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2024-25 Men's Track and Field Roster

Perry Laskaris '07

James Zeolla

  • Position Pole Vault
  • Ht./Wt. 5-10 / 145
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Califon, NJ

Biography

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2024 Outdoor: Season-best mark pole vault of 9.94m at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships ...

2023-24 Indoor: Measured 5.00m in the pole vault at the Liberty League Indoor Championship ...

2023 Outdoor: Cleared the bar at 5.00m in the pole vault at Wesleyan ...

2022-23 Indoor: Did not compete ...

2022 Outdoor: Competed in pole vault ... First in Capital District Classic (4.60) ... Second at Farley Invitational (4.15) ... All-Region ... 

2021-22 Indoor: Competed in pole vault ... Career-best of 4.70 at Utica in February ... First at Middlebury in January (4.40) and Utica in January (4.55) ... Liberty League Weekly Honor Roll once ... 

2021 Outdoor: Competed in pole vault ... First at Liberty League Championship (4.04) and second at Cortland (4.40) ...

2020-21 Indoor: Did not compete due to COVID-19 restrictions ... 

High School: Four years of track & field (pole vault) ... Captain twice ... Coaches Award in 2020 ... Team earned school indoor records in 2019 and 2020 ... Outdoor records in 2019 and 2020 ... NJAC Champion twice ... Section Champion three times ... Group Title (2020) ... 

Personal: Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace major ... Intern with Medical Device Imagineering ... RPI Cycling (officer) ... Son of Carson and Nick Zeolla ... Vice President of RPI Cycling Team ...

On attending Rensselaer: "It was the best place to balance academics with sports." - August 2021

Benefits of undergraduate community: "The access to facilities and meeting new people." - August 2021

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Pole Vault
    5'10" 145 lbs
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Pole Vault
    5'10" 145 lbs
  • 2022-23Junior

    Pole Vault
    5'10" 145 lbs
  • 2023-24Senior

    Pole Vault
    5'10" 145 lbs
  • 2024-25Graduate Student

    Pole Vault
    5'10" 145 lbs