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Bradley Jelmert

  • Position Pole Vault
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Watchung Hills Regional HS
  • Hometown Watchung, N.J.

Biography

School Record: Indoor Pole Vault - 5.72m (18-9.25)


2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships Bronze Medalist (Pole Vault)
2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships Qualifier (Pole Vault)

2025 NCAA West Preliminary Rounds Qualifier (Pole Vault)
2025 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Champion (Pole Vault)
2025 First Team All-SBC (Outdoor – Pole Vault)
2025 First Team All-American (Outdoor – Pole Vault)
2025 Sun Belt Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Elite Award
2024 USTFCCCA Indoor First Team All-American (Pole Vault
2024 NCAA Indoor Silver Medalist (Pole Vault)
2024 Sun Belt Conference Champion (Indoor Pole Vault)
2024 First Team All-SBC (Indoor)
2024 SBC Men’s Indoor Field Performer of the Year 
2023 USTFCCCA Outdoor Honorable Mention All-America (Pole Vault)
2023 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Champion (Pole Vault)
2023 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Champion (Pole Vault)
2023 First Team All-SBC (2x: Indoor & Outdoor)
2022 USTFCCCA All-Academic

2022 NCAA West Regionals Qualifier (Pole Vault)
2022 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Runner-Up (Pole Vault)
2022 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Runner-Up (Pole Vault)
2022 Second Team All-Sun Belt (Indoor & Outdoor)
2021 NCAA West Regionals Qualifier (Pole Vault)

2021 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Bronze Medalist (Pole Vault)
2021 Third Team All-Sun Belt (Indoor)
SBC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week (2x: 12/11/24, 4/2/25)
SBC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week (2/15/23)


2025 OUTDOOR SEASON | SENIOR
Earned bronze with a 5.63m (18-5 ½) mark at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 11), earning First Team All-American honors … Advanced to his second NCAA Outdoor Championships by placing fifth in the pole vault at the West Prelims (May 28) … Sun Belt Champion in the pole vault, clearing 5.48m (17-11.75) (May 9) … Won an event title at the Alumni Classic (April 25), clearing 5.46m (17-11) … Placed fourth at the Mt. SAC Relays (April 18) with a clearance of 5.30m (17-4.5) … Won the Elite section of the pole vault at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays (March 29), clearing 5.55m (18-2.5) and later being named the Sun Belt Men’s Field Athlete of the Week.
 
2025 INDOOR SEASON | SENIOR
Took silver in the Sun Belt Championship (Feb. 24), clearing 5.41m (18-2.5) … Won an event crown at the Steve Miller Invitational (Feb. 7), vaulting a season-best 5.54m (18-2) … Placed second at the Fighting Illini Challenge (Jan. 24) with a height of 5.43m (17-9.25) … Debuted with a win at the Crimson and Gold Invitational (Dec. 7), clearing 5.47m (17-11.25), earning Sun Belt Men’s Field Athlete of the Week honors on Dec. 11.

2024 OUTDOOR SEASON | SENIOR
Redshirted.
 
2024 INDOOR SEASON | SENIOR
First Team All-American … NCAA runner-up in the pole vault, clearing 5.65m (18-6.5) (March 8), becoming A-State’s first men’s pole vaulter to medal indoors since 1987 … Sun Belt Conference champion with a meet-record clearance of 5.62m (18-5.25) … Named the conference’s Field Performer of the Year … Won every meet leading up to the NCAA championships, going 6-1 on the year, with all final heights eclipsing 18 feet … Shattered the school and conference indoor records to open the season, vaulting 5.72m (18-9.25) at the Crimson and Gold Invitational (Dec. 9).

2023 OUTDOOR SEASON | JUNIOR
Honorable Mention All-American after placing 21st in the pole vault at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … Cleared 5.40m (17-8.5) to place ninth in the NCAA West Prelims … Notched five event titles … Vaulted a Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships-record height of 5.56m (18-2.75) to take gold … Won the pole vault at the Red Wolves Open and Beach Invitational … Also took first at the Joe Walker Invite and Bulldog Relays.

2023 INDOOR SEASON | JUNIOR
Cleared 5.30m (17-4.5) to take gold in the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships, one of five top-5 finishes in the indoor season … Sun Belt Men’s Field Athlete of the Week after clearing an indoor-best 5.46m (17-11) to win the pole vault at the Indoor Gorilla Classic … Placed third at the Jaguar Invitational … Cleared 5.42m (17-9.25) to place third at the Vanderbilt Invitational.

2022 OUTDOOR SEASON | SOPHOMORE
Placed 13th at the NCAA West Prelims in the pole vault, clearing 5.29m (17-4.25) and just missing a bid to the NCAA Outdoor Championships … Took silver in the Sun Belt Conference Championships with a clearance of 5.33m (17-5.75) … Placed third at the Arkansas Twilight … Won the pole vault at the Maroon & White Invite, clearing 5.26m (17-3.0) … Won the pole vault at the Red Wolves Open, clearing a personal-best 5.42m (17-9.25) … Earned a runner-up finish at the War Eagle Invitational … Opened the outdoor season with a first-place result at the Louisiana Classics.

2022 INDOOR SEASON | FRESHMAN
Took silver at the Sun Belt Conference Championships in the pole vault, clearing 5.17m (16-11.5) … Won the pole vault at the Music City Challenge … Cleared a personal-best 5.36m (17-7.0) to win the pole vault at the Jaguar Invitational and earn Sun Belt Field Athlete of the Week honors … Placed third at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational … Won the pole vault at the Vanderbilt Invitational … Earned a runner-up finish at the Hawkeye Invite … Took third in the season opener at the Crimson & Gold Invitational.

2021 OUTDOOR SEASON | FRESHMAN
Competed at the NCAA West Prelims in the pole vault … Placed sixth at the Sun Belt Conference Championships … Won the pole vault at the Maroon and White Invite, clearing 5.22m (17-1.5) … Placed second at the Red Wolves Open … Cleared a personal-best 5.25m (17-2.75) at the Spec Towns Invitational … First-place finisher at the TCU Invitational in his outdoor debut.


2021 INDOOR SEASON
Claimed bronze at the Sun Belt Conference Championships … Third-place at the Division I Challenge … Placed third or better in every indoor meet.

HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Watchung Hills Regional High School … New Balance Nationals All-American … Two-time New Jersey state champion … Prior to graduating, was one of just three New Jersey boys ever to clear 16 feet indoors … One of the top prep pole vaulters in the nation.

COLLEGIATE BESTS
Indoor
Pole Vault 5.72m (18-9.25) Crimson & Gold Inv. (12/9/23)
Outdoor
Pole Vault 5.56m (18-2.75) Sun Belt Champ. (5/12/23)
Long Jump 6.52mw (21-4.75) Louisiana Classic (3/18/22)


Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Pole Vault
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Pole Vault
  • 2022-23Junior

    Pole Vault
  • 2023-24Senior

    Pole Vault
  • 2024-25Graduate Student

    Pole Vault