2020-21 Track and Field Roster

Connor McLean

  • Position Multis
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Highlands Ranch, Colo.
  • Highschool Clackamas
  • Major Mechanical Engineering (B.S.) / Advance Manufacturing (M.S.)

Biography

TFRRS PROFILE 

2020-21: Indoor Track & Field - Did not compete for Mines due to exhausted eligibility. Outdoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA First-Team All-America (decathlon, pole vault) ... USTFCCCA All-Region (decathlon, pole vault) ... First-Team All-RMAC (pole vault, long jump) ... RMAC Champion in the pole vault ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... RMAC Field Athlete of the Week (4/7, 4/14) ... Took fourth place in the nation in the decathlon at the NCAA Championships with 7,136 points ... Also finished sixth in the nation in the pole vault by clearing 5.10 meters (16-8.75) just one day after completing the multi ... His decathlon performance at nationals made McLean the highest finishing Oredigger decathlete in program history and just the second-ever podium finish including Austin Smith in 2017 ... Focused exclusively on the decathlon and pole vault for the Orediggers ... Scored 7,299 points in the first decathlon of his career which broke the program record and automatically qualified him for the NCAA Championships at the Maverick Multi & Open ... Broke his own program record and the Stermole Track record in the pole vault by clearing 5.35 meters (17-6.5) at the Mines Friday Last Chance ... Also broke the program record and provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships in the long jump by taking third place at the RMAC Championships with a leap of 7.53 meters (24-8.5) ... Closed his career as an eight-time all-American, holding three outdoor program records and two indoor program records.

2019-20: Indoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA National Field Athlete of the Year ... USTFCCCA All-America (pole vault, heptathlon) ... USTFCCCA Regional Field Athlete of the Year ... USTFCCCA All-Region (pole vault, heptathlon) ... RMAC Field Athlete of the Year ... First-Team All-RMAC (heptathlon) ... RMAC Champion in the heptathlon ... Set the RMAC Championships record with a score of 5,481 in the heptathlon ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (12/10) ... RMAC Field Athlete of the Week (12/10, 2/12) ... Focused mainly on the heptathlon and open pole vault while competing in various open events throughout the season ... Took gold in the heptathlon at the RMAC Championships thanks to a record-setting score of 5,481 ... Automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships in both the heptathlon and pole vault, finishing the season ranked first and fourth in the nation, respectively ... Top heptathlon performance of the year was 5,591 at the Mines Alumni Classic & Multi which ranks fifth in all of NCAA Division II history and shattered the program record ... Best pole vault of the season was 5.23 meters (17-1.75) at the Mountain Lion Open ... Wrote his name in the program's indoor record book with the seventh-best 60-meter dash (7.03), fourth-ranked 60-meter hurdles (8.31) and the sixth-best long jump (7.11 meters (23-4.0)) ... Also recorded personal bests in the 800 meters and the shot put ... Appeared in five meets during the season and completed two heptathlons. Outdoor Track & Field - Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19: Indoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA First-Team All-America (pole vault) ... USTFCCCA All-Region (pole vault) ... First-Team All-RMAC (pole vault) ... Pole vault and long jump specialist for the Orediggers ... Finished 4th in the nation in the pole vault at the NCAA Indoor Championships, matching his program record with a vault of 5.26 meters (17-3.0) ... Claimed silver at the RMAC Indoor Championships with a mark of 5.15 meters (16-10.75) ... Also finished 10th in the long jump at the RMAC Championships, leaping 6.72 meters (22-0.75) ... Season-best long jump of 7.04 meters (23-1.25) ... Cleared at least one bar in five different events. Outdoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA All-Region (pole vault) ... First-Team All-RMAC (pole vault) ... RMAC Field Athlete of the Week (3/18) ... Focused solely on the pole vault and 110-meter hurdles for the outdoor season ... Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the pole vault ... Took silver in the pole vault at the RMAC Outdoor Championships with a season-best vault of 5.20 meters (17-0.75) ... Top hurldes time of the year was 15.13 at the Mines Nature's Bakery Invite on April 20 ... Closed the season ranked 7th in the nation in the pole vault.

2017-18: Indoor Track and Field - USTFCCCA First-Team All-America and National Runner-Up in the pole vault ... USTFCCCA All-Region, pole vault & heptathlon ... RMAC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year ... Second-Team All-RMAC, pole vault ... RMAC Field Athlete of the Week (1/23) ... competed in the pole vault and heptathlon ... vaulted a program-record 5.25 meters (17-2.75) at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... also competed in the heptathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... best multi score of the season was a program-record 5358 at the Mines D-II Invite & Multi. Outdoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA All-Region, pole vault ... First-Team All-RMAC, pole vault ... RMAC Field Athlete of the Week (3/19, 4/9) ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the pole vault ... Placed third in the pole vault at the RMAC Championships, clearing 5.08 meters (16-8.0) ... Season-best vault of 5.20 meters (17-0.75), taking first at the CU Invitational ... Also competed in the 110-meter hurdles (14.94), long jump (6.93 meters/22-9.0) and javelin (47.07 meters/154-5.0) at the RMAC Championships.

2016-17: Indoor Track & Field - Redshirted. Outdoor Track & Field - Redshirted.

2015-16: Indoor Track & FieldTwo-time USTFCCCA All-American… first team in pole vault… second team in heptathlon… two-time USTFCCCA All-South Central Region… First Team All-RMAC… RMAC Champion in heptathlon (4877)… four first-place finishes… put up best total of 5160 CSM Joe Davies Open in the heptathlon which is the second highest total in program history… jumped program-record 16-5.25 (5.01m) in the pole vault at the NCAA Championships. Outdoor Track & Field – USTFCCCA All-South Central Region in pole vault… jumped a season-best 16-0.75 (4.90m) at the CU Invitational to win event… second-highest jump in program history… took runner-up in pole vault at Nature’s Bakery Invite with 15-4.5… also competed in long jump (22-1.75) and javelin (140-11).

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner...Three-time state champion and eight-time first team all-state selection...Back-to-back pole vault medalist (2013-14) and 2014 110 hurdles champ, earning OSAA Class 6A State Athlete of the Meet merit...Placed third in 300 hurdles in 2013 and long jump in 2014...State leader in pole vault and 110 hurdles as a senior...Oregon Live Athlete of the Month (March, 2013) and Athlete of the Year (2014)...Lettered two seasons in football...Graduated with honors.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

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  • 2015-16Redshirt Freshman

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  • 2016-17Redshirt Sophomore

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  • 2017-18Redshirt Sophomore

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  • 2018-19Redshirt Junior

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  • 2019-20Redshirt Senior

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  • 2020-21Graduate Student

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