2023-24 Men's Track & Field Roster
Biography
NIL Opportunities
2024 All-American - Heptathlon |
2024 Big Ten Indoor Champion - Heptathlon |
2024 Big Ten Indoor Outstanding Field Athlete of the Championships |
2024 First-Team All Big Ten |
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
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2019-20Freshman
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2020-21Sophomore
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2021-22Junior
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2022-23Junior
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2023-24Senior
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