2023 Track and Field Roster
Sladek, Preston

Preston Sladek
- Position:
- Jumps
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Major:
- Mechanical Engineering
- Hometown:
- Dutch Flat, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Colfax HS
Bio
Preston Sladek - Season/Career Statistics
2023 (Junior)
Outdoor: Competed in eight meets … Finished 11th in Pole Vault at the Big West Championships … Also competed in his first decathlon at the UCR Spring Break Multis, finishing fifth (4,906).
Indoor: Competed in two meets … Finished fifth in the pole vault and sixth in the hptathlon at the MPSF Championships … Set career bests in the heptathlon score (4,090), 60m (7.57), 60m hurdles (9.64), and 1000m (3:13.30) during the MPSF's.
2022 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: Did not compete.
Indoor: Competed in the pole vault at the MPSF Championships in lone indoor meet of season, but did not record a height.
2021 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Finished seventh in the pole vault at the Big West Championships clearing 15-7 1/4… Set a career-best in the pole vault of 15-9 1/4 at the Long Beach Jumps-Fest … Ran a leg in the 4x400m at the Matador Invite helping the team to a third-place finish …
Indoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19.
High School: Had a strong high school record as a pole vaulter … A two-time league champion in the event, he also won the San Joaquin Section Championship in 2018, and reached the CIF State Finals in 2019 … Holds the Colfax High School Record in the pole vault, and enters college with a best clearance of 15-7.
Personal: Majoring in Mechanical Engineering.
2023 (Junior)
Outdoor: Competed in eight meets … Finished 11th in Pole Vault at the Big West Championships … Also competed in his first decathlon at the UCR Spring Break Multis, finishing fifth (4,906).
Indoor: Competed in two meets … Finished fifth in the pole vault and sixth in the hptathlon at the MPSF Championships … Set career bests in the heptathlon score (4,090), 60m (7.57), 60m hurdles (9.64), and 1000m (3:13.30) during the MPSF's.
2022 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: Did not compete.
Indoor: Competed in the pole vault at the MPSF Championships in lone indoor meet of season, but did not record a height.
2021 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Finished seventh in the pole vault at the Big West Championships clearing 15-7 1/4… Set a career-best in the pole vault of 15-9 1/4 at the Long Beach Jumps-Fest … Ran a leg in the 4x400m at the Matador Invite helping the team to a third-place finish …
Indoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19.
High School: Had a strong high school record as a pole vaulter … A two-time league champion in the event, he also won the San Joaquin Section Championship in 2018, and reached the CIF State Finals in 2019 … Holds the Colfax High School Record in the pole vault, and enters college with a best clearance of 15-7.
Personal: Majoring in Mechanical Engineering.
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