Southeast Missouri State University Athletics

2022 Indoor: Named OVC Male Field Athlete of the Week once.

2021 Outdoor
Competed in eight outdoor competitions in 2021…Recorded a personal best and a second place finish in the pole vault (16’ 2.75, 4.95m) at the USA Invitational…First place finish at the SIUC Bill Cornell Invite in the pole vault with a final mark of 15’ 9” (4.80m)…Another first place finish at the 2021 Joey Haines Invite in the pole vault recording a mark of 16’ 0.75” (4.90m)…Placed first at the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational with a 15’ 9” (4.80m) mark. 
 
2021 Indoor
Competed in one indoor competition in 2021…Placed first at the Redhawks Open in the pole vault with a mark of 15’ 10.5” (4.84m).

2020 Indoor: Competed in six meets…Had three top-five finishes…Led the OVC in pole vault with Tanner Teigen…Finished second in the high jump with a mark of 6-2 (1.88m) at the season-opening SEMO vs. SIUE Dual Meet (12/6/19)…Took second in pole vault with a height of 15-3 (4.65m) at the Gene Edmonds Memorial (1/10-11)…Overcame a pole vault mark of 15-7.25 (4.76m, 13th) at the 2020 Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational (2/7-8)…Successfully defended his indoor pole vault Championship with a personal-best height of 15-11.75 (4.87m) at the 2020 Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship (2/26-27)…Also scored for the Redhawks in the high jump (6-2, 1.88m) and 60 meter hurdles (8.57).

2019 Outdoor: Appeared in five meets…Finished fourth in the pole vault at both the Gibson Invitational (4/6, 15-1, 4.60m) and Joe Walker Classic (4/12-13, 15-1.5, 4.61m)…Captured gold in the pole vault at the OVC Outdoor Track & Field Championship (5/9-11) in Cape Girardeau to sweep the event in 2019…Registered a career-best height of 15-9.25 (4.81m) en route to gold…Also placed fifth in the 110-meter hurdles in 15.21 after setting a personal-record with the same time in the preliminaries. 
 
2019 Indoor: Competed in seven meets…Posted four top-five finishes…Opened the season with a first place finish in the 55-meter hurdles (8.15) and a high jump of 6-0 (1.83m, sixth) at the SEMO vs. SIUE Dual Meet (12/7)…Placed eighth in the heptathlon at the Indiana University Relays (1/25-26), totaling 4,403 points…Was fourth in high jump (5-10.75, 1.80m) and fifth in 60-meter hurdles (8.89), pole vault (13-9.25, 4.20m) and long jump (20-5.75, 6.24m)…Won gold in the pole vault at the OVC Indoor Track & Field Championship (2/20-21), overcoming a height of 15-5 (4.70m)…Also earned silver in the heptathlon, totaling 4,821 points…In the heptathlon, won pole vault (15-7, 4.75m), was second in 60-meter hurdles (8.60) and the 60 meters (7.36), and was third in long jump (20-10.75, 6.37m) and high jump (6-4.25, 1.94m).

2018 Outdoor: Did not compete.

2017 Indoor: Did not compete.

2017 Outdoor: Competed in seven meets...Had 20 top-five finishes...Finished second in pole vault (14’ 5.25”) and javelin (143’ 4”) at the Ole Miss/Joe Walker Invitational (3/24)....Also, threw a personal-best in shot put (32’ 7”, eighth)...Set a personal-best in the javelin throw with 153’ 11” for 11th at the 2017 Drury Hotels Joey Haines Invite (3/31)...Took silver in the decathlon at the OVC Championship with 6168 points....Set personal-bests in 100m (11.41), 400m (52.07), 1500m (5:22.18), 110m hurdles (15.25), high jump (6’ 2”), long jump (21’ 1.25”) and discus (97’ 9”).
 
2017 Indoor: Appeared in six meets...Had 12 top-five finishes...Won the pole vault (14’ 11”) and high jump (6’ 0”) at the SEMO vs. SIU-Edwardsville Dual (12/9)...Set a PR in the 55m hurdles in the preliminary round at the 2017 Redhawks Invite (2/17)...OVC Champion in the heptathlon after he broke several personal records on the way to first-place that included; the 60m (7.28, third), 60m hurdles (8.41), shot put (32’ 6.5”), high jump (6’ 0.5”), pole vault (15’ 8.5”, first) and the 1000m (3:03.47).

Prep: Graduated from Muscle Shoals High School in 2016...Lettered all three years of competition...Two-time state champion pole vaulter (2015-2016)...Three-time state qualifier in hurdles.

Personal: Born March 4, 1998... Son of Todd and Gail South... Majoring in Communication Multimedia: Communication Photography.