Idaho State: (2009-10) Competed in the pole vault during outdoor campaign … competed in the decathlon during the outdoor season for the first time since his freshman season, setting several career bests with his performance at the Bengal Hepthathlon and Decathlon (4/8) … had a personal best of 6,441 points at the event, good for second place … also at the event, set a career best in the 100 meters (11.35), 400 meters (52.10), 1,500 meter (4:59.20), 110-meter hurdles (15.77), shot put (9.81m), discus (26.79m) and javelin (43.45m) … set a career best in the long jump at the All Idaho Collegiate (4/2) with a jump of 6.65 meters good for fourth place … won the pole vault event at the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championship with a vault of 5.37 meters earning him a trip to the NCAA Regional meet as well as all-conference honors … also competed in the 4x400m relay at the outdoor championship taking eighth with a total time of 3:17.33 … cleared the 5.20 meter mark at the NCAA Regional finishing 18th overall … also earned all-academic honors … (2008-09) Competed in the indoor and outdoor seasons for the Bengals … set a season-best vault of 5.20m at the Medalist Invitational (2/13) … earned the Big Sky Conference Indoor title in the pole vault at the conference championship (2/27) clearing 5.15m and garnering All-Conference honors for the indoor campaign … finished second at the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championship with his best vault of the outdoor season of 5.05m to receive All-Conference accolades … named a Big Sky All-Academic in both the outdoor and indoor season … (2007-08) Competed in the pole vault during both the indoor and outdoor seasons, and qualified for the NCAA National Championships during the outdoor campaign ... recorded an indoor-season best of 16-02.50 at the Best Buy Wildcat Indoor Open (2/23), finishing seventh overall...took fifth place at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/29) by clearing a height of 15-11.75 ... finished in the top five in all six pole vault competitions he entered during the spring season ... won the All-Idaho Cup with a vault of 15-07.00, which was actually his second-worst jump of the spring season ... cleared 16-00.75 three times, at the Mark Faldmo Invitational (4/19), the BYU Invitational (4/26) and the Bronco Twilight (5/2) ... finished second at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/17) with a vault of 17-02.75, which was good enough to qualify him for the NCAA Regional meet ... cleared 16-07.25 on his second attempt at regionals (5/31) but missed on all three attempts at 17-01.00 ... qualified for the national meet on the strength of his Big Sky Conference mark ... cleared 16-08.75 on his third attempt at the NCAA National Meet (6/11) but missed on all three attempts at 17-02.25 … (2006-07) Competed in the indoor and outdoor seasons ... had a season best of 15- 6.75 in the pole vault at the ISU Duel Series #1 (1/12) in the indoor season ... had a great outdoor season ... competed in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.42 at the Idaho State Spring Fest (4/21) ... captured a season best in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.80 at the Mark Faldmo Invitational (4/14) ... ran the 400-meter in 53.94 at the Idaho State Spring Fest (4/21) ... captured a season best of 5:00.80 at the 1,500-meter run in the Idaho State Spring Fest (4/21) ... held a season best in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16:45 at the Mark Faldmo Invitational (4/14) ... reached a height of 5-7.25 in the high jump at the ISU Spring Fest Relays (4/21) ... holds the second best pole vault season bet record with a height of 16 at the Mark Faldmo Invitational (4/14) ... had a long jump of 19-11 at the Robison Invitational (4/28) ... had a season-best javelin throw of 121-10 at the ISU Spring Fest Relays (4/21) ... finished the Springbreak Open (3/16) with a decathlon score of 5,448 points.

Pueblo South High School: Lettered in track and field all four years and lettered in soccer one year ... broke the state and school record with a jump of 15-8.6 in the pole vault in 2006 ... graduated with honors and was student body president of the District 60 Health Academy.

Personal: Parents are Mark and Linda ... majoring in nursing.

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