University of South Dakota Athletics

Career Awards & Honors

• NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (2025)
• All-Summit League Outdoor (2024: pole vault)
• All-Summit League Indoor (2026: pole vault)
• USTFCCCA All-Academic (2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26)
• Summit League Commissioner’s List (2024-25)
• Summit League Honor Roll (2023-24, 2024-25)

 
Career Bests

2025-26
Indoor Track & Field
Placed third at the Summit League Championships in the pole vault at 12-10 (3.91m) … also took third at the Nebraska Tune-Up clearing a season’s best 13-4 ½ (4.08m) … also cleared 13-1 ½ (4.00m) at the Tyson Invitational … placed inside the top 10 in all but one meet she competed in, including five top five finishes.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Redshirted and competed unattached at two meets … Placed third with a personal best 13-10 ½ (4.23m) at the Drake Relays.

2024-25
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fifth at the Summit League Championships with a personal best 13-4 ¼ (4.07m)... vaulted 12-5 or higher in every meet... cleared 13-0 in two meets... placed inside the top 10 in five meets, including two top five finishes.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed fifth at the Summit League Championships with a personal best 13-10 (4.22m)… competed at the NCAA West First Rounds… cleared 13-0 in two meets… placed inside the top 10 in seven meets, including six top 5 finishes.

2023-24
Indoor Track & Field
Tied for fifth at the Summit League Championships with an indoor season’s best 12-11 (3.94m)…Cleared 12 feet in five of her seven indoor competitions as a freshman…Progressively increased her personal best by a foot over the course of the season...recorded four top 10 finishes.

Outdoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors by placing third in the pole vault at a height of 12-10 ¾ (3.93m) at the Summit League Outdoor Championships (5/9)…Set a personal best of 13-3 ½ at the USD Challenge (4/13)…Cleared 12 feet or higher in eight competitions...placed inside the top 10 in every meet she competed in.

Prep
A multi-sport athlete that helped West De Pere High School win the 2022 state championship in Division I track and field ... state runner-up in the pole vault and 400 meters while finishing sixth in the 200 ... also ran on a state title winning 4x400 relay team ... the seven-time state qualifier also competed in hockey and volleyball during high school ... competed on American Ninja Warrior Junior season 1 ... owns a personal best of 12-9 in the pole vault ... National Honor Society member.

Personal
Daughter of AJ and Rachel Aitken ... marketing major.