CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Big South Athletic Conference announced the winners of the 2022-23 Track & Field Athletes of the Year on Tuesday, June 20^th. High Point's Sydney Horn of Women's Pole Vaulting was named the Female Field Athlete of the Year for the third consecutive year.
 
The six-time All-American capped off her 2022-23 season with a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Austin, Texas, earning her fifth first team All-American honor since becoming a Panther. The fifth-place finish recorded the program's highest individual finish at an NCAA Championship.
 
On the road to Nationals, Horn tied for first at the NCAA Preliminaries with a height of 4.22 meters to punch her ticket to the NCAA Outdoor Championships for the third consecutive year. Horn opened post season competition winning the individual title at the Big South Outdoor Championships after clearing 4.26m.
 
During the outdoor regular season, Horn posted a season-high 4.41m and first-place finish at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier in March. She also tagged heights of 4.32m at Vertklasse and 4.20m at the Texas Invitational.
 
Horn began her 2022-23 indoor season at the 2022 Liberty Kickoff in December with a height of 4.30m. In her next competition, she was .01m shy of tying her 4.46m personal best with a 4.45m height at the Virginia Tech Invitational. After four indoor meets, Horn broke the broke pole vault record by posting a new personal best at the Big South Indoor Track & Field Championships with a clearance of 4.50m. At the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Horn earned second team All-American honors with a 4.20m height following a 12th place finish.
 
Adding to the trophy case, Horn finished the 2022-23 season collecting first and second team All-American honors, seven first place medals, her third consecutive Female Field Athlete of the Year and a new program record and personal best of 4.50m.
 
Horn will be competing at the 2023 Pole Vault Championships in Washington, D.C. on June 24th for a chance to qualify for USA's.