Clay Eckert Season 2024

2024 Outdoor: Finished 12th in pole vault at the ACC Championships clearing 4.68m (15' 4.25")... Placed fifth at the East Coast Relays in pole vault clearing 4.67m (15' 3.75")... Cleared a season-best 4.71m (15' 5.5") at the VertKlasse Meet. 

2024 Indoor: Placed seventh in long jump at the Virginia Tech Challenge jumping 6.66m (21' 10.25")... Recorded a season-best time of 8.41 in the 60m hurdles at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational... Finished 11th at the Hokie Invitational in the triple jump with a personal-best mark of 14.11m (46' 3.5"). 

2023 Outdoor: Recorded a personal-best distance of 45.90m (150' 7") in javelin at the East Coast Relays... Placed eighth in pole vault at the Mt. SAC Relays clearing 4.75m (15' 7")... Clocked a personal-best 100m hurdles time of 14.75 at the Florida Relays... Competed in discus, shot put, and javelin at the Weems Baskin Relays throwing a PR of 34.22m (112' 3") in discus. 

2023 Indoor: Finished seventh at the ACC Championships in the heptathlon with a personal-best 5221 points, set a personal-best in the 60m (7.30), 60H (8.32), pole vault (4.75m), and 1000m (2:45.90)... Placed third in high jump at the Virginia Tech Challenge with a height of 1.81m (5' 11.25")... Placed sixth in the heptathlon at the Lenny Lyles Invitational scoring 5026 points. 

2022 Outdoor (Kansas): Achieved two personal bests at the ORU Invite for shot putting 10.75m (35-3.25 ft.) and throwing the javelin 44.02m (144-5 ft.), finished ninth in the shot put and third in the javelin throw … Competed in the decathlon and finished with two personal best including the long jump and discus throw, he finished sixth in the decathlon with 5667 points … Finished 13th in the decathlon at the Big 12 Championships.

2022 Indoor (Kansas): Opened his season with a sixth place finish in the 60 meter hurdles at the Bob Timmons Challenge, finishing in 8.55 … Finished sixth in the pole vault with a vault of 4.43m (14-6.25) at the Jayhawk Classic, also finished second in long jump for jumping a distance of 6.61m (21-8.25 ft.) … Finished sixth in pole vault at the Iowa State Classic for vaulting a height of 4.40m (14-5.25 ft.) also finished tenth in the 4×400 for finishing in 3:28.95 … Recorded a season best in the 60 at the Big 12 Indoor Championships with a time of 7.38 seconds, finished 15th in the heptathlon with 4277 points.

2021 Outdoor (Kansas): Made his outdoor debut t the Mizzou Spring Opener, placing 9th in the 110 meter hurdles and fourth in the pole vault … Competed in the shot put, discus and javelin at the ORU Invitational … At the Big 12 Outdoor Championship, he scored a personal best 6,359 points, finishing 10th overall … Set six personal bests in individual events at the Championship.

2021 Indoor (Kansas): Competed at his first KU heptathlon at the Jayhawk Classic, placing second with 4,616 points … At the Big 12 Championships, he recorded a personal best 5,052 points in the heptathlon, setting personal bests in the pole vault, 60 meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump 60 meters and 1,000 meters, placing seventh overall.

2020 Indoor (at Wichita State): Competed at six meets for the Shockers … Finished 11th in the heptathlon at the AAC Championships … Was the runner-up at the WSU Invitational in the heptathlon with a season-best total of 4,866 points … Opened his season with a third-place finish in the heptathlon at the Shocker Multis … Competed in the 60-meter hurdles (prelims and final) and pole vault at the Shocker Prelude and eanred top-five finishes in all three events … Competed in the 60-meter hurdles prelims and pole vault at the Jayhawk Classic … Competed in the 60-meter hurdles prelims, long jump and pole vault at the Arkansas Qualifier. Outdoor – 2020 season canceled.

2019 Indoor (at Wichita State): Redshirted and competed unattached…Completed one heptathlon, finishing third at the Shocker Multi with a score of 4,619 points…Ran a season best 8.59 60m hurdles finishing third at the Wichita State College Invitational.

2019 Outdoor (at Wichita State): Redshirted and competed unattached…Completed two decathlons, finishing top-10 in each one…Opened the outdoor season finishing ninth in the Herm Wilson Invitational decathlon with a score of 5,606 points…Completed his second career decathlon at the K.T. Woodman Classic with 5,872 points…Competed in the Shocker Open in the 110m hurdles (18.01) and pole vault (4.17m/13-8.25).

High School: Five-time state qualifier and league champion… 110m hurdles KSHSAA 4A state champion... Named State Farm athlete of the month in 2018…Set a Buhler school record in the 110m hurdles… Member of the KSHSAA 4A state title team. 

Personal: Son of Bret and Jacki Eckert… Father played football and track and field at Hutchinson Community College... Earned a bachelors degree in marketing with a concentration in pre-law from Kansas... Working towards a masters of science degree in business administration.