2025 Men's Track and Field Roster
Biography
SPU: Two-year letterwinner. ... GNAC All-Acdemic (2025).
Sophomore (2025): INDOOR – Did all four meets. ... Placed 6th at the GNAC Championships with a height of 13 feet, 3½ inches. ... Cleared an indoor personal best and tied his overall best of 13-6½ at the season-opening Spokane Invitational on Dec 14. ... Took a break from the pole vault and tried the 60-meter dash for the first time on Jan. 31 at the UW Invitational, reaching the finish line in 7.64 seconds. OUTDOOR – Did nine meets. ... Capped his season with his first-ever 14-footer, going 14-3 1/4 for 6th place at the GNAC Championships on May 9. ... Started the season with his highest-ever individual finish, taking 3rd at the Ed Boitano Invitational at 13-6 1/4. ... Had another 3rd place the following week on March 8 at the PLU Open, getting over at 13-5 1/4.
Freshman (2024): INDOOR – Participated in two meets. … Made his college debut with a pole vault mark of 13 feet, 1½ inches at the Spokane Invitational on Dec. 9. OUTDOOR – Soared a personal-best 13-6½ to snare the 8th-place team point at the GNAC Championships in Ellensburg on May 11. … Top mark from his eight regular-season meets was 12-1½ for 5th-place at the PLU Open on March 16. … Also placed 5th at the Doris Heritage Invitational in Renton on April 5, going 11-7¼.
Personal: Mikel Joshua Saxon. Exercise Science major.
Juanita High School: Placed 15th in the pole vault at the Class 3A (medium-large school) Washington state meet as a senior in 2023, getting over at 12 feet even. … Just two weeks earlier at the Kingco Championships, matched his career-best of 12-6 to take 2nd place. … His first 12-6 clearance came in April at the GearUp Eason Invitational. … Won five regular-season meets. … Won three regular-season meets as a junior in 2022 and was 5th in Kingco at 11-0. ... Also was a four-year letterwinner in wrestling, finishing 2nd in the district tournament as a junior and advancing to state.
Fun facts: Has done track & field for six years prior to arriving at SPU. ... Got into track because his father used to do it and "because I can't play basketball or football." ... Also has done wrestling, jiujitsu and karate. ... Favorite kind of workout is anything with power cleans. ... If not for track, would have pursued collegiate wrestling. ... Favorite sport to watch is wrestling. ... Dumbest move he ever saw was "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World." ... Books he just couldn't put down were any from the "Hunger Games" or "Maximum Ride" series. ... Favorite junk food is Chick-Fil-A. ... Favorite healthy food is grapes. ... Last TV program binged was "Surviving Summer." ... His dream car is a Lamborghini Huracan. ... Loves to shop for food. ... Favorite team is University of Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling. ... Favorite athlete is New Zealander mixed martial artist / kickboxer Israel Adesanya. ... Easiest subject in school is any science class (except physics). ... Toughest subjects are math and history. ... Pre-meet ritual is meditating on the mat that he will be jumping onto, or praying right next to it if other people are jumping. ... If he could invite anyone to dinner, it would be Martin Luther King Jr. "to show him the wonderful new world he fought so hard for." He would take him to the Bojangles restaurant. ... If he could be any action hero, would be the Green Lantern because "I just really like how his powers work, and I believe that his potential is crazy, considering that it is all about willpower.." ... His friends call him MIggel or Mackel. ... In 10 years, plans to be doing physical therapy for a sports team or for a big contractor.
INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
60 dash: 7.64 (2/1/2025)
Pole vault: 13-6½ / 4.13 (12/14/2024)
OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
100: 12.11 (3/16/2024)
Pole vault: 14-3 1/4 / 4.35 (5/9/2025)
CAREER RESULTS
