2024 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Bresko, Mathis

Mathis Bresko
- Position:
- Pole Vault
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bellevue, Wash.
- High School:
- Interlake
- Prev School:
- Cal Poly
Bio
2024 All-America Second Team (Pole Vault, Indoors)
2022 and 2023 Big West Pole Vault Champion
2024: In his one season as a Dawg, made his first NCAA Indoor Championship meet, tying for 11th-place at the championships in Boston to earn his first All-America honor, a Second Team distinction … qualified for NCAAs by clearing a new PR of 18-1 ¼ to win the Husky Classic … that clearance tied for third in UW indoor history … jumped 17-4 ½ at the national meet … cleared 17-11 at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational … opened the season and his Husky career with a win at the UW Preview, going 17-5 ½ … missed the outdoor season due to injury … earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors.
2023 (At Cal Poly): The Big West Conference Pole Vault Champion for the second-straight season, making a career-best height of 18-1 to win the title … won Cal Poly’s Big West Scholar-Athlete of the Year award … No. 4 in Cal Poly school history with the 18-1 clearance … advanced to NCAA West Preliminaries and placed 19th overall with a make of 17-0 ½ … runner-up at the Beach Invitational, clearing 17-7 ¼ … cleared 17-7 at the Pacific Coast Invitational on Apr. 13 … indoors, had a season-best make of 17-6 ¼ at the Don Kirby Elite Invite, finishing sixth … cleared 16-8 at the UW Invitational in Seattle to take second.
2022 (At Cal Poly): Won his first Big West Conference title in the pole vault, making 16-11 to get the victory … had a season-best clearance of 17-4 ¼ at the NCAA West Prelims, just missing NCAA Outdoors by one place, as he finished 13th … won the Mustang Invitational making 17-2 ¾ and won the UCSB Invite, going 17-0 ¾ … did not compete indoors.
2021 (At Cal Poly): Took third in the pole vault at the Big West Outdoor Championships, making 16-7 ¼ … won the Cal Poly Blue-Green meet, making 16-6 ¾ … first meet was the Spring Break Invitational on Mar. 13, making 15-11 for third … no indoor season due to pandemic.
2020 (At Cal Poly): Season canceled due to Covid-19 pandemic.
High School and Personal: Born in Bellevue, Wash. … parents are Myriam and Adam Bresko … two older siblings, Mikel and Kellen … came in second place at the 2019 WIAA 3A State Pole Vault Championship, with a clearance of 15 feet, 6 inches ... won both the 2019 Sea-King & KingCo championships, making 15-3 and 15-1, respectively ... took second at the 2019 UW High School Invitational at Washington’s Dempsey Indoor, making 14-11 ¼ … competed for the Northwest Pole Vault Club out of Seattle coached by Tim Reilly ... only started pole vaulting as a junior in high school … started in distance running, as he had a cross country PR of 17:49.8 as a sophomore, in addition to other track & field bests including 4:54.78 for the 1,600m and 11:19.9 in the 3,200m ... a bilingual AP Scholar, in addition to participating in Fleurs as well as Link Crew.
Major Meets
2021 Big West Outdoors – 3rd, Pole Vault
2022 Big West Outdoors – 1st, Pole Vault (Big West Champion)
2022 NCAA Prelims – 13th, Pole Vault
2023 Big West Outdoors – 1st, Pole Vault (Big West Champion)
2023 NCAA Prelims – 19th, Pole Vault
2024 NCAA Indoors - tie-11th, Pole Vault (All-America Second Team)
Outdoor Bests
Pole Vault…….18-1
Indoor Bests
Pole Vault…….18-1 ¼
2022 and 2023 Big West Pole Vault Champion
2024: In his one season as a Dawg, made his first NCAA Indoor Championship meet, tying for 11th-place at the championships in Boston to earn his first All-America honor, a Second Team distinction … qualified for NCAAs by clearing a new PR of 18-1 ¼ to win the Husky Classic … that clearance tied for third in UW indoor history … jumped 17-4 ½ at the national meet … cleared 17-11 at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational … opened the season and his Husky career with a win at the UW Preview, going 17-5 ½ … missed the outdoor season due to injury … earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors.
2023 (At Cal Poly): The Big West Conference Pole Vault Champion for the second-straight season, making a career-best height of 18-1 to win the title … won Cal Poly’s Big West Scholar-Athlete of the Year award … No. 4 in Cal Poly school history with the 18-1 clearance … advanced to NCAA West Preliminaries and placed 19th overall with a make of 17-0 ½ … runner-up at the Beach Invitational, clearing 17-7 ¼ … cleared 17-7 at the Pacific Coast Invitational on Apr. 13 … indoors, had a season-best make of 17-6 ¼ at the Don Kirby Elite Invite, finishing sixth … cleared 16-8 at the UW Invitational in Seattle to take second.
2022 (At Cal Poly): Won his first Big West Conference title in the pole vault, making 16-11 to get the victory … had a season-best clearance of 17-4 ¼ at the NCAA West Prelims, just missing NCAA Outdoors by one place, as he finished 13th … won the Mustang Invitational making 17-2 ¾ and won the UCSB Invite, going 17-0 ¾ … did not compete indoors.
2021 (At Cal Poly): Took third in the pole vault at the Big West Outdoor Championships, making 16-7 ¼ … won the Cal Poly Blue-Green meet, making 16-6 ¾ … first meet was the Spring Break Invitational on Mar. 13, making 15-11 for third … no indoor season due to pandemic.
2020 (At Cal Poly): Season canceled due to Covid-19 pandemic.
High School and Personal: Born in Bellevue, Wash. … parents are Myriam and Adam Bresko … two older siblings, Mikel and Kellen … came in second place at the 2019 WIAA 3A State Pole Vault Championship, with a clearance of 15 feet, 6 inches ... won both the 2019 Sea-King & KingCo championships, making 15-3 and 15-1, respectively ... took second at the 2019 UW High School Invitational at Washington’s Dempsey Indoor, making 14-11 ¼ … competed for the Northwest Pole Vault Club out of Seattle coached by Tim Reilly ... only started pole vaulting as a junior in high school … started in distance running, as he had a cross country PR of 17:49.8 as a sophomore, in addition to other track & field bests including 4:54.78 for the 1,600m and 11:19.9 in the 3,200m ... a bilingual AP Scholar, in addition to participating in Fleurs as well as Link Crew.
Major Meets
2021 Big West Outdoors – 3rd, Pole Vault
2022 Big West Outdoors – 1st, Pole Vault (Big West Champion)
2022 NCAA Prelims – 13th, Pole Vault
2023 Big West Outdoors – 1st, Pole Vault (Big West Champion)
2023 NCAA Prelims – 19th, Pole Vault
2024 NCAA Indoors - tie-11th, Pole Vault (All-America Second Team)
Outdoor Bests
Pole Vault…….18-1
Indoor Bests
Pole Vault…….18-1 ¼
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