2019-20 Men's Track & Field
Biography
PERSONAL RECORDS
Pole Vault: 5.50m (18-0.50)
CAREER ACCOLADES
2019 Second-Team All-America (Pole Vault)
2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships Qualifier (Pole Vault)
2019 NCAA Outdoor Qualifier (Pole Vault)
2019 Outdoor Heps Champion (Pole Vault)
2019 Outdoor First-Team All-Ivy (Pole Vault)
2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic
2018 NCAA Outdoor Qualifier (Pole Vault)
2018 Outdoor Heps Champion (Pole Vault)
2018 Outdoor First-Team All-Ivy (Pole Vault)
2018 Outdoor ECAC Champion (Pole Vault)
2018 Indoor Second-Team All-Ivy (Pole Vault)
2018 Winter Academic All-Ivy
2018 USTFCCCA All-Academic
2017 Second-Team All-America (Pole Vault)
2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships Qualifier (Pole Vault)
2017 NCAA Outdoor Qualifier (Pole Vault)
2017 USTFCCCA All-Academic
Competed at 2017 USATF Junior Nationals
First all-time at Penn in the indoor pole vault (5.41m/17-9)
Second all-time at Penn in the outdoor pole vault (5.50m/18-0.50)
OUTDOOR 2019
- Made appearances at six meets during the outdoor season.
- Earned second-team All-America honors after a 13th-place finish in the pole vault at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 5), clearing 5.35m.
- Captured first place at the 2019 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships (May 5).
- Finished first in three meets on the year.
INDOOR 2019
- Pole vaulted in three meets during the indoor season.
- Opened the season by clearing 5.40m to win the TCNJ Indoor Open (Dec. 1).
- Also won the Harvard vs. Penn Dual (Dec. 9) with a clearance of 5.41m.
OUTDOOR 2018
- Competed in the pole vault at eight meets during the 2018 outdoor season.
- Claimed the Ivy League championship in the pole vault at the 2018 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships (May 6), with a clearance of 5.36m.
- Cleared a new career-best height of 5.50m at the ECAC Championships (May 13), winning the title.
- Qualified for the 2018 NCAA East Region Prelims (May 24).
- Finished second in the pole vault at the Penn Relays (April 26-28).
- Won the pole vault title at the Penn Challenge (March 24) and Larry Ellis Invitational (April 21).
- Improved his season-best four times throughout the year.
INDOOR 2018
- Competed in all nine possible meets during the 2018 indoor season as a pole vault specialist.
- Improved upon his season-best clearance five times throughout the year.
- Earned second-team All-Ivy status after placing second at the 2018 Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships (Feb. 25) in a jump off.
- Set the program record in the indoor pole vault with a clearance of 5.32m at the Princeton Invitational (Feb. 17).
- Won the pole vault at the Lehigh Season Opener (Dec. 1), Navy Invitational (Jan. 13), Penn 8-Team Select (Jan. 20), Columbia Challenge (Jan. 27), and Princeton Invitational.
- Named to the Winter Academic All-Ivy team.
OUTDOOR 2017
- Competed in 10 meets during the 2017 outdoor season as a pole vault specialist, making appearances each week.
- USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America after finishing 15th at the NCAA Championships (June 7) in Oregon with a clearance of 5.30m.
- Cleared a personal-best height of 5.35m at the NCAA East Region Prelims (May 26) to advance to the NCAA Championships, while also ranking second in Penn history.
- Placed third at the 2017 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships (May 7) with a clearance of 5.21m.
- Took second in the pole vault championship at the Penn Relays (April 27-29), clearing a height of 5.20m.
- Finished in the top-10 in nine of the 10 meets on the year, including six top-three placements.
- Won the pole vault at both the Transatlantic Series (April 15) and Larry Ellis Invitational (April 22).
- Increased his season-best clearance four different occasions throughout the year.
INDOOR 2017
- Competed in every meet but one in his first collegiate season.
- Placed first on three occasions, at the Lehigh Season Opener (Dec. 2), the Lehigh Angry Birds Challenge (Jan. 14), and the Princeton Invitational (Feb. 19).
- Finished eighth at the Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships with a height of 4.80m.
High School: Ranked No. 16 in the nation from the Class of 2016 ... Three-time Florida state champion.
Historical Player Information
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2017-18Sophomore
Pole Vault
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