Cole Sheldon

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Dexter, Mich.
High School:
Dexter
Position:
Pole Vault
Major:
Environment

Collegiate PR | Indoor: PV - 5.00m (16'4.75") | Outdoor: PV - 5.05m (16'6.75")
High School PR | 100m - 11.70; Pole Vault - 16-1; Long Jump - 21-4.75

TFRRS Profile (for PRs and full results)

Junior (2024-25)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Cleared 4.94m for 19th in the pole vault at the Big Ten Championships (May 16-18)
• Cleared 4.90m for 10th in the pole vault at the Tom Jones Invitational (April 18-19)
• Cleared a career-best 5.05m in the pole vault for fourth at the 44 Farms Team Invitational (April 11-12)
• Cleared a career-best 5.00m in the pole vault for 15th at the Battle on the Bayou (March 28-29)

Indoor Track & Field
• Cleared a career-best 5.00m in the pole vault for 13th at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 28-March 1)
• Cleared a career-best 4.91m to win the pole vault at the Silverston Invitational (Feb. 21)
• Cleared 4.73m in the pole vault for 12th at the Tiger Paw Invitational (Feb. 14-15)
• Cleared a career-best 4.90m in the pole vault for third at the Michigan Invitational (Feb. 8)

Sophomore (2023-24)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Competed in the pole vault at the Big Ten Championships but did not clear a height (May 10-12)
• Cleared a season-best 4.85m in the pole vault for seventh at the Billy Hayes Invitational (May 3)
• Cleared 4.75m in the pole vault for 10th at the Clyde Hart Classic (March 22-23)
• Cleared 4.70m in the pole vault for 10th at the USF Alumni Invitational (March 15-16)

Indoor Track & Field
• Cleared 4.66m in the pole vault for seventh at the Michigan Invitational (Jan. 26-27)
• Cleared 4.65m in the pole vault for sixth at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 20)
• Cleared 4.75m in the pole vault for third at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 13)

First Year (2022-23)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Cleared 4.84m in the pole vault for ninth at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 12-14)
• Cleared 4.83m in the pole vault for fourth at the Jim Green Invitational (April 28-29)
• Cleared a career-best 4.98m in the pole vault for 12th at the Florida Relays (March 30- April 1)

Indoor Track & Field
• Cleared a career-best 4.82 m (15-9.75) in the pole vault for 7th at the Tiger Paw Invitational (Feb. 10-11)
• Cleared a career-best 4.78m (15-8.25) in the pole vault for 7th at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational (Jan, 27-28)
• Cleared a career-best 4.75m (15-7) in the pole vault for 5th at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 21)
• Cleared a career-best 4.75m (15-7) in the pole vault for 2nd at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 7)

HIGH SCHOOL

Finished runner-up at the 2022 Midwest Meet of Champions in the pole vault after finishing third at the MHSAA Division 1 State Finals ... Finished third at the 2022 MITS Indoor State Meet in the pole vault, to go along with a third-place finish in the long jump ... Won the 2021 MHSAA Division 1 State Finals title in the pole vault, and went on to finish 11th place at the Nike Outdoor Nationals ... Finished runner-up in the freshman pole vault competition at the 2019 New Balance Nationals Outdoors ... Finished the 2022 outdoor season ranked first among Michigan high schoolers -- and 15th in state history -- in the pole vault and 39th nationally