2023-24 Track & Field Roster
Roster

Chandlar Ifft
- Position:
- Pole Vault
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Fairbury, Ill.
- High School:
- Prairie Central HS
- Prev School:
- Wisconsin
• 2021 Academic All-Big 10
2024 Outdoor: Placed 11th at the Clyde Hart Classic.
2024 Indoor: Placed 9th in pole vault at the McFerrin - 12 Degree Invite.
2023 Outdoor: Tallied a 21st-place finish in his first clearance of the outdoor season at the Tom Jones Memorial Meet ... Season-best mark was 4.94 meters at the Michael Johnson Invitational for 10th place ... Also finished 10th at the LSU Invitational.
2023 Indoor: Crossed his first bar for BU at the Tiger Paw Invite, jumping 4.67 meters into eighth place ... Finished the Big 12 Championships in 12th place.
2022 Outdoor: Placed 12th in the pole vault with a clearance of 16-0 3/4 at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational (March 25) ... cleared 15-11 in the vault at the Jim Click Shootout (April 9) to place fourth ... recorded a personal best of 16-5 1/4 to finish second in the pole vault at the Wisconsin Classic (May 6)
2022 Indoor: Finished 14th in the pole vault with a height of 15-5 at the Big Ten Championships (Feb.25) ... came in third in the pole vault with a clearance of 15-6 1/4 at the Badgers St. Valentine's Open (Feb.18) ... finished eighth in the pole vault at 15-5 at the Indiana Relays (Jan.28) ... placed fourth in the pole vault with a clearance of 14-9 1/2 at the Midwest Invitational (Jan. 15)
2021 Outdoor: Placed 13th in the pole vault at 15-8 1/2 at the Husker Big 10 Invite (April 16-17)
2020 Indoor: Placed 11th in the pole vault, clearing 15-11 at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 25-27)...placed ninth in the pole vault with a clearance of 16-0 3/4 at the Hawkeye B1G Invitational (Feb. 12-13) ... finished second in the pole vault (16-0 3/4) at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (Jan. 22-23)
2021 Outdoor: Did not compete in any meets.
2021 Indoor: Completed a personal best in the pole vault (16-1 3/4) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 28-29) to place 12th ... placed 10th in the pole vault (15-1) at the Music City Classic (Feb. 14-15) ... finished fifth in the pole vault (15-2 3/4) at the Jack Johnson Classic (Jan. 31) ... completed in the pole vault placing fourth (14-11) at the Jack Jennet Open (Jan. 23-24)
High school: 2019 state champion in the pole vault ... placed fourth as junior and ninth as a sophomore ... also lettered in wrestling as a freshman ... member of honor roll
Personal: Parents are Mark and Brenda Ifft ... has six siblings, Savanna, Kassadee, Harrison, Lillianna, Claudia, Preston ... Lillianna is also a pole vaulter on the Baylor team.
2024 Outdoor: Placed 11th at the Clyde Hart Classic.
2024 Indoor: Placed 9th in pole vault at the McFerrin - 12 Degree Invite.
2023 Outdoor: Tallied a 21st-place finish in his first clearance of the outdoor season at the Tom Jones Memorial Meet ... Season-best mark was 4.94 meters at the Michael Johnson Invitational for 10th place ... Also finished 10th at the LSU Invitational.
2023 Indoor: Crossed his first bar for BU at the Tiger Paw Invite, jumping 4.67 meters into eighth place ... Finished the Big 12 Championships in 12th place.
2022 Outdoor: Placed 12th in the pole vault with a clearance of 16-0 3/4 at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational (March 25) ... cleared 15-11 in the vault at the Jim Click Shootout (April 9) to place fourth ... recorded a personal best of 16-5 1/4 to finish second in the pole vault at the Wisconsin Classic (May 6)
2022 Indoor: Finished 14th in the pole vault with a height of 15-5 at the Big Ten Championships (Feb.25) ... came in third in the pole vault with a clearance of 15-6 1/4 at the Badgers St. Valentine's Open (Feb.18) ... finished eighth in the pole vault at 15-5 at the Indiana Relays (Jan.28) ... placed fourth in the pole vault with a clearance of 14-9 1/2 at the Midwest Invitational (Jan. 15)
2021 Outdoor: Placed 13th in the pole vault at 15-8 1/2 at the Husker Big 10 Invite (April 16-17)
2020 Indoor: Placed 11th in the pole vault, clearing 15-11 at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 25-27)...placed ninth in the pole vault with a clearance of 16-0 3/4 at the Hawkeye B1G Invitational (Feb. 12-13) ... finished second in the pole vault (16-0 3/4) at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (Jan. 22-23)
2021 Outdoor: Did not compete in any meets.
2021 Indoor: Completed a personal best in the pole vault (16-1 3/4) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 28-29) to place 12th ... placed 10th in the pole vault (15-1) at the Music City Classic (Feb. 14-15) ... finished fifth in the pole vault (15-2 3/4) at the Jack Johnson Classic (Jan. 31) ... completed in the pole vault placing fourth (14-11) at the Jack Jennet Open (Jan. 23-24)
High school: 2019 state champion in the pole vault ... placed fourth as junior and ninth as a sophomore ... also lettered in wrestling as a freshman ... member of honor roll
Personal: Parents are Mark and Brenda Ifft ... has six siblings, Savanna, Kassadee, Harrison, Lillianna, Claudia, Preston ... Lillianna is also a pole vaulter on the Baylor team.
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