2023-24 Men's Track & Field Roster

Braden Underwood

  • Position Pole Vault
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Williamsburg, Va.
  • High School Lafayette

Biography

PR's
Outdoor:
PV - 4.91m (16' 1.25")
2024
Outdoor
  • Secured second with a clearance of 4.76m (15’ 7.25”) in the pole vault at the Lenoir-Rhyne Open (Mar. 16)
  • Landed fifth in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.64m (15’ 2.75”) at the App State Open (Apr. 26-27)
  • Recorded a clearance of 4.62m (15’ 1.75”) in the pole vault at the Georgia Tech Invitational (Apr. 19-20)
2023
Outdoor 
  • Recorded a fourth-place finish and personal best of 4.91m (16’ 1.25”) in the pole vault at the Sun Belt Championships (May 11-13)
  • Finished first with a clearance of 4.41m (14’ 5.5”) in the pole vault at the Bill Carson Invitational (Mar. 31-Apr. 1)
  • Posted second-place finishes in the pole vault at the App State Open (Apr. 28-29) with a clearance of 4.81m (15’ 9.25”) and at the Southside Power & Fitness Invitational (Apr. 14-16) with a clearance of 4.65m (15’ 3”)
  • Took third with a clearance of 4.50m (14’ 9”) at the Adidas Winthrop Invitational (Mar. 24-25)

2022
Outdoor
  • Placed ninth in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.68m (15’ 4.25”) at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships (May 12-14)
  • Recorded a clearance of 4.75m (15’ 7”) in the pole vault at the Vertklasse Meeting (Apr. 1-2) 
  • Finished fifth in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.58m (15’ 0.25”) at the Weems Baskin Relays (Mar. 25-26)
  • Took 10th with a clearance of 4.70m (15’ 4.25”) in the pole vault at the Georgia Tech Invitational (Apr. 22-23)

2021
Outdoor
  • Notched a PR in the pole vault at the Charlotte Invitational with a height of 15-3.50 (4.66m)
  • Placed second in the pole vault at the Wendy's Teal Seahawk Invitational (13-77.75; 4.26m) and was third at the Weems Baskin Relay and Chanticleer Challenge with identical marks of 14-7.25 (4.45m)
High School PR's
Indoor
: Pole Vault – 15-0.00; Long Jump – 21-9.00
Outdoor: Pole Vault – 14-3.25; Long Jump – 21-4.00

High School
  • Qualified for the outdoor VHSL State Championships in the long jump in 2019, placing eighth overall
  • Qualified for the 2020 indoor state championships in the pole vault, finishing third, and the long jump, finishing fifth
  • Qas a two-time qualifier for the VHSL Outdoor State Championships in the pole vault, finishing third in 2018 and fourth in 2019
  • Qualified for the indoor state championships two other times in the pole vault, finishing third in 2019 and fourth in 2019

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Pole Vault
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Pole Vault
  • 2022-23Junior

    Pole Vault
  • 2023-24Senior

    Pole Vault