Wisconsin Badgers

Honors: Two-time Academic All-Big Ten
 

Personal Bests
Outdoor			Indoor
Pole Vault	16-7 3/4 (5.06m)	2/12/22	Pole Vault	15-10 (4.83m)	5/1/21

TFRRS Profile

2022 Outdoor: Finished fourth in the pole vault at the Jim Click Shootout (April 9) with a clearance of 15-11 ... placed 11th in the vault, clearing 15-11 1/4, at the Drake Relays (April 30) ... took third in the vault at the Wisconsin Classic (May 6) with a height of 15-5 1/2

2022 Indoor: Placed second in the pole vault with a clearance of 16-0 at the Badger St. Valentine's Open (Feb.18) ... came in fifth in the pole vault with a personal best clearance of 16-7 1/4 at the Windy City Invitational (Feb.11) ... finished third in the pole vault with 16-0 3/4 at the Larry Wieczorek Invite (Jan. 22)

2021 Outdoor: Placed second in the pole vault (15-2 1/4) at the Wisconsin B1G Invitational ( May 8) ... finished seventh in the pole vault (15-10) with an outdoor personal best at the M City Classic (May 1 )... placed fifth in the pole vault (15-7 1/4) at the Fighting Illini Big Ten Relays (April 23)

2021 Indoor: Placed 15th in the pole vault (15-1) at the Hawkeye B1G Invitational (Feb. 13) ... finished eighth in the pole vault (15-5 3/4) at the Hoosier Hills Invitational (Feb. 6) ... finished in fifth in the pole vault (15-7) at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (Jan. 23) ... placed first in the pole vault (15-3) at the Badger Icebreaker (Jan. 16)

2020 Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19

2020 Indoor: Placed fifth in the pole vault with a clearance of 14-11 at the Jack Jennett Open (Jan. 24) ... placed seventh in the pole vault with a clearance of 14-8 3/4 at the Jack Johnson Classic (Feb. 1)

2019 Indoor: Competed unattached and finished sixth in the pole vault, clearing a height of 14-5 1/4 at the Red & White Classic (Feb. 15)

High School: Two-time regional and two-time conference pole vault champion … finished fifth in the pole vault at the indoor state meet and fourth in the pole vault at the outdoor state meet as a junior … 4x200-meter relay sectional champion his senior year … indoor state pole vault runner-up as a senior … Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Athlete of the Year nominee … also participated in swimming and football … two-time all-conference in football … two-time state qualifier for swimming … helped the 2017 swim team to a conference championship … played in the WFCA All-Star Game … class valedictorian … high school coach was Mike Vorphal

Personal: Parents are Brian and Jessica Melstrand … has two siblings, Chase and Carly … involved with Badgers Give Back … born July 27 ... majors are business: real estate and land economics, business: finance, investment and banking and business: risk management and insurance

Why Wisconsin?

"I chose Wisconsin because I wanted to be a part of a place where they achieve high academic and athletic excellence.”