Career Bests
2022-23
Indoor Track & Field
Summit League champion in the pole vault with a clearance of 17-0 (5.18m) … member of the Coyotes’ Summit League Championship title-winning team … captured the pole vault at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational with a clearance of 17-2 ¾ (5.25m) … named Summit League Field Athlete of the Week on January 24 following the performance … also won the pole vault at the SDSU Holiday Open, the South Dakota Kickoff and the Jack Johnson Classic … recorded a season-best of 6-5 ½ in the high jump at the Jack Johnson Classic … tallied 10 top-10 finishes indoors … voted to the Academic All-Summit League team … named USTFCCCA All-Academic.
Outdoor Track & Field
Summit League Most Outstanding Performer of the Championships … Summit League champion in the pole vault with a personal best clearance of 18-0 ½ (5.50m) … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in the pole vault … moved to fourth in South Dakota program history in the pole vault (18-0 ½) following the Summit meet … vaulted 17-7 ¼ for second place at the Beach Invitational … named Summit League Field Athlete of the Week on April 18 following the performance … captured a Drake Relays flag in the pole vault … notched seven top-10 finishes during the season … voted to the Academic All-Summit League team … named USTFCCCA All-Academic … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
2021-22
Indoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors in the pole vault … placed third in the pole vault and fifth in the high jump at the Summit League Championships … jumped a season-best 17-7 ¼ in the pole vault at the Nebraska Tune-Up and finished runner-up in the field … jumped a season-best 6-4 ¾ in the high jump at the Ichabod Mid-Week Challenge … moved to fourth on the Coyote Top 10 in the pole vault with a mark of 17-7 ¼ … notched nine top-10 finishes during the season … voted to the Academic All-Summit League team … named USTFCCCA All-Academic.
Outdoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors in the pole vault … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in the pole vault … placed second in the pole vault and fourth in the high jump at the Summit League Championships … cleared a season-best 17-6 ½ in the pole vault at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational … finished runner-up in the pole vault at the South Dakota Challenge in 17-5 ½ … took second in the vault at the Beach Invitational … tallied 11 top-10 finishes during the spring … voted to the Academic All-Summit League team … named USTFCCCA All-Academic … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
2020-21
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fourth in the pole vault and fifth in the high jump at the Summit League Championships … vaulted 16-10 (5.13m) at the league meet … cleared an indoor best of 17-1 (5.21m) to take fourth at the Dakota Realty Invitational … tied for sixth in USD program history with the height … vaulted 16-5 ½ (5.02m) for fifth place at the Division I Challenge … member of the Coyotes’ nationally top-ranked men’s pole vault squad during the season … notched eight top-10 finishes during the season … voted to the Academic All-Summit League team … named USTFCCCA All-Academic.
Outdoor Track & Field
Qualified for NCAA Championships in the pole vault … placed fifth in the high jump and sixth in the pole vault at the Summit League Championships … vaulted back-to-back personal bests at the NCAA West Preliminary, clearing 17-10 ½ (5.45m) before they stopped the competition … the height ranks fourth in USD program history … cleared a season-best of 6-9 ¾ (2.08m) in the high jump at the South Dakota Challenge … placed third in the pole vault at the same meet with a make of 17-6 ½ (5.35m) … vaulted 17-0 ¾ (5.20m) for fifth place in his section of the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays … tallied five vaults past 17 feet during the season … member of the Coyotes’ nationally top-ranked men’s high jump squad and second-ranked men’s pole vault squad during the season … tallied nine top-10 finishes during the season … voted to the Academic All-Summit League team … named USTFCCCA All-Academic … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
2019-20
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fourth in the heptathlon at the Summit League Championships with a season-best score of 4,990 … posted the top pole vault during the multi-event competition with a jump of 15-7 … moved to third on the Coyote top-10 list for the heptathlon with his score of 4,990 points … cleared a season best of 15-11 ¼ in the pole vault at the Iowa State Classic … took third in the heptathlon at the SDSU Holiday Invitational with a score of 4,869 points … placed sixth in the men’s collegiate section of the pole vault at the National Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nevada with a height of 15-5 … tallied four top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.
Outdoor Track & Field
Season cancelled by NCAA and The Summit League due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Prep
Led Scott Community High School to back-to-back Kansas 3A Championship titles as a junior and senior ... won state titles in the high jump, 110-meter hurdles and the pole vault as a senior ... broke the state meet record in the pole vault with a height of 16-1 in 2019 ... finished runner-up in the same three events as a junior ... 2019 Topeka Capital Journal's Kansas All-Star Prep Track and Field Athlete of the Year ... a 12-time state medalist between several events including the pole vault, high jump and hurdles ... helped the Beavers capture a state title as a freshman as well ... holds personal bests of 16-3 for the pole vault, 6-6 for the high jump, 14.58 seconds for the 110-meter hurdles and 40.43 seconds for the 300-meter hurdles ... an all-Greater Western Athletic Conference football player and basketball player for the Beavers ... also garnered all-state honors for football as a senior ... National Honor Society member.
Personal
Son of Shane and Becky Faurot ... graduated in May of 2023 with degree in kinesiology & sport management ... working on master's of business administration from USD's Beacom School of Business.
