University of South Dakota Athletics

Career Honors & Awards
• All-Summit League Outdoor (2025)
• NCAA West First Round Qualifier (2025)
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Outdoor (2024-25)
• Summit League Honor Roll (2024-25)
Coyote Outdoor Top 10
• T-10^th in the pole vault (17-4 ½)
 
Career Bests
 
2024-25
Indoor Track & Field
Placed sixth at the Summit League Championships at 15-9 ¼… cleared 16-7 ½ at the Mark Colligan Memorial to place fifth… cleared 16-0 two other times during the season… placed sixth at the USD Alumni at 16-1 ¾ and took fifth at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational at 16-0… recorded six top-10 finishes.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
All-Summit League in the pole vault… set a personal best at 17-4 ½ to take third at the Summit League Championships in the pole vault… NCAA West First Round Qualifier… cleared 16-11 ½ at the West First Rounds… cleared 17-0 for the first time at the USD Twilight, reaching 17-0 ¾ for third place… took seventh at the Beach Invite clearing 16-8 ¼… placed inside the top 10 eight times during the season.

Prep
state and school record holder in South Dakota in pole vault at 16-4...Class AA state champion in the pole vault...won the pole vault competition at each meet he competed in his senior season.

Personal
Son of Nikki and Tate Karst... Kinesiology & Sport Management and Public Health major.