Catholic University of America

Career Statistics

Honors and Accolades:

• 2024 National Champion — Outdoor Pole Vault (1st individual national championship since 1991)
• 2x First-Team All-American (2024 Outdoor Pole Vault (1st place, 5:19m), Indoor Pole Vault (3rd place, 5.08m))
• 2023-24 College Sports Communicators Second Team Academic All-American
• 2024-25 USTFCCCA South Region Field Athlete of the Year
• 3x NCAA Indoor Championship Qualifier in the Pole Vault (2022, 2023, 2024)
• 2x NCAA Outdoor Championship Qualifier in the Pole Vault (2023, 2024)
• 2024-25 Landmark Conference Indoor Senior Scholar-Athlete
• 4x Indoor USTFCCCA All-South Region Selection - Pole Vault (2024-25; 2023-24; 2022-23, 2021-22)
• 3x Outdoor USTFCCCA All-South Region Selection - Pole Vault (2024, 2023, 2022)
• 3x Indoor All-Landmark Conference First Team Selection (2024, 2023, 2022 - Pole Vault)
• 2024 Outdoor All-Landmark Conference First Team Selection (Pole Vault)
• 2022 Outdoor All-Landmark Conference Second Team Selection (Pole Vault)
• 10x Landmark Conference Field Athlete of the Week (Feb. 11, 2025, Feb. 4, 2025; Dec. 10, 2024; April 30, 2024; Jan. 23, 2024; Dec. 5, 2023; May 2, 2022; Feb. 14, 2023; Jan. 17, 2022; Feb. 8, 2022)
• 2x College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024-25, 2023-24)
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete
• Landmark Academic Honor Roll

• First Catholic T&F Men's All-American since 2004
• Won the Pole Vault at 2024 National Outdoor Championships
• Finished 3rd in the Pole Vault at 2024 National Indoor Championships
• Finished 10th in the Pole Vault at 2023 National Indoor Championships
• Finished 10th in the Pole Vault at 2022 National Indoor Championships
• Owns program record and Landmark Conference Record in the Indoor Pole Vault (5.25m)
• Owns program record and Landmark Conference Record in the Outdoor Pole Vault (5.19m)
• One of 13 DIII men to vault 5.25m or higher in Indoor Pole Vault
• Won the Pole Vault at 2023 Penn Relays (5.12m)
• Became first DIII Vaulter to medal in the top pool at 2024 Penn Relays since 2011 (5.16m, 4th place)

As a Senior (2024-25): Won the pole vault at the Navy Select with a 5.10m jump...finished sixth, setting a new PR with a 5.25m jump at the Doc Hale VT Meet...became just the 13th Division III pole vaulter to clear 5.25m...won the pole vault at the George Mason Patriot Games with a 5.13m vault...missed all of indoor postseason and outdoor season with an injury.

As a Junior (2023-24): Won the pole vault at the TCNJ Open with a mark of 4.90m ... won the pole vault at the Robert Comstock Cardinal Classic with a program-record and Landmark Conference Record mark of 5.20m, the best mark in DIII in 2023-24 to date ... won the pole vault at the NYU DIII Invitational with a mark of 4.86m ... won the pole vault with a championship-meet-record mark of 5.10m at the 2024 Landmark Conference Indoor Championships ... cleared 5.08m to place 3rd at the NCAA DIII National Championship Meet.

As a Sophomore (2022-23): Won the pole at the TCNJ Invite with a mark of 4.85m ... placed second and qualified for NCAA DIII Indoor Championships with a mark of 5.05m at the Boston David Hemery Valentine Invite ... won the pole vault at 2023 Landmark Conference Indoor Championships with a mark of 4.75m ... placed 10th at NCAA DIII Indoor Nationals with a mark of 4.70m ... won the pole vault at the prestigious Penn Relays with a program-record, Landmark Conference-record and NCAA DIII Outdoor Championship qualifying mark of 5.12m.

As a Freshman (2021-22): In his first career collegiate meet, cleared 4.26 meters to win the pole vault competition at the Diplomat Open @ Franklin and Marshall ... won the pole vault at the Plex Shootout at Alvernia University with a mark of 4.60m ... won the pole vault at the Susquehanna Invite with a mark of 4.40m ... won the pole vault at 2022 Landmark Conference Indoor Championships with a mark of 4.80m ... placed 2nd with a mark 4.91m at the Tufts National Qualifying Meet to qualify for the national meet ... cleared 4.80m to finish in the top-10 at the NCAA DIII Indoor Track & Field Championships ... placed 2nd in the pole vault with a mark of 4.40m at the 2022 Landmark Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships ... won the pole vault with a mark of 4.85m at the 2022 Swarthmore Final Qualifying Meet @ Widener.

Before Catholic: Two-time state champion at Hayfield Secondary School...earned All-A honor roll.

Personal: Son of Paolo and Marilyn Di Nicolantonio...has two siblings, Grace and Vincent...THO member...volunteer coaches pole vault at DC Vault.