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2026–27 season bests
Girls
No meet marks yet this season.
Boys
No meet marks yet this season.
State champion · National champion
🏆 All Time List · Girls
- 1 Amelia Smith◆ 13′08.50″ (i) 4.18 m 2026
- 2 Kailee Swart◆❖ 13′06.75″ 4.13 m 2023
- 3 Sandra Brown◆ 13′02.00″ 4.01 m 2016
- 4 Jessica Bray 13′01.25″ 3.99 m 2018
- 5 Missy Riegle 13′00.00″ 3.96 m 2023
- 6 Kennedy Drish◆ 12′10.25″ 3.92 m 2019
- T7 Rachel Mather 12′09.00″ 3.89 m 2014
- T7 Taylor Jarosinski 12′09.00″ 3.89 m 2019
- 9 Scarlett Olson 12′06.25″ (i) 3.82 m 2025
- T10 Kim Jackson 12′06.00″ 3.81 m 2014
- T10 Kara Deady 12′06.00″ 3.81 m 2019
- T12 Kierstyn Ballard 12′00.00″ 3.66 m 2021
- T12 Jane Paddock◆ 12′00.00″ 3.66 m 2025
🏆 All Time List · Boys
- 1 Ethan Bray 16′06.00″ 5.03 m 2016
- 2 Peyton McQuinn◆ 16′03.00″ 4.95 m 2024
- T3 Dillon Richard 15′06.00″ 4.72 m 2018
- T3 Josh Forbes 15′06.00″ 4.72 m 2022
- T3 Scott Parrish 15′06.00″ 4.72 m 2023
- 6 Peyton Haack❖ 15′05.00″ 4.70 m 2018
- 7 Luke Bender 15′04.00″ 4.67 m 2018
- T8 Nathan Schuck 15′03.00″ 4.65 m 2012
- T8 Cody Hargett 15′03.00″ 4.65 m 2021
- T8 Connor Langsford 15′03.00″ 4.65 m 2024
- T8 Caleb Farr 15′03.00″ 4.65 m 2025
State Champions
IHSAA outdoor state champions.
| Name | Year | Mark |
|---|---|---|
| Amelia Smith◆ | 2026 | 13’00.00” |
| Jane Paddock◆ | 2025 | 11’09.00” |
| Peyton McQuinn◆ | 2024 | 16’03.00” |
| Kailee Swart◆❖ | 2023 | 13’06.50”* |
| Kennedy Drish◆ | 2019 | 12’09.00” |
| Kennedy Drish◆ | 2018 | 12’06.00” |
| Kennedy Drish◆ | 2017 | 12’00.00” |
| Sandra Brown◆ | 2016 | 12’09.00” |
* State Meet Record
State Medalists
IHSAA outdoor state meet, places 1–9.
Girls
| Name | Place |
|---|---|
| 2026 | |
| Amelia Smith◆ | 1 |
| Zoe Travelsted | 7 |
| Kynlee Dunbar | 9 |
| 2025 | |
| Jane Paddock◆ | 1 |
| Maleah Bostock | 8 |
| 2024 | |
| Jane Paddock◆ | 4 |
| 2023 | |
| Kailee Swart◆❖ | 1 |
| 2022 | |
| Kailee Swart◆❖ | 4 |
| Annalise Zeinemann | 6 |
| Ella Wilhelm | 8 |
| 2021 | |
| Kierstyn Ballard | 7 |
| 2020 | |
| Canceled (COVID) | |
| 2019 | |
| Kennedy Drish◆ | 1 |
| Taylor Jarosinski | 2 |
| 2018 | |
| Kennedy Drish◆ | 1 |
| Kara Deady | 4 |
| Jessica Bray | 6 |
| Taylor Pierce | 8 |
| 2017 | |
| Kennedy Drish◆ | 1 |
| Kara Deady | 2 |
| Jessica Bray | 5 |
| 2016 | |
| Sandra Brown◆ | 1 |
| 2015 | |
| Sandra Brown◆ | 4 |
| Emily Fletchall | 5 |
| Kim Jackson | 7 |
| Dillon Palmer | 9 |
| 2014 | |
| Rachel Mather | 3 |
| Sandra Brown◆ | 6 |
| 2013 | |
| Rachel Mather | 3 |
Boys
| Name | Place |
|---|---|
| 2025 | |
| Caleb Farr | 7 |
| 2024 | |
| Peyton McQuinn◆ | 1 |
| Connor Langsford | 4 |
| Caleb Farr | 6 |
| 2023 | |
| Scott Parrish | 7 |
| Jaylen Walcott | 8 |
| Peyton McQuinn◆ | 9 |
| 2022 | |
| Josh Forbes | 8 |
| Peyton McQuinn◆ | 9 |
| 2021 | |
| Cody Hargett | 5 |
| 2020 | |
| Canceled (COVID) | |
| 2018 | |
| Dillan Richard | 3 |
| Luke Bender | 5 |
| Peyton Haack❖ | 8 |
| 2016 | |
| Ethan Bray | 2 |
| 2015 | |
| Ethan Bray | 4 |
| 2012 | |
| Nathan Schuck | 3 |
National Champions
| Year | Name | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kailee Swart◆❖ | Girls Pole Vault - Adidas Outdoor National Champion |
| 2018 | Peyton Haack❖ | Boys Decathlon - New Balance Outdoor National Champion |
All-Americans
| Name | Meet | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ||
| Amelia Smith◆ | New Balance Indoor National Championships | 2nd |
| Amelia Smith◆ | Adidas Indoor National Championships | 3rd |
| 2023 | ||
| Kailee Swart◆❖ | Adidas Outdoor National Championships | 1st |
| Kailee Swart◆❖ | Adidas Indoor National Championships | 3rd |
| Kailee Swart◆❖ | New Balance Indoor National Championships | 4th |
| 2022 | ||
| Kailee Swart◆❖ | Adidas Outdoor National Championships | 6th |
| 2018 | ||
| Kennedy Drish◆ | New Balance Outdoor National Championships | 6th |
| Peyton Haack (Decathlon)❖ | New Balance Outdoor National Championships | 1st |
National Championship Medalists
Does not include All-Americans.
| Name | Meet |
|---|---|
| 2024 | |
| Kate Ozdemier | Adidas Indoor Nationals (Middle School Division) |
| 2023 | |
| Missy Riegle | Adidas Indoor Nationals (National Elite Division) |
| 2022 | |
| Kailee Swart◆❖ | Nike Indoor Nationals (Rising Stars Division) |
| Makenna Carpenter | Adidas Outdoor Nationals (Middle School Division) |
| 2017 | |
| Kennedy Drish◆ | New Balance Outdoor Nationals (Emerging Elite Division) |
Top 25 All-Time Indiana High School Marks
Where our athletes rank on Indiana's all-time high school lists. Tied marks share a rank.
Girls
| Rank | Name | Mark |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Amelia Smith◆ | 13’08.50” |
| 5 | Kailee Swart◆❖ | 13’06.75” |
| 9 | Sandra Brown◆ | 13’02.00” |
| 11 | Taylor Jarosinski* | 13’00.00” |
| 16 | Kennedy Drish◆ | 12’10.25” |
| 17 | Rachel Mather | 12’09.00” |
| 24 | Scarlett Olson | 12’06.25” |
| T25 | Jessica Bray | 12’06.00” |
| T25 | Kara Deady | 12’06.00” |
| T25 | Kim Jackson | 12’06.00” |
| T25 | Missy Riegle | 12’06.00” |
| T25 | Annalise Zeinemann | 12’06.00” |
Boys
| Rank | Name | Mark |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | Ethan Bray | 16’06.00” |
* As a PVE member: 12’09.00” | Taylor cleared 13’00.00” after her tenure with Pole Vault Elite
Source: Indiana high school all-time top 25 lists (users.pfw.edu/slaubau/alltime), October 2026.
Collegiate Athletes
Athletes who went on to vault in college, by high school graduation year.
| Grad year | Name | College | Division |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Paige Neata | Purdue | D1 |
| 2009 | Jackie Lauer | Clemson | D1 |
| 2011 | Elizabeth Herron | Indiana State | D1 |
| 2011 | Kurt Darling | Indiana State | D1 |
| 2012 | Nathan Schuck | Southern Illinois | D1 |
| 2012 | Lily Schneider | Vincennes | JuCo |
| 2013 | Bre Herring | Indiana State | D1 |
| 2014 | Rachel Mather | Indiana University | D1 |
| 2014 | John Dye | Anderson | D3 |
| 2014 | Allyson Robertson | UIndy | D2 |
| 2015 | Beau LaJoie | Otterbein University | D3 |
| 2015 | Kim Jackson | Indiana State | D1 |
| 2015 | Dilan Palmer | DePauw | D3 |
| 2015 | Allie Hogan | UIndy | D2 |
| 2015 | Emily Fletchall | Miami (Ohio) | D1 |
| 2016 | Sandra Brown◆ | Ole Miss | D1 |
| 2016 | Ethan Bray | University of South Dakota | D1 |
| 2017 | Blake Miler | DePauw | D3 |
| 2018 | Jessica Bray | Grand Valley State University | D2 |
| 2018 | Taylor Pierce | Indiana State | D1 |
| 2018 | Kara Deady | Indiana University | D1 |
| 2018 | Luke Bender | Wabash College | D3 |
| 2018 | Daniel Walter | Anderson | D3 |
| 2018 | Kayla Hill | Ohio Northern University | D3 |
| 2018 | Peyton Haack❖ | Iowa | D1 |
| 2018 | Grace McIntyre | Marian University | NAIA |
| 2018 | Dillon Richard | Indiana University | D1 |
| 2018 | Natalie Tubb | Indiana Wesleyan University | NAIA |
| 2019 | Shelby Tyler | Georgia | D1 |
| 2019 | Kennedy Drish◆ | Virginia Tech | D1 |
| 2020 | Adrienne Salemme | Samford | D1 |
| 2021 | Betsy Underwood | Taylor University | NAIA |
| 2021 | Cody Hargett | Indiana Wesleyan University | NAIA |
| 2021 | Kierstyn Ballard | Baylor | D1 |
| 2021 | Nathan Leap | Trine | D3 |
| 2022 | Annalise Zeinemann | University of South Florida → University of Northern Iowa (transfer) | D1 |
| 2022 | Alli Taylor | Marian University | NAIA |
| 2022 | Josh Forbes | Taylor University | NAIA |
| 2023 | Scott Parrish | Huntington University | NAIA |
| 2023 | Kailee Swart◆❖ | University of South Dakota | D1 |
| 2023 | Missy Riegle | Purdue | D1 |
| 2023 | Adlen Mahaffey | Kent State | D1 |
| 2024 | Ainsley Danilson | Bucknell University | D1 |
| 2024 | Elaina Moore | Huntington University | NAIA |
| 2024 | Vivian Moore | Huntington University | NAIA |
| 2024 | Peyton McQuinn◆ | Indiana University | D1 |
| 2025 | Jane Paddock◆ | Central Michigan | D1 |
| 2025 | Hannah Ludwig | Eastern Illinois | D1 |
| 2025 | Maleah Bostock | UIndy | D2 |
| 2025 | Connor Langsford | Colorado School of Mines | D2 |
| 2025 | Caleb Farr | Huntington University | NAIA |
| 2026 | Jack Howard | Wabash College | D3 |
Personal records
| Name | Steps | Metric | English | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Howard | 12 | 4.27 m | 14' 0" (i) | Mar 1, 2026 |
| Amelia Smith | 12 | 4.11 m | 13' 6" (i) | Mar 1, 2026 |
| Henry DeSalle | 10 | 3.81 m | 12' 6" (i) | Mar 1, 2026 |
| Kynlee Dunbar | 12 | 3.35 m | 11' 0" (i) | Mar 1, 2026 |
| Zoe Travelsted | 12 | 3.35 m | 11' 0" (i) | Mar 1, 2026 |
| McKayla Hall | 10 | 2.59 m | 8' 6" (i) | Mar 1, 2026 |
| Kate Ozdemir | 12 | 3.20 m | 10' 6" (i) | Feb 7, 2026 |
| Josie Sandifur | 12 | 3.10 m | 10' 2" (i) | Jan 17, 2026 |
| Addison Embry | 12 | 3.20 m | 10' 6" (i) | Jan 10, 2026 |
| Kyle Brower | 10 | 4.39 m | 14' 5" (i) | Jan 3, 2026 |
| Scarlett Olson | 12 | 3.82 m | 12' 6.25" (i) | Nov 21, 2025 |
| Lux Foster | 12 | 3.96 m | 13' 0" (i) | Nov 14, 2025 |
| Maleah Bostock | 14 | 3.58 m | 11' 9" | Jun 1, 2025 |
| Piper Swart | 12 | 3.58 m | 11' 9" | May 20, 2025 |
| Jane Paddock | 12 | 3.66 m | 12' 0" (i) | Feb 1, 2025 |
| Peyton McQuinn | 14 | 4.95 m | 16' 3" | Jun 1, 2024 |
| Connor Langsford | 12 | 4.65 m | 15' 3" | Jun 1, 2024 |
| Conrad Gehlhausen | 12 | 4.34 m | 14' 3" | May 23, 2024 |
| Caleb Farr | 12 | 4.65 m | 15' 3" | May 16, 2024 |
| Hannah Ludwig | 12 | 3.51 m | 11' 6" | May 7, 2024 |
| Joe Herron | 6 | 2.59 m | 8' 6" | Jul 12, 2019 |