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2022-23 Track and Field Roster

Wyatt Lefker

Wyatt Lefker

  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Williamsburg, Ohio
  • High School:
    Williamsburg
  • Major:
    Criminal Justice

Summary

Biography

NIL Opportunities

2022 Outdoor (Junior): Earned Honorable-Mention All-America status placing 22nd at the NCAA Outdoor Championships...cleared a height of 5.00m at the NCAA meet...at the NCAA East Prelims, tied for third and set a school record clearing a height of 5.29m...won the Horizon League Championship in the pole vault with a then-school record 5.25m clearance...took first place at the Dave Labor Invitational and the Bison Classic...was third at the Jesse Owens Classic with a mark of 5.13m.

2022 Indoor (Senior): Competed in the pole vault at the Horizon League Championships...took first at the YSU Icebreaker with a season-best mark of 5.15m...was second at the YSU Mid-Major Invitational, Nittany Lion Challenge and YSU College Invitational in the pole vault.

2021 Outdoor (Sophomore): Finished 23rd out of 48 entries in the men's pole vault competition at the NCAA East Preliminaries, clearing 5.15m on his third and final attempt at the height...Won his second consecutive pole vault title at the Horizon League Outdoor Championships, clearing 4.87m...broke own school record of 5.15m with a 5.21m pole vault at the Slippery Rock Bill Lennox Invitational

2021 Indoor (Junior): Won his second consecutive pole vault title at the Horizon League Indoor Championships, clearing 4.87m - became second Penguin to win back-to-back Horizon League titles in the event...broke own school record of 5.15m with a 5.21m pole vault at the Slippery Rock Bill Lennox Invitational

2020 Indoor (Sophomore): Won the pole vault title at the Horizon League Championships after clearing the bar at 4.80m...broke the school record in the pole vault by clearing 4.85m at the YSU Icebreaker. 

2019 Outdoor (Freshman): Competed in the pole vault at the NCAA East Preliminary Round...won the pole vault at the Horizon League Championships after clearing a height of 4.85m...posted a school-record height of 5.01m at the Harrison Dillard Twilight Meet (5/10). 

2019 Indoor (Freshman): Competed in the pole vault at the Horizon League Championships.

HIGH SCHOOL: A four time first-team all-district selection in the pole vault...a three-time all-state honorable-mention selection...holds Williamsburg's pole vault record at 15'0.

Personal: Son of Scott and Cassie...has a sister...majoring in criminal justice...recipient of the 2021-22 Shipka Scholarship. 

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Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Pole Vault
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Pole Vault
  • 2020-21Junior

    Pole Vault
  • 2021-22Senior

    Pole Vault
  • 2022-23Senior

    Pole Vault