2022-2023 Track and Field Roster

Anders Janes
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Pole Vault
- Height:
- 5-9
- Hometown:
- Victoria, Minn.
- Prev School:
- Chanhassen High School
ASUN Individual Titles (1)
2019 Outdoor Pole Vault
All-ASUN Honors (6)
2019 Outdoor Pole Vault - 1st
2020 Indoor Pole Vault - 2nd
2021 Indoor Pole Vault - 2nd
2022 Indoor Pole Vault - 2nd
2022 Outdoor Pole Vault - 2nd
2023 Indoor Pole Vault - 3rd
2022 Outdoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• Pole vaulted a season-best 16-3.5 for second place at the ASUN meet
• VaSID Second Team All-State (jumps)
• ASUN All-Academic Team
2021-22 Indoor Track & Field (R-Sr.)
• ASUN pole vault runner-up
• Season-best 15-11.25 pole vault clearance came at the Liberty Open
• Liberty Kickoff pole vault champion
• ASUN All-Academic Team
2021 Outdoor Track & Field (R-So.)
• Placed fourth in the ASUN pole vault
• Top pole vault clearance of the season (16-1.75) came at the Virginia Grand Prix
• Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational pole vault champion
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member
2021 Indoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• ASUN pole vault runner-up with an indoor personal-best 16-7.25 clearance that is tied for No. 3 in meet history
• ASUN Men’s Field Athlete of the Week on Feb. 10 after placing fifth overall (first collegiate) at the Brant Tolsma Invitational with a 16-2.75 effort
• ASUN All-Academic Team
2020 Outdoor Track & Field
• Season was cancelled due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 virus
2020 Indoor Track & Field (R-So.)
• ASUN pole vault runner-up
• Pole vaulted a season-best 16-6 at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational, earning ASUN Field Athlete of the Week honors on Feb. 19
• ASUN All-Academic Team
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member
2019 Outdoor Track & Field (R-Fr.)
• ASUN pole vault champion
• Pole vaulted at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet
• Won the college section of the Raleigh Relays pole vault with a Liberty freshman-record 16-7.5 clearance
• Two-time ASUN Men's Freshman of the Week (April 3 & 17)
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• ASUN Men's Outdoor Track All-Academic Team
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member
2019 Indoor Track & Field (R-Fr.)
• Cleared 16 feet for the first time (16-0.75) while placing ninth at the IC4A meet
• Came in fifth in the ASUN pole vault competition
• Won the pole vault's open section at two different meets, including his debut in a Liberty uniform (Hokie Invitational) and the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational
2018 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Did not compete in any meets for Liberty and was redshirted
• Competing unattached, finished as the Liberty Twilight Qualifier pole vault runner-up with a personal-best 15-1.75 clearance
• Big South Presidential Honor Roll member
2017-18 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Did not compete in any meets for Liberty and was redshirted
• Competing unattached, pole vaulted 14-9 at the Liberty Kickoff
Prep
• Graduated from Chanhassen High School
• Qualified for the Minnesota state meet as a senior with a personal-best and school-record 14-4 pole vault clearance
Personal
• Son of Jeffrey and Kristin Janes
• Birthday is Oct. 23
• Graduated in May 2021 with a bachelor's degree in strategic communications and social media management
• Working toward an MBA in business project management