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2026-27 Track and Field Roster

Charles Cruse

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Bloomington, Ill.
  • Highschool Normal Community HS
  • Prev School Illinois State
  • Major Finance

Biography

Career Honors & Awards
• Summit League Honor Roll (2025-26)
• Summit League Commissioner’s List (2025-26)
 
Career Bests (Illinois State)
 
2025-26
Indoor Track & Field
Competed unattached.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Competed unattached.
 
Illinois State
outdoor school record holder in the pole vault at Illinois State… two-time NCAA West First Round qualifier… placed third at the 2024 Indoor Missouri Valley Conference meet… 2024 Drake Relays champion… personal best of 17-3 ½… twice an USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honoree.
 
Prep
Won the Illinois Class 3A State Title in the pole vault.
 
Personal
Finance major… son of Nancy and Tom Cruse.

Historical Player Information

  • 2025-26Senior

    Pole Vault

  • 2026-27Graduate Student

    Pole Vault