Career Honors & Awards
• NCAA West First Round Qualifier (2026)
• Summit League Outdoor Champion (2026: shot put)
• all-Summit League Indoor (2026: shot put)
• USTFCCCA All-Academic (2025-26)
• Summit League Honor Roll (2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23)
Coyote Indoor Top 10
• 3
rd in the shot put (60-10 ½)
Coyote Outdoor Top 10
• 2
nd in the shot put (62-1 ¼)
• 7
th in the discus (175-2)
Career Bests
2025-26
Indoor Track & Field
Summit League runner-up in the shot put with a mark of 59-0 ¼ … recorded an indoor best of 60-10 ½ in the shot put at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational to place third … was the runner-up at the Dr. Rick McGuire Invitational at 59-9 … won the USD Alumni shot put at 57-11 ¼ … competed in the weight throw at the Nebraska Tune-Up with a throw of 51-7 ¼ to place seventh … totaled six top three finishes during the season.
Outdoor Track & Field
Summit League Shot Put Champion with a personal best 62-1 ¼ … placed fifth at the league meet in the discus at 175-3 … placed 14
th at the NCAA West First Rounds in the shot put with a mark of 61-3 … won the shot put at four meets … won the Sioux City Relays shot put at 60-6 ¾ and placed third in the discus at 170-10 … also won both the shot put (58-4 ½) and discus (166-2) at the South Dakota Challenge … won the shot put at the USD Twilight at 61-2 ¾ … took fifth at the Drake Relays in 59-2 … opened the season with a shot put victory of 58-10 ¾ at the USD Snooze Button Classic … placed inside the top five in every shot put competition until regionals … did not place outside the top five in the discus during the season.
2024-25
Indoor Track & Field
Competed at five meets during the season… placed fifth with a personal best of 56-9 ¼ in the shot put at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational… at the DeLoss Dodds the week prior, set a weight throw best of 45-0 ½ and placed fourth in the shot put at 55-8 ½… took second in the shot put at both the SDSU Holiday Open (54-8) and the USD Alumni (56-7 ½).
Outdoor Track & Field
Did not compete.
2023-24
Indoor Track & Field
Competed in the shot put at the SDSU Holiday Open, placing second with a mark of 54-8 (16.66m).
Outdoor Track & Field
Redshirted.
2022-23
Football
Redshirted.
Indoor Track & Field
Placed sixth in the shot put at the Summit League Championships in a season-best mark of 54-8 ¾ (16.68m) … member of the Coyotes’ Summit League Championship title-winning team … moved to 10th in South Dakota program history in the shot put (54-8 ¾) with the mark from the Summit meet … took second in the shot put at the SDSU Indoor Classic in 53-3 ¾ (16.25m) … notched four top-10 finishes indoors.
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed sixth in the shot put at the Summit League Championships in 55-2 ¼ (16.82m) … launched the shot put a personal best of 55-7 ¾ (16.96m) at the USD Early Bird, taking fifth in the field … moved to ninth in South Dakota program history in the shot put (55-7 ¾) with that throw … finished runner-up in the shot put at the USD Tune-Up … also threw the discus a personal best at the USD Tune-Up, recording a distance of 149-8 (45.62m) … took second in the shot put at The Monday Meet … tallied eight top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.
Prep
Team captain and all-state lineman for Le Mars ... two-time, first-team all-district honoree and was named District Offensive Lineman of the Year ... multi-sport athlete who competed in basketball, wrestling and track for the Bulldogs ... a state champion discus thrower ... owns the Le Mars school records in both the discus (180-3) and shot put (63-5) ... National Honor Society member.
Personal
Son of Ryan and Dyan Vander Sluis … secondary education major.
