2024-25 Track & Field Roster
Biography
- PERSONAL RECORDS & RESULTS
- 2023 Outdoor
- Competed in five meets during the outdoor season where he set a personal-best in the javelin throw with 33.65m (110' 5"), a personal-best in the 110m hurdles with a time of 16.34m. Claimed first in the 1500m with a time of 4:35.22, a personal-best in the high jump with 1.72m (5' 7.75") and a personal-best in the shot put with 9.60m (31' 6'') and a first place finish in the 100m with a time of 11.29 with a overall score in the decathlon with 5252 at the Joe Walker Invitational...Finished fourth in the 400 at the Gary Wieneke Memorial with a time of 49.47...At the 2023 MVC Outdoor Championship he set a personal-best in the 1500m with a first place finish and a time of 4:32.76, a second place finish in the pole vault with 4.30m (14' 1.25"), a personal-best in the disc throw with 24.39m (80' 0"), a personal-best in the 400m with a second palce finish with a time of 49.26, a personal-best in the long jump with 6.06m (19' 10.75") with a overall score and personal-best with 5943.
- 2023 Indoor
- Competed in five meets during his first season as a Redbird where he finished second in the pole vault with 4.17m (13' 8.25") at the John Coughlan Invite...finished fourth at the Coughlan-Malloy Cup in the pole vault with 4.15m (13' 7.25")...Finished third at the Wartburg Indoor Select in the heptathlon with a first place finish in the 1000m with a time of 2:49.59, pole vault with 4.05m (13' 3.5") with a overall score of 4324...Set a personal-best in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.87, finished second in the pole vault with 4.25m (13' 11.25) at the 2023 EIU Friday Night Special...Set a personal-best in the Heptathlon with a personal-best in the 60m with a time of 7.30, a personal-best in the pole vault with 4.40m (14' 5.25) and claimed first in the 1000m with a time of 2:46.56 with a overall score of 4616 at the MVC Indoor Track & Field Championship.Â
- HIGH SCHOOL
- Qualified for in 2021 in the 400 running a 50.55… First in Conference for the 400 and 4x400… Recorded Pole Vault personal best of 4.15m in 2021… A member of Conference Champion Track Team in 2022... Achieved honors in high school… A National Honor Society Member.
- PERSONAL
- Son of Patrick and Amy Ward… Two older brothers, Max and Jackson who both attended ISU… Father, Patrick, played Rugby at University of Wisconsin La Crosse… Mother, Amy, played Volleyball at University of Wisconsin La Crosse… Majoring in Biological Sciences...  An Illinois State Redbird Scholar… a Dean’s List Student.
Historical Player Information
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2024-25Senior
Hurdles/Pole Vault