SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – After claiming a Summit League title and making the NCAA Championships in his final season as a Coyote, Tre Young was named the Summit League Men’s Field Athlete of the Year, announced by the conference office Monday afternoon.
Young, a senior from Toledo, Ohio, finished his season, and career, strong by winning the Summit League pole vault crown with a personal best 18-0 ½ (5.50m) and making the NCAA Championships to earn honorable mention all-America honors.
At the NCAA West First Round in College Station, Texas, Young went over 17-5 ½ (5.32m) to advance to the NCAA Championships, where he cleared 17-5 ¾ (5.33m) to place 18th. It was Young’s fourth trip to the NCAA West First Round and his first trip to the NCAA Championships in Eugene.
As the season went along, Young continued to improve his season and personal best. He won the Mt. SAC Relays in California with a best of 17-9 (5.41m), only to beat that mark with a clearance of 17-10 ½ (5.45m) at the USD Tune Up to claim that title as well. He was the Summit League Peak Performer of the Week following his title at the Mt. SAC Relays. He cleared 17-0 in all but one meet once the calendar turned to April, including clearing 17-5 or better six times.
Young joins fellow pole vaulters Chris Nilsen (2017, 2018, 2019), Eerik Haamer (2022), and Marshall Faurot (2024) and thrower Cody Snyder (2015) in winning the Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year as a Coyote. USD has won the honor seven times in the last 10 seasons (no award in 2020 due to COVID-19).