Career Honors & Awards
• All-Summit League Outdoor (2025, 2026)
• NCAA West First Round Qualifier (2025, 2026)
• CSC Academic all-District (2025-26)
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Outdoor (2025-26, 2024-25)
• Summit League Commissioner’s List (2025-26)
• Summit League Honor Roll (2025-26, 2024-25)
Coyote Outdoor Top 10
• 7
th in the pole vault (17-11)
* Top 10 marks as of end of 2025-26 season.*
Career Bests
2025-26
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fifth at the Summit League Championships in the pole vault at 16-9 ½ … cleared an indoor personal best of 17-2 ¾ to place third at the Nebraska Tune-Up … cleared 17-0 indoor for the first time at the Tyson Invitational, placing ninth at 17-0 ¾ … opened the season with a runner-up finish at the SDSU Holiday at 16-4 ¾ … placed inside the top 12 at every meet during the season.
Outdoor Track & Field
Summit League runner-up in the pole vault at 17-6 ¼ (5.34m) … NCAA West First Round Qualifier … cleared 17-1 ½ at the NCAA West First Rounds to place 17
th … set a personal best of 17-11 to place runner-up at the Drake Relays … was also the runner-up at the Sioux City Relays at 17-1 ½ … cleared 17-0 or better at two meets in California, going 17-2 ¾ for seventh at the Beach Invitational and 17-0 ¾ for fifth at the Mt. SAC Relays … placed inside the top 10 in every meet until the West First Rounds.
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.
