Sophomore Austin Melvin hit new heights for Roberts Wesleyan University, recording a new school record for the indoor pole vault with a mark of 5.18-meters. The mark won the Brockport Rust Buster Invitational and puts the sophomore from Central Square, New York in the Redhawk record books as the only athlete to surpass 17 feet in the event. Melvin broke his own school record he set last year as a freshman, and he ranks first in the NCCAA so far this season. Melvin also ranks fourth in all NCAA Division II with the qualifying mark.
Nominees: Joshua Handschu, Bethel University; Emery McCombs, Lancaster Bible College; Austin Melvin, Roberts Wesleyan University; Michael Muiruri, Grace College; Gavin Tribelo, Malone University; Cedric Wilson, Sterling College