pole Vault: 5.20m (17-0.75)

CAREER ACCOLADES
2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic

CAREER ACCOLADES
Indoor Pole Vault: 5th ... 2019 ... 5.20m (17-0.75)
Outdoor Pole Vault: 6th ... 2019 ... 5.16m (16-11)
 

OUTDOOR 2021

  • Did not compete.
INDOOR 2021
  • All 2020-21 Ivy League winter sports were canceled on November 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
OUTDOOR 2020
  • All 2020 Ivy League sports were canceled on Wednesday, March 11 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
INDOOR 2020
  • Did not compete.
OUTDOOR 2019
  • Appeared in nine meets throughout the outdoor season as a pole vaulter.
  • Earned a berth to the NCAA East Region Prelims (May 23-25), finishing 33rd.
  • Scored at the 2019 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships (May 5), placing third with a clearance of 4.95m.
  • Finished second at the ECAC Championships (May 12).
  • Ranked third in the championship division of the pole vault at the 125th running of the Penn Relays (April 25-27).
  • Won the pole vault at the Penn Challenge (March 23) and Larry Ellis Invitational (April 20).
  • Finished top-five in all but two meets in which he competed.
INDOOR 2019
  • Competed in nine events during the indoor season, all in the pole vault.
  • Scored with a third-place finish at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships after clearing 5.15m (16-10.75).
  • Cleared a career-high 5.20m (17-0.75) to win the Penn State National.
  • Also won the Penn 8-Team Select.
  • Finished in the top five in eight of his nine meets.
High School: Pennsylvania No. 1, U.S No. 19 ... 2018 indoor and outdoor Pennsylvania state champion ... Runner-up at the 2017 Pennsylvania state indoor championships ... 2018 Pennsylvania outdoor district champion ... Eighth at the 2018 New Balance Indoor National Championships.

Personal: Son of Jennifer and Mark Morris ... Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Pole Vault
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Pole Vault
  • 2020-21Junior

    Pole Vault