PRIOR TO CAL STATE FULLERTON
Attended Mount San Antonio College for two years ... Posted a season-best mark of 15-7 (4.75m) as a freshman and then improved to 16-1 (4.90m) in his second year in the pole vault.

GREAT OAK HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated in 2015 and helped guide his team to a CIF Championship in 2014 ... Named CIF Southern Section Champion in 2015 and tied a senior school record in the pole vault.

PERSONAL
Born in Buffalo, New York to Jerome and Amy Polakiewicz ... Has one brother and one sister ... Pursuing a communications degree and aspires to do public relations as an officer in the U.S. Air Force ... Has been a member of the AFJROTC with 100 hours of community serivce and charity work.