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2022-23 Men's Track and Field Roster

Tracy Collins

Nikolous Bertling

  • Position Pole Vault
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bonner's Ferry, Idaho
  • Highschool Bonner's Ferry HS

Biography

TFRRS Profile

2023 - SENIOR: Indoor -
Set school record in the indoor pole vault with a height of 4.67m  at the Whitworth Invitational | Outdoor - Cleared a season-best height og 4.80m at the Whitworth Twilight to punch his ticket to nationals ... placed third at the conference meet with a mark of 4.50m to earn All-Cascade Conference honors ... finished 15th at outdoor nationals with a height of 4.70m

National Qualifier: Indoor Pole Vault, Outdoor Pole Vault
All-Cascade Conference: Pole Vault (3rd Place)
Cascade Conference Field Athlete of the Week: 2/13/23


2022 - JUNIOR: Indoor - Set school record in indoor pole vault at a height of 4.51m to finish sixth at the Whitworth Invitational | Outdoor - Member of fifth-fastest 4x400m relay in LC State Men's Track and Field history (3:24.51) ... became the first LC State Men's Track and Field athlete to earn All-American status in the pole vault after placing sixth at outdoor nationals with a school-record mark of 4.85m

NAIA All-American: Outdoor Pole Vault (6th Place)
National Qualifier: Outdoor Pole Vault
All-Cascade Conference: Pole Vault (3rd Place)
Academic All-Cascade Conference


2021 - SOPHOMORE: Outdoor - Hit the second-highest mark in program history and a personal-best in the pole vault (4.53m) to take second at the Bucs Scoring Invitational ... career-best 200m (23.11) at the Whitworth Twilight ... member of the 4x100m relay team that finsihed seventh (44.23) at the Cascade Conference Championships ... also finished seventh in the pole vault (4.50m) at the conference meet

2020 - SOPHOMORE (COVID): Indoor: Hit a career-best mark in the pole vault (4.25m) and in the 60m dash (7.59) at the Boise State Challenge ... highest finish was seventh in the pole vault at the Boise State Challenge

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Bonners Ferry HS ... hit a mark of 13'6" in the pole vault as a senior ... awarded Most Outstanding Event for Pole Vault ... also wrestled and played football

PERSONAL: Born Sept. 30, 1999 to Tim and Wendy Bertling ... has one sister, Mattea ... majoring in Business Management ... enjoys blacksmithing, archery and woodworking

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Pole Vault
  • 2020Sophomore

    Pole Vault
  • 2020-21Junior

    Pole Vault/Sprints
  • 2021-22Senior

    Pole Vault/Sprints
  • 2022-23Senior

    Pole Vault