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2021 Men's Track & Field Roster

Austin Blakeslee

  • Position Pole Vault
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Belleville West
  • Hometown Belleville, Ill.
  • Prev School Lindenwood University-Belleville

Biography

Lindenwood:
2021 – GLVC Brother James Gaffney Distinguished Scholar Award honoree … Academic All-GLVC selection … competed in two meets for Lindenwood … set a career-high in the pole vault with a height of 4.70m at the TRXC Timing Opportunity Invitational on Feb. 26 … recorded a height of 4.55m in the pole vault at the Miner Invitational on March 27.

2020 – 2019-20 GEICO Academic All-GLVC honoree … came in 1st in the pole vault at the Illinois Wesleyan Titan Opener on Dec. 7, clearing 4.25m … set a career-best in the pole vault at the Gene Edmonds Memorial on Jan. 10-11, clearing a height of 4.65m, where he finished 3rd … secured his third top-3 finish of the season after finishing second in the pole vault at the Principia College Relays on Jan. 31-Feb. 1, after clearing 4.55m ... season shortened due to COVID-19.

Prior to Lindenwood:
2016-19 – Attended Lindenwood University-Belleville.

High School:
Attended Belleville West High School ... first-team All-Conference in the pole vault ... first-team Sectionals in the pole vault ... City Champion in the pole vault ... first-team All-Conference Academic.

Personal:
Son of Carl and Shari ... has 10 siblings (Robyn, Bryan, Ayron, Carla, Jaiden, Brianna, Jon, Ashley, Halo, and Brody) ... majoring in biology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Junior

    Pole Vault
  • 2021Senior

    Pole Vault