Career Honors & Awards
• All-Summit League Indoor (2024-25: Heptathlon)
• All-Summit League Outdoor (2024-25: Decathlon)
Coyote Indoor Top 10
• 3
rd in the Heptathlon (5,171 points)
Coyote Outdoor Top 10
• 5
th in the Decathlon (6,630 points)
Career Bests
2024-25
Indoor Track & Field
Took third at the Summit League Championships in the heptathlon, recording 5,171 points... Set personal bests in six of the seven heptathlon events at the Championships... won the heptathlon pole vault at 15-5 (4.7m)... placed second in the 60-hurdles (8.2s) and the high jump (6-0 ¾), both personal bests... added personal bests in the long jump (21-5 ¼), 1,000-meters (2:53.39), and the 60-meters (7.23s) at the Championships... ran a personal best 23.14 in the 200-meters at the SDSU Last Chance... took sixth in the heptathlon at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational.
Outdoor Track & Field
Summit League runner-up in the decathlon (6,630 points) at the Summit League Championships… set personal bests in the high jump (6-1 ¼), 400-meters (49.44), 100-meters (11.25), and total points (6,630 points)… added a seventh-place finish in the open pole vault at the Summit League Championships with a height of 15-1… ran a personal best 14.90 in the 110-meter hurdles at the South Dakota Challenge… took fourth in the 400-meters (50.12) at the Mount Marty Twilight… six top-10 finishes during the season.
2023-24
Indoor Track & Field
Placed seventh in the heptathlon at the Summit League Championships, recording 4,881 points...set a personal best of 7.27 seconds in the 60-meters at the Championships...won the heptathlon pole vault at the conference meet with a mark of 14-9 (4.5m)...set personal bests in the 1,000-meters (2:54.79) and the 60-hurdles (8.55) during the heptathlon competition at the USD Alumni Meet.
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed 6th in the decathlon at the Summit League Championships with a personal best 6,618 points...set personal bests in the decathlon 400-meters (51.7), pole vault (15-1), and 1,500-meters (4:53.05)...won the decathlon pole vault at the Championships...placed sixth in the javelin throw at the USD Challenge with a personal best 158-7 (48.33m)...took home ninth in the high jump by setting a career best height of 6-0 ¾ (1.85m)...recorded new bests in the 110-hurdles (14.93), discus (118-6), and shot put (38-6 ¼) during the season...totaled four top 10 finishes.
2022-23
Indoor Track & Field
Took 10th in the heptathlon at the Jack Johnson Classic with a score of 4,187 points … launched the shot put a season-best of 36-2 ¾ (11.04m) at the SDSU Indoor Classic … finished 12th in the long jump at the Nebraska Tune-Up.
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed seventh in the decathlon at the Summit League Championships with a personal best score of 5,986 points … took fifth in the long jump at the Kip Janvrin Open … finished fifth in the pole vault at The Monday Meet … vaulted a personal best of 13-9 ¼ (4.20m) in the decathlon at the Summit meet, taking second in the decathlon pole vault competition … tallied four top-10 finishes during the season.
Prep
A multi-sport athlete at Carterville High School in Illinois ... a two-time all-state honoree in the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles as a junior ... owns Carterville's 300 hurdles school record with a time of 38.54 ... earned All-America status with a third-place finish in the decathlon at the 2021 Junior Olympics ... added a 10th-place finish in the decathlon at the club outdoor national meet in 2021 ... garnered all-River to River Conference honors in football as a junior ... member of the Lions basketball team.
Personal
Son of Kyle and Lexie Barton ... pre-business major.
