2024-25 Men's Track and Field Roster
Biography
Butler record holder in the outdoor pole vault (5.22 meters)
2025 Outdoor Track All-BIG EAST (pole vault)
2025 Indoor Track BIG EAST Champion (pole vault)
2024 Outdoor All-BIG EAST Honors (pole vault)
2024 Indoor All-BIG EAST Honors (pole vault)
Collegiate Results:
https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/7985611/Butler/Luke_Walden
2024-25 Track
Won the gold medal in the men's pole vault with a height of 4.95 meters at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships...set a season-high mark of 4.98 meters in the pole vault at the Jesse Owens Classic...finished second in the pole vault at 4.86 meters during the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships
2023-24 Track
Ran the 60 meters in a time of 7.58 at the Blue Demon Holiday Invite…placed second in the pole vault at 5.00 meters at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships to earn All-BIG EAST honors…won the pole vault in the Jim Vargo Invitational (4.71 meters)...made the podium in third for the pole vault with a height of 4.86 meters at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships…recorded a new school record with a height of 5.22 meters at the NCAA East First Round.
2021-22 Season: 3rd place finish in the pole vault at the Blue & Gold Invitational (12/3)...4th place in the pole vault at the Blue Demon Holiday Invite (12/10)
PRIOR TO BUTLER: Ranked 15
th nationally in the pole vault among prep athletes in 2021…his personal-best of 16’-7” in the pole vault is the school record…earned all-state honors and was a conference champion…four-year varsity student-athlete focusing on the pole vault and long jump…personal-best in the long jump is 21’-9.75”…worked with the Bucket Pole Vault Academy…posted a 4.1 GPA in high school, earning Presidential Award honors.
PERSONAL: Son of Mike and Julia…has two siblings, Max and Claire.
Historical Player Information
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2021-22Freshman
Pole Vault
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2022-23Sophomore
Pole Vault
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