Slippery Rock University Athletics

Career Highlights

• Three-Time All-American

• Three-Time National Qualifier

• Four-Time USTFCCCA All-Region

• 2024 PSAC Freshman of the Year

• Two-Time PSAC Champion

• Three-Time All-PSAC

• Four-Time PSAC Championship Qualifier

• One-Time CSC Academic All-American

Personal: Son of Rick and Andrea Layton ... Majoring in Environmental Science.

2025 (Outdoor): Competed at seven meets … Earned first team All-America accolades after clearing a season-best 5.22 meters to place seventh at the NCAA Championships … A USTFCCCA All-Region performer … Named to the CSC Academic All-America Team … Cleared 5.13 meters at the PSAC Championships to claim the conference outdoor pole vault title … Also collected victories at the Kaiser Classic (5.05), the Dave Labor Invitational (4.95) and the John Papa Invitational (4.93) … Named to USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... A PSAC Scholar-Athlete.

2025 (Indoor): Competed in the pole vault at six meets … Qualified for the NCAA Championships and earned first team All-America honors with a school-record clearance of 5.24 meters that resulted in a sixth-place finish … A USTFCCCA All-Region performer … Cleared 4.90 meters to win a the conference title at the PSAC Championships … Cleared 5.06 meters at the Jud Logan Light Giver Invitational (fourth place) … Opened year by tallying a 5.00-meter clearance to finish third at the YSU Icebreaker … Also earned top-five finishes at the SPIRE Indoor Games (4.80 / third) and the Ashland Invite (fifth / 4.50) … Named the PSAC Field Athlete of the Week once.

2024 (Outdoor): Competed in the pole vault at eight meets … Earned All-America honors following a season-high clearance of 5.10 meters as part of a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Division II Championships … A USTFCCCA All-Region performer … Named the PSAC Freshman of the Year … Garnered All-PSAC honors after placing second at the conference championships with a clearance of 4.96 meters … Cleared 5.07 meters en route to a third-place finish at the Ashland Alumni Open … Also registered a top-five finish at the Carnegie Mellon Invite (second / 4.62) … A PSAC Scholar-Athlete and USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.

2024 (Indoor): Competed in the pole vault at five meets … A USTFCCCA All-Atlantic Region performer … Qualified for the PSAC Championships, just missing all-league honors after recording a season-high clearance of 4.86 meters as part of a fourth-place finish … Earned a fifth-place finish at the YSU Mid-Major Invite by clearing 4.84 meters … Took third place at the Ashland Invitational (4.76 meters) … Began collegiate career by clearing 4.75 meters in a seventh-place showing at the Jud Logan Memorial … Also cleared 4.69 meters to place second at the Mount Union Wuske Open.

High School: Lettered 9 times (4x soccer, 4x track and 1x basketball) ... Three-time national qualifier in pole vault ... Three-time PIAA State runner-up in pole vault ... 2023 PIAA State Champion in pole vault ... Waynesburg Central School record holder in pole vault ... Graduate Summa Cum Laude.