Andreas Hantson

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Estonia
Major:
Kinesiology

1x NCAA Championships Qualifier

Second-Team All-Big Ten

2026

Indoor

Second-Team All-Big Ten (Heptathlon)
Placed second and recorded many personal bests in the 2026 Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships in the heptathlon with a score of 5,683
- Placed second in the 1000m (2:35.39), placed 13th in the sixty meter hurdles (8.64) and placed 12th in the 60m (7.28)
Recorded a personal best and placed fourth in the pole vault (4.70m 15-5) at the Illini Last Chance

Outdoor

NCAA Championships qualifier (Decathlon)
Placed third and recorded many personal bests in the decathlon with the program's third-best score of 7,733 points at the Illini Deca-Jam
- Placed fifth in the shot put (13.69m 44-11), placed second in the discus throw (41.73m 136-11)
Won the 4x400m (3:12.44) at the Gary Wieneke Memorial

2024-25 (Purdue)

Indoor
• Competed in four meets
• Finished fourth in the long jump (7.15m / 23-05.50) at the Rod McCravy Memorial (Jan 11)
• Totaled 5,531 points to finish third in the Fighting Illini Challenge heptathlon (Jan. 24-25) with personal bests in the 60m (7.37), 1000m (2:41.18), 60mH (7.37) and pole vault (4.51m / 14-09.50)

2023-24 (Purdue)

Outdoor
• All-Big Ten Second Team (Heptathlon)
• Big Ten Silver Medalist (Heptathlon)
• Competed in five meets
• Finished eight with 7,212 points in the heptathlon and had an event win in the 1500m (4:33.93) at the Jim Click Shootout (April 5-6)
• Took second in the Big Ten Championships decathlon with 7,383 points and earned an event victory in the high jump (2.04m / 6-08.25) (May 10-11)

Indoor
• Competed in four meets
• Took second in the high jump (2.07m / 6-09.50) in his collegiate debut at the Edmunds-Wilt Invite (Dec. 9)
• Finished third after clearing 2.06m (6-09.00) in the Badgers Midwest Invite high jump (Jan. 13)
• Earned 5,417 points to finish fifth in his only heptathlon of the season at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invite (Jan. 26-27)