2016-17
2017 Indoors: Competed at three meets … Made his season debut at the Cherry & Silver Invitational, placing fourth in the pole vault (16-6 3/4; 5.05m) … Competed in the 60 (7.21*) and 400 (50.94*) at the New Mexico Team Invitational.
2017 Outdoors: Saw action at six two meets … Opened up at the Cardinal Classic, placing ninth in the shot put (41-7 1/4; 12.68m) and 13th in both the discus and javelin … Claimed runner-up honors in the decathlon at the Mountain West Championships, scoring 7,277 points via strong marks in the long jump (first, 23-7 1/2), discus (first, 124-9) and pole vault (16 3/4).
2015-16
2016 Indoors: Competed at five meets … Opened up by competing in just the shot put at his first two meets, first logging a toss of 41-7 (12.67m) at the Cherry & Silver Invitational before upping his mark to 43 1/2 (13.12m) at the New Mexico Team Invitational … Competed in his first heptathlon at the New Mexico Classic & Multis, placing sixth with 5,003 points via strong marks in the 60 dash (7.36), long jump (22-1 1/2) and the pole vault (14-1 1/4) … Increased his season best in the vault at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational, clearing 15-11 3/4 (4.87m) to place 11th … Captured runner-up honors in the heptathlon at the Mountain West Championships, scoring 5,241 points … Was top-two in three of the seven heptathlon events, including the long jump (second, 22-10), shot put (second, 42-8) and pole vault (15-7) … Also scored in the open pole vault, clearing 15-1 1/2 (4.61m) for eighth place.
2016 Outdoors: Saw action at six meets … Made his season debut at the Don Kirby Tailwind Open, placing third in the 110 hurdles (15.25*) and the pole vault (15-7) … At the Sun Angel Classic, competed in the long jump (21-8 3/4) and the shot put (41-5 1/4) … Got his first taste of the decathlon at the California Invitational, placing third with 7,079 points … Posted strong marks in the long jump (23 1/2), 400 dash (50.83), 110 hurdles (15.31) and pole vault (15-1) to earn his decathlon finish … Finished second in the decathlon at the Mountain West Championships, registering 7,047 points via high marks in the long jump (22 1/4), 110 hurdles (15.31), discus (136-6) and pole vault (15-5) … Also scored in the open pole vault, clearing 14-3 1/2 (4.35m) for seventh place.
2014-15
2015 Indoors: Competed at six meets …Opened with an eighth-place finish in the pole vault at the Air Force Open … Took ninth in the long jump and 12th in the shot put at the Lobo Open … Cleared 15-9 3/4 to place ninth in the pole vault at the New Mexico Team Invitational, adding a 12th-place finish in the shot put … First heptathlon came at the New Mexico Classic, where he finished ninth … Turned in solid performances in the long jump (22-3), shot put (39-7 1/4) and high jump (5-10 3/4) in the New Mexico Classic pentathlon … Posted a clearance of 15-11 in the pole vault at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational … Finished fourth in the pentathlon at the Mountain West Indoor Championships with a total of 5,240 points … Registered strong marks in the long jump (22-7 3/4), shot put (41-3), high jump (6 3/4) and pole vault (16-2 3/4) en route to his 5,240 points.
2015 Outdoors: Saw action at six meets … Won the shot put at the New Mexico Quadrangular with a toss of 40-10 1/4 … Also second in the pole vault at the New Mexico Quadrangular (14-9) … Placed 13th in his first decathlon, using strong performances in the 100 (11.38), shot put (40-4 3/4) and pole vault (14-9) to amass 6,598 points … Took second in the 110 hurdles (15.80*) and discus (119-10) at the UTEP Twilight … Took fourth in the decathlon at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships, finishing with a personal-record 6,844 points … Posted strong finishes in the shot put (40-6), high jump (6 3/4), 110 hurdles (15.90) and pole vault (14-11) in the decathlon at the MW meet.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
A decathlete from the Netherlands … Owns personal record of 6,719 points in the decathlon and 4,695 in the heptathlon … Also owns personal bests of 8.71 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles, 6 feet, 1 1/2 inches (1.87 meters) in the high jump and 23 feet (7.01) in the long jump.
TRACK & FIELD HONORS
- All-Mountain West Indoor Team: 2016 (Heptathlon)
- All-Mountain West Outdoor Team: 2016, 2017 (Decathlon)
* indicates a performance that has been adjusted based on the NCAA altitude conversion protocol