Sondre Guttormsen

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

2022 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championship

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Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

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Position:
Pole Vault
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Ski, Norway
High School:
Davis

All-Time Results & PRs

Princeton Honors
Olympian, Pole Vault (Tokyo 2020)
NCAA Champion, Pole Vault (Indoor 2022, Outdoor 2022, Indoor 2023)
European Athletics Indoor Pole Vault Champion (Indoor 2023)
Bowerman Semifinalst (Outdoor 2022, Outdoor 2023)
World Athletics Championships Qualifier (2022, 2023)
First Team All-America, Pole Vault (Indoor 2022, Outdoor 2022, Indoor 2023, Outdoor 2023)
NCAA Championships Participant, Pole Vault (Indoor 2022, Outdoor 2022, Indoor 2023, Outdoor 2023)
NCAA Regionals Participant, Pole Vault (Outdoor 2022, Outdoor 2023)
Ivy League Champion, Pole Vault (Indoor 2022, Outdoor 2022, Indoor 2023, Outdoor 2023)
First Team All-Ivy League, Pole Vault (Indoor 2022, Outdoor 2022, Indoor 2023, Outdoor 2023)
Norwegian Record Holder
Tied Collegiate Pole Vault Record 6.00m (Indoor 2023)
School Record Holder (Indoor and Outdoor Pole Vault)
Ivy League Record Holder (Indoor and Outdoor Pole Vault)
Mid-Atlantic Region Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year (2023)
Mid-Atlantic Region Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Year (2023)
USTFCCCA All-Academic (2022)

UCLA Honors
Second Team All-America, Pole Vault (Indoor 2019)
Second Team All-America, Pole Vault (Outdoor 2019)
NCAA Championships Participant, Pole Vault (Indoor 2019)
NCAA Championships Participant, Pole Vault (Outdoor 2019)
NCAA Regionals Participant, Pole Vault (Outdoor 2019)
MPSF Champion, Pole Vault (Indoor 2019)
Pac-12 Champion, Pole Vault (Outdoor 2019)

Records
Ivy Record, Pole Vault, 6.00 (Indoor 2023)
Ivy Record, Pole Vault, 5.90 (Outdoor 2023)

Featured
Making Unique Journey From Norway to PU Track Team, Guttormsen Flies to NCAA Indoor Men's Pole Vault Title - Justin Feil, Town Topics

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Feature Story: The Guttormsen Brothers And The Crazy Event They've Mastered

2022-23: Won the NCAA Indoor Championship after clearing 6.00 meters, tying the collegiate record ... finished sixth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships after clearing 5.60 meters ... finished ninth at the NCAA Regional ... won the Ivy League Indoor Championship with a mark of 5.70 meters and the Ivy League Outdoor championships with a mark of 5.60 meters ... set a new school and Ivy record of 6.00 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships ...set a new school and Ivy record of 5.90 meters at the Texas Invitational... Won Gold at the European Indoor Championships clearing 5.80m...competed at three regular season indoor meets ... competed in three regular season outdoor meets.

2021-22: Won the NCAA Indoor Championship after clearing 5.75 meters ... won the NCAA Outdoor Championships after clearing 5.75 meters ... finished third at the NCAA Regional ... won the Ivy League Indoor Championship with a mark of 5.46 meters and the Ivy League Outdoor championships with a mark of 5.72 meters ... set a new Ivy record of 5.82 meters at the Tyson Invitational ... competed at five regular season indoor meets ... competed in two regular season outdoor meets.

Tokyo Olympics: Suffered a quad injury on his first attempt at 5.65 meters.

2020-21: Did not compete for Princeton due to COVID-19.

Before College: Won the state title in the pole vault at the CIF state meet, clearing 17 feet, 10 inches, a state-meet record…Also blew away the field by at least two feet…Just the second athlete to ever break 18 feet in the pole vault indoors in January 2018 at the National Pole Vault Summit…His 5.55m (18-2.5) effort in the Arcadia Invitational in April 2018 set the state record and the Norwegian Junior National mark…Cleared 5.46m (17-11) to take first place at the 91st Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays...Recorded a PR of 14.02 in the 110m hurdles to finish second at the CIF State Championship Finals...State of California high school record holder for the pole vault (both indoor and outdoor)...At the 2018 European Senior Championships, set a Norwegian record with a vault of 5.75m (18-10.25) … Ultimately finished in sixth place, the best sixth-place finisher in European Championships history…In 2016 at the U18 Championships, took Bronze in the pole vault with a mark of 5.05m (16-3.75)…At Norway’s U-20 Championships, took silver in the long jump with a mark of 6.87m (22-6.50).

Personal: Son of Kristin and Atle Guttormsen…Has two brothers, Simen and Sebastian…Also has one younger sister, Sara … Hobbies include gymnastics, cliff diving, scuba diving and surfing…Admires Sergei Bubka and gymnast Nile Wilson.