2022-23 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Zach Bradford
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Bloomington, Il..
- High School:
- Bloomington
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CAREER ACCOLADES
- 2023 NCAA Indoor Silver Medalist
- 2023 NCAA Outdoor Bronze Medalist
- 2023 USTFCCCA Outdoor Mountain Region Field Athlete of the Year
- 2023 USTFCCCA Indoor Mountain Region Field Athlete of the Year
- 2023 Big 12 Outdoor Champion
- 2023 Big 12 Indoor Champion
- 2022 Big 12 Outdoor Gold Medalist
- 2022 Big 12 Indoor Gold Medalist
- 2021 NCAA Indoor Bronze Medalist
- 2021 Big 12 Outdoor Gold Medalist
- NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American - 2021 (5th), 2019 (6th)
- NCAA Indoor First Team All-American - 2019 (5th), 2022 (7th)
2023 OUTDOOR
Broke the school record of 5.70m (18-8.25, Brandon Bray) at the Texas Relays with a height of 5.71m (18-8.75) placing 2nd... from there he finished 1st in each pole vault competition, including the top spot at the Big 12 Championships with a meet record 5.87m (19-3) for his fifth overall conference title and third outdoor title... finished 2nd at the NCAA Outdoor meet with a height of 5.60m (18-4.50)... capped off his Tech career securing nine of 10 all-time top-10 Texas Tech marks.
2023 INDOOR
Bradford set the new Tech pole vault record in only his second meet of the season going 5.72m (18-9.25), surpassing Brandon Bray's record of 5.62m (18-5.25) back in 2020... Bradford tied the record in his first meet of the season...in all seven meets Bradford vaulted, he placed 1st five times... claimed 1st at the Big 12 Championships as Tech's first scorer of the weekend with a height of 5.63m (18-5.50)... placed 2nd at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a height of 5.91m (19-4.75), his previous vault of 5.81m (19-0.75) made him to first Tech vaulter to clear the 19-foot barrier mark... finished his indoor season with all top-10 all-time Texas Tech marks.
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
Joined the Red Raiders from Kansas as a graduate transfer where he was a three-time Big 12 Pole Vault Champion and five-time First Team All-Amercian... claimed the outdoor title in 2021, 2022 and the indoor title in 2022... NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American in 2019, 2021 and NCAA Indoor First Team All-American in 2019, 2021 and 2022... was a part of the Team USA World Championships in 2019 and a USATF Outdoor Championships finalist in 2022.
HIGH SCHOOL
Competed in track & field and cross country for head coach John Szabo at Bloomington High School in Bloomington, Illinois … Won a total of eight letters in track & field, cross country and football … Helped his team to indoor and outdoor Big Twelve Conference titles all four years of high school … Aided in a team third-place finish at the Illinois State Championships … Swept the Big Twelve Conference indoor and outdoor pole vault titles all four years of high school and state championships in 2016, 2017 and 2018 … Holds the school and state records in the pole vault in both indoor (18-0.5 ft.) and outdoor (18-2.5 ft.) … Won the 2018 New Balance National indoor championship in the pole vault and was the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships runner-up … Was a three-time New Balance Nationals All-American (2016-18) and was the 2018 USATF/AAU National Champion.
PERSONAL
Son of Jason and Joy Bradford … Has two older brothers, Steven and Adam … Brother, Steven, plays soccer and lacrosse and is a member of the track & field team at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois.
