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2023-24 Men's Track & Field Roster

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Aiden Ouimet

  • Class Senior
  • Major Masters in Human Resources and Industrial Relations
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.
  • High School St. Ignatius College Prep
  • Instagram aiden.we.met
  • Twitter AidenOuimet

Biography

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USA Button 2024 All-American - Heptathlon
Big Ten Logo white 2024 Big Ten Indoor Champion - Heptathlon
Trophy Badge 2024 Big Ten Indoor Outstanding Field Athlete of the Championships
Big Ten Logo white 2024 First-Team All Big Ten 
Badge Illinois 2 Illinois Record - Heptathlon & Decathlon

2024

Indoor

  • First-Team All-American (Heptathlon)
  • Big Ten Champion (Heptathlon)
  • First-Team All-Big Ten
  • Became a Big Ten Indoor Champion in the Heptathlon (first in school history) with the 17th-highest score in NCAA history (6,120 points). It’s also a Big Ten Indoor Championships record, school record and finished second in the nation for 2024.
  • His fourth-place finish at NCAAs in the heptathlon is the highest in school history.
  • Only the second heptathlete to stand on the podium at the NCAA Indoor Championships in school history (Jonathan Wells, eighth, 2017).
  • Indoor Big Ten Outstanding Field Athlete of the Championships, first ever in school history for the indoor season.
  • Scored 10 points at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, second amongst Illini men.

Outdoor

  • Broke the school record for the decathlon at the Mt. SAC Relays with 7,794 points
  • Ran a personal-best 110mH (14.30) at the Florida Relays
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2023

Indoor

  • Recorded the program's third highest scoring heptathlon (5,505) in his fourth place finish at the Big Ten Indoor Championships
  • Personal-best 600m (1:25.08) and placed seventh at the Wisconsin Badgers Midwest Invite

Outdoor

  • Shattered his own decathlon program record (7,679) in his third place finish at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships
    • He set new personal-best in five events: 1500m (4:40.74), javelin [58.91m (193-3)], 110mH (14.59), 400m (49.29) and shot put [13.86m (45-5 3/4)]
  • With his performance at Big Ten's he became the first ever Illinois decathlete to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships where he placed 16th (7,468)
  • Recorded a personal-best discus, 41.54m (136-3), at the Fighting Illini Challenge

2022

Indoor

  • Won the heptathlon at the Illini Invite on personal-best points (5,297)

Outdoor

  • Personal-best 110mH (15.12) at the Illini Classic
  • Personal/Program-best decathlon (7,348 points) at the Bryan Clay Invitational
  • Part of the 4x200 team that placed fourth at the Drake Relays

2021

Indoor

  • Notched a 1.75m (5-8 3/4) high jump and a 4.45m (14-7 1/4) pole vault at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational

Outdoor

  • Season-best 110mH (16.21) and long jump 6.83m (22-5) at the Big Ten Invite #2
  • Season-best shot put at the Fighting Illini Big Ten Relays 13.03m (42-9)

2020

Indoor

  • Placed first in the heptathlon at the Illini Invitational with 4,633 points.

Outdoor

  • Season canceled due to COVID-19

TFRRS Profile

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Multi-Event
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Multi-Event
  • 2021-22Junior

    Multi-Event
  • 2022-23Junior

    Multi-Event
  • 2023-24Senior

    Multi-Event