Joe Silvers was recently promoted to the associate head coach for track and field. He is in his nineth year
with the Bengals and originally joined the Idaho State track and field program as an assistant coach in
the summer of 2018. Silvers comes to the Bengals from the University of North Dakota, where he served
as the assistant coach for jumps, combined events, and pole vault. In all, he coached Fighting Hawks
men and women to 7 conference championships, 15 school records, and 96 entries in UND’s All Time
Top 10 lists.
In 2025-2026 Silvers’ student-athletes performed at top levels during the season. Senior Natalia Alvarez
Trujillo jumped 39-10.50 (12.15m) indoor and 40-06.00 (12.34m) outdoor in the triple jump to rank 4 th
and 5 th on ISU’s indoor and outdoor Top-10 lists. Brielle Ricks garnered Big Sky All-Conference honors in
the women’s pole vault at both the indoor and outdoor championships finishing 2 nd and 3 rd respectively.
Ricks also earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors for her academic and athletic performance this
season. Silvers had a pair of high jumpers finish on the podium at the outdoor conference
championships. Freshman Tori Conrad earned Big Sky All-Conference honors in the women’s high jump
placing 3 rd with a mark of 5-07.25 (1.71m) while sophomore Jackson Wilkey also claimed 3 rd in the men’s
high jump with a mark of 6-09.00 (2.06m).
2024-2025 saw ISU record books rewritten yet again. Cade Ricks etched his name in the record books
clearing 16-09.25 (5.11m) in the pole vault to claim the 10 th spot on the indoor ISU All-Time Top 10 list.
Outdoors both Ellie Stockham and Maddix Blazovich claimed Big Sky All-Conference honors. Stockham
cleared a personal best 13-09.00 (4.19m) in the women’s pole vault, finishing 2 nd at the Big Sky Outdoor
Conference Championships and claimed the 2 nd spot on ISU’s Top-10 list. In his freshman season Maddix
Blazovich attained a height of 17-00.75 (5.20m) taking 3 rd at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships and
ranking 9 th All-Time in school history. Stockham’s and Blazovich’s All-Conference performances also
qualified them for the NCAA National Championships West Preliminary Round. The due also earned
USTFCCCA All-Academic honors for their dedication in the classroom.
The 2023-2024 season saw significant changes in both the ISU and Big Sky record books. Leading the
way for the Bengals was Brielle Davis who set both the indoor and outdoor school records in the pole
vault with marks of 13-07.75 (4.16m) and 13-11.00 (4.24m) respectively. Brielle’s outdoor mark is also a
Big Sky Conference Championship record and earned her the conference title. In all the jumpers closed
out the year with 4 new entries in ISU’s Top 10 and 5 Big Sky All-Conference performances.
Kapri Sylvester added her name to the ISU’s indoor Top-10 list with a mark of 5-08.75 (1.75m). Sylvester
also earned All-Conference honors in both the indoor and outdoor with a pair of 2 nd place finishes in the
women’s high jump. On the men’s side Ethan Garrett also came away with a 2 nd place finish at the Big
Sky Indoor championships and All-Conference honors.
The lady vaulter’s had a historic year under Silvers tutelage. Highlighted by Brielle’s record setting
performances, the program saw three women over the 13-foot barrier. Lindsey Jones added her name
to ISU’s Outdoor Top-10 list with a mark of 13-00.25 (3.97m). While Junior Ellie Stockham cleared a
season’s best 13-00.25 (3.97m) to round out the trio of ladies. The women’s vault squad ranked 1 st in the
Big Sky Conference and 19 th nationally in the USTFCCCA Event Squad rankings.
The 2022-2023 season marks the fifth for Joe Silvers as a member of ISU’s track and field coaching staff.
The season saw Silvers student-athletes notch five new entries into ISU’s All-Time Top 10 lists, claim All-

Conference honors and Conference Titles, and qualified two individuals to the NCAA National West
Preliminary round.
In the high jump, Owen Mitchell earned All-Conference honors when he finished third at the indoor
conference championship. His indoor personal best of 6-10.75 (2.10m) put him ninth on ISU’s indoor
Top 10. Outdoors Mitchell defended his conference title in the men’s high jump becoming a back-to-
back Conference Champion in the event. Under Silvers guidance, Owen capped off his ISU career with
his third consecutive appearance at the NCAA National West Preliminary round.
Ekhardt Van Der Watt claimed his first Big Sky Conference title as a Bengal in the men’s pole vault at the
outdoor championships. His championship winning mark of 16-10.25 (5.14m) ranks Van Der Watt ninth
in ISU history. That same mark also qualified Van Der Watt for the NCAA National West Preliminary
Round.
Sophomore Ellie Stockham added her name to ISU’s history books in both the indoor and outdoor
women’s pole vault claiming the fifth 13-00.25 (3.97m) and fourth 13-00.75 (3.98m) spots respectively.
Freshman Brielle Davis also added her name to ISU’s pole vault history earning the eighth spot with a
mark of 12-10.75 (3.93m).
In 2021-2022 Joe Silvers’ student-athletes continued to challenge the best in the Big Sky. This past
season was one for the record books. Eight new entries were added to ISU’s All-Time Top 10
performance lists, including Treyshon Malone’s school record of 26-03.75 (8.02m) in the outdoor long
jump.
Treyshon Malone broke his own school record and became the first Bengal to eclipse the 26-foot barrier
at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships. Malone’s record-breaking mark not only won him the
conference title but also set a Big Sky Championship meet record and placed him third All-Time in Big
Sky history. He also qualified for the final round of the NCAA National Championships where he finished
14 th earning 2nd Team All-American honors. In his final season with the Bengals Malone also compete at
the USA National Championships representing ISU and finishing 17 th .
Other notable performances on the year came from a trio of All-Conference performances. Adam
Elorrieta earned All-Conference honors finishing 2 nd in the high jump at the Big Sky indoor
Championships with a mark of 6-11.00 (2.11m).
Outdoors Owen Mitchell won the Big Sky title in the men’s high jump with his performance of 6-11.00
(2.11m). His mark also qualified him for his second consecutive trip to the NCAA National West
Preliminary round.
Senior Tyler Vallenzuela vaulted his way to a 2 nd place finish at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships. His
All-Conference performance of 16-05.50 (5.02m) was a personal best.
In 2020-2021 The record books were once again rewritten by Joe Silvers’ student-athletes with six new
entries on ISU’s All-Time Top 10 lists and saw a record setting performance of 25-11.00 (7.90m) by
Treyshon Malone in the men’s outdoor long jump.
Louise Lallement garnered All-Conference honors when she finished 2 nd in the women’s pole vault at the
outdoor conference championships with a vault of 12-09.00 (3.89m).

A pair of men’s high jumpers added their names to ISU’s record books. Adam Elorrieta claimed the 4 th
spot on ISU’s All-Time Top 10 list in the men’s high jump with a mark of 6-11.75 (2.13m). Owen Mitchell
jumped 6-11.5 (2.12m) to claim the 5 th spot on ISU’s Top 10 lists. Both Elorrieta and Mitchell
performances qualified them for the NCAA National West Preliminary round.
Kapri Sylvester aslo added her name to ISU’s Top 10 list in the women’s high jump. Sylvester cleared a
new personal best of 5-08.00 (1.73m) claiming the 7 th spot in ISU outdoor high jump history.
In 2019-2020, Silver’s student-athletes added four new entries into ISU’s all-time top 10 lists. Among
those marks was a new school record in the men’s long jump set by senior Treyshon Malone. Silvers also
oversaw two Big Sky indoor conference champions with Malone in the long jump and Brook Anger in the
women’s pole vault. 
Malone set the school record in the long jump with a mark of 26-00.25 (7.93m) capturing the Big Sky
conference title in the process. Malone’s mark ranked him #2 in Big Sky history and earned him a trip to
the NCAA Indoor National meet as the 9th best jumper in the NCAA. The national meet was canceled
due to COVID-19 and Malone was awarded USTFCCCA All-America honors for his long jump
performance. 
Anger captured her first conference title in the pole vault with a new personal best 13-00.75 (3.98m).
Her performance places her 4th on ISU’s indoor top-10 list. Senior Seth Jarus put his name into the ISU
record books earning the number 4 spot in the long jump with a mark of 24-03.75 (7.41m) and the 8th
spot in the triple jump with 48-4-50 (14.74m). 
The 2018-19 season, his first back with the Bengals, Silvers coached the likes of Treyshon Malone and
Jessica Swannack to Big Sky All-Conference performances, school records, a trip to the NCAA
Championships West Preliminary round, and a conference title. Additionally, Silvers oversaw six
performances that cracked ISU’s all-time top 10.
Jessica Swannack put her mark in the record books winning the Big Sky Indoor Conference
Championship in the women’s pole vault. Her championship winning mark of 13-06.50 (4.13m) set a
new indoor school record in the pole vault. That same mark also ranks Swannack 4th all-time in Big Sky
history.  Swannack capped off her sophomore campaign with a trip to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field
Championships west preliminary round and an outdoor personal best of 13-04.25 (4.07m) 
Treyshon Malone etched his own mark in history setting an indoor school record in the long jump with a
mark of 25-01.75 (7.66m). Malone garnered Big Sky All-Conference honors in the long jump at the
outdoor conference championship with a 3rd place finish and a mark of 24-09.75 (7.56m). Malone
concluded his year as a NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships west preliminary qualifier in the
long jump with a leap of 25-04.50 (7.73m). That same mark ranks Malone 2nd all-time in ISU history. 
Silvers coached a number of talented individuals during his time with the Fighting Hawks, most recently
helping vaulter Kyley Foster achieve her second trip to the NCAA West Regional. Foster set the North
Dakota school indoor and outdoor pole vault records and is a four-time All-Conference athlete and the

2018 Big Sky Outdoor Conference Champion. Her outdoor record of 13-09.25 (4.20m) is also the third
best mark in Big Sky history.
Silvers helped guide Nolan Hovland to his first NCAA West Regional in 2018. Hovland qualified for the
meet in the men’s high jump after claiming the 2018 Big Sky Outdoor Conference Championship with a
height of 7-00.25 (2.14m). Hovland is a four-time All-Conference athlete and was the 2015 Indoor
Conference Champion as a freshman with a mark of 6-11.75 (2.13m).
Early in his career at North Dakota Silvers coached long and triple jumper D’Mante Farley. Farley was a
standout performer for the Fighting Hawks earning All-Conference honors in the triple jump. He also
qualified for the 2013 NCAA West Regional and USA Jr National Track and Field Championships with a
mark of 49-01.50 (14.97m). Farley placed 8th at the USA Jr National meet earning USATF Jr All-American
honors.
Collectively Silvers athletes were a force for the North Dakota Fighting Hawks setting school records in
the pole vault, combined events, long jump, and triple jump.
Prior to North Dakota Joe Silvers was a member of the Idaho State Track and Field team. Silvers
competed for the Bengals from 2005 to 2009. After completing his bachelor degree Silvers coached at
ISU for two years while completing his masters in Athletic Administration.
Silvers has continued to further his education earning both his Jumping Event Specialist (2012) and
Strength and Conditioning Specialist (2016) certifications through the United State Track and Field Cross
Country Coaches Association’s Track and Field Academy. Silvers also received his USA Track & Field Level
1 coaching certification in 2010.
He has a passion for sharing his knowledge and been published in the USTFCCCA’s official
publication, Techniques, contributing an article entitled “Mental Training for Track and Field.”
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