BYU Highlights
- Five-time All-American
- Outdoor All-American Honors: First Team (2023), Second Team (2022)
- Indoor All-American Honors: First Team (2023, 2021), Second Team (2022)
- In his final performance as a Cougar, Witsken moved up to No. 2 all-time in the outdoor pole vault with a sixth-place clearance of 5.60m/18-4.5 at the NCAA Track and Field Championships
- No. 3 all-time at BYU in the indoor pole vault with a 5.66m/18-6.75 mark. The clearance, set in Jan. 2023, put him over four inches ahead of Jeff Hansen's fourth-place mark set in 2002
- CSC Academic All-America honors (2023)
- USTFCCCA All-Academic honors (2020, 2021, 2022)
Personal
- Parents are Mark and Jocelyn Witsken
- Married to Alaina Witsken
- Has two siblings (Tabitha and Yadon)
- Major: Exercise Science and Minor in Spanish
- Missionary Service: Served a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Medellín, Colombia (2015-17)
- Enjoys playing piano and organ, weightlifting and eating
- Also played baseball, hockey, tennis, football and soccer growing up
- Instagram: cwtskn
- Recruited by Harvard and Southern Utah
Before BYU
- Took first at state his senior year and broke the state record
- Finished third at state two years in a row
Stats
Indoor Personal Bests | ||
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Time/Mark | Event | Meet |
7.24 | 60m | 2021 BYU Cougar Indoor I |
2:55.25 | 1000m | 2020 MPSF Indoor Track & Field Championships |
8.34 | 60H | 2021 BYU Cougar Indoor I |
1.83m/6-0 | HJ | 2021 BYU Cougar Indoor I |
5.66m/18-6.75 | PV | 2023 BYU Indoor II |
6.60m/21-8 | LJ | 2021 BYU Cougar Indoor III |
13.70m/44-11.5 | SP | 2021 BYU Cougar Indoor I |
5423 (score) | Hep. | 2021 BYU Cougar Indoor I |
Outdoor Personal Bests | ||
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Time/Mark | Event | Meet |
11.36 | 100m | 2019 BYU Robison Invitational |
51.92 | 400m | 2021 UNLV Spring Invitational |
5:19.01 | 1500m | 2019 Jim Click Shootout |
15.43 | 110H | 2021 Jim Click Shootout |
1.79m/5-10.5 | HJ | 2021 Jim Click Shootout |
5.60m/18-4.5 (Tied for No. 2 all-time at BYU) | PV | 2023 NCAA Championship |
6.66m/21-10.25 | LJ | 2021 UNLV Spring Invitational |
12.74m/41-9.75 | SP | 2021 Jim Click Shootout |
40.02m/131-3 | DT | 2021 BYU Robison Invitational |
45.49m/149-3 | JT | 2019 BYU Robison Invitational |
6603 (score) | Dec. | 2019 BYU Robison Invitational |
Career Stats