Career Overview:
- Named to the 2014 Pac-12 All-Academic first team and owns a 3.81.
- Ranks tenth all time in pole vault with a career best 16-11.00 (2013).
- Tied for fifth in school history for pole vault with a career best 5.22 (17-01.50) (2013).
- Finished fourth in the Pac-12 Track & Field Championships pole vault (5.06 m) in 2013.
2014 Outdoor:
- Placed second at the ASU Invitational (4.75m; 15-7.00).
- Placed eighth at the Mt. Sac Relays (4.90m; 16-0.75).
Arizona State (2013):
- Finished second in the 2013 Lumberjack Team Challenge pole vault (5.18 m).
- Finished third in Mountain T's Open and Invite pole vault (5.22 m).
- Finished second in New Mexico Don Kirby Elite pole vault (5.05 m).
- Finished second in 55th Mt. SAC Relays pole vault (5.15 m).
- Finished second in ASU-UA-NAU Tri-Dual pole vault (5.05 m).
- Finished fourth in the Pac-12 Track & Field Championships pole vault (5.06 m).
- Competed in the NCAA Division I West Preliminary Round.
2012 Outdoor:
- Placed third at the 54th Annual Mt. SAC Relays with a career best 16-6.75 (5.05m).
- Advanced to the final round of the Pac-12 Championship with a height of 15-10.5 (4.84m).
2012 Indoor:
- Placed first in the New Mexico Collegiate Classic and Lumberjack Invitationals with heights of 16-0.75 (4.90m) and 16-1.25 (4.91m) respectively.
- Made his indoor season high mark of 16-4.75 (5.00m) during the NAU Tune Up.
- Placed 11th in the final round of the MPSF Track & Field Championships.
2011 Outdoor:
- Vaulted a career high of 16-1.75 (4.92m) at the 2011 Baldy Castillo Invitational.
- Placed fourth at the 53rd Annual Mt. SAC Relays with a height of 16-0.75 (4.90m).
2011 Indoor:
- Advanced to the final round at the 2011 MPSF Track & Field Championships, finishing 11th.
2010 Outdoor:
- Redshirted.
- Competed unattached from ASU in four events.
- Cleared a season-best height each time out, finishing with a best of 4.81m (15-09.25) to place third at the Sun Devil Open.
- Cleared 4.76m (15-07.25) at the Sun Angel Track Classic to better his personal best clearance before doing so again at the Sun Devil Open.
High School:
- A 2009 graduate of Moon Valley High School (Phoenix).
- Lettered four times in track & field ... Coached by former Sun Devil Jerry Kemper.
- Won the 2009 state championship in the pole vault with a personal-best clearance of 15-06.00.
- Also cleared the same height at the Gatorade Invitational in Phoenix in 2009.
- Took state runner-up honors in the vault in 2008 and was fifth in 2007.
- Member of the National Honors Society.
Personal: Graduated with a degree in industrial design … pursuing a masters in management ... Parents are Tom and Marcia Austin ... Has three siblings: brother Bill Porter and sisters Amanda Austin and Melinda Porter ... Born September 28, 1990, in Phoenix ... Hobbies include film, movies and drawing ... Full name is Dylan Thomas Austin.
Personal Bests • Pole Vault: 5.22m (17-01.50)