Liberty Athletics Hall of Fame
Todd Pettyjohn
- Induction:
- 2023
- Class:
- 1994
Men’s Track & Field: 1991-94
Todd Pettyjohn was Liberty’s second NCAA Division I track & field All-American and he was part of a team that established the Flames as one of the premier track & field programs in the country.
As a junior, Pettyjohn set a then NCAA meet record with a 17-0.75 decathlon pole vault clearance, propelling him to a ninth-place finish in the decathlon where he earned 1993 NCAA Division I Outdoor All-America honors.
Pettyjohn was a three-time IC4A champion (1993 outdoor decathlon and pole vault; 1994 indoor pole vault) and was the inaugural outdoor men’s pole vault champion for the Big South Conference in 1994. His individual event win pushed Liberty to its first-ever Big South Outdoor Track & Field team title.
A hometown hero and native of Lynchburg, Va., Pettyjohn is a two-time member of the Flames’ 100-Point Club. He led the team with 118.0 points in 1993 and finished second with 172.0 points as a senior in 1994.
Pettyjohn, who held the Liberty record in the outdoor men’s pole vault (17-6.5) for 20 years, would go on to serve as an assistant coach at Liberty from 2001-04 and three seasons as head coach at Charleston Southern (1999-2001), where he was named the 2001 Big South Indoor Track Coach of the Year.
Todd Pettyjohn was Liberty’s second NCAA Division I track & field All-American and he was part of a team that established the Flames as one of the premier track & field programs in the country.
As a junior, Pettyjohn set a then NCAA meet record with a 17-0.75 decathlon pole vault clearance, propelling him to a ninth-place finish in the decathlon where he earned 1993 NCAA Division I Outdoor All-America honors.
Pettyjohn was a three-time IC4A champion (1993 outdoor decathlon and pole vault; 1994 indoor pole vault) and was the inaugural outdoor men’s pole vault champion for the Big South Conference in 1994. His individual event win pushed Liberty to its first-ever Big South Outdoor Track & Field team title.
A hometown hero and native of Lynchburg, Va., Pettyjohn is a two-time member of the Flames’ 100-Point Club. He led the team with 118.0 points in 1993 and finished second with 172.0 points as a senior in 1994.
Pettyjohn, who held the Liberty record in the outdoor men’s pole vault (17-6.5) for 20 years, would go on to serve as an assistant coach at Liberty from 2001-04 and three seasons as head coach at Charleston Southern (1999-2001), where he was named the 2001 Big South Indoor Track Coach of the Year.
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