Tim Ehrhardt (born March 16, 1995) is an American athlete specializing in decathlon and pole vault.

High school

Ehrhardt graduated from

Lake Park High School Lake Park High School is a four-year public high school occupying two campuses, both located in Roselle, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. Freshmen and sophomores attend the East Campus (the original campus built in 1956), located near Med ...

in 2013 in

Roselle, Illinois Roselle is a suburb of Chicago and is a village located in both DuPage County and Cook in Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Ch ...

NCAA

Ehrhardt graduated from

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...

. Ehrhardt is a 6-time

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First Team All-American The All-America designation is an annual honor bestowed upon an amateur sports person from the United States who is considered to be one of the best amateurs in their sport. Individuals receiving this distinction are typically added to an All-Am ...

, a former resident of Whitehills, and a 3-time

Big Ten Conference The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...

Track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

champion. Ehrhardt holds

Michigan State Spartans The Michigan State Spartans are the athletic teams that represent Michigan State University. The school's athletic program includes 23 varsity sports teams. Their mascot is a Spartan warrior named Sparty, and the school colors are green and wh ...

records in the indoor pole vault and decathlon 8,044 points.

Professional

Ehrhardt began competing for Santa Barbara Track Club in

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under coach Josh Priester in Fall 2018. Ehrhardt placed third at 2019

Bryan Clay Bryan Ezra Tsumoru Clay (born January 3, 1980) is an American decathlete who was the 2008 Summer Olympic champion for the decathlon and was also World champion in 2005. Biography Clay was born in Austin, Texas and raised in Hawaii. He is Afr ...

Invitational Decathlon 4th group at

Azusa Pacific University Azusa Pacific University (APU) is a private, evangelical Christian university in Azusa, California. The university was founded in 1899, with classes opening on March 3, 1900, in Whittier, California, and began offering degrees in 1939. The uni ...

setting a lifetime best mark scoring 8066 points.

References

Athletic Experience Podcast: Tim Ehrhardt

Track and Field News ''Track & Field News'' is an American monthly sports magazine founded in 1948 by brothers Bert Nelson and Cordner Nelson, focused on the world of track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on runni ...

External links

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Tim Ehrhardt podcast after 2019 US Indoor Track and Field Heptathlon
1995 births Living people Track and field athletes from Chicago Track and field athletes from Illinois American male pole vaulters Michigan State Spartans men's track and field athletes Sportspeople from DuPage County, Illinois USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners {{US-polevault-athletics-bio-stub