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2024-25 Women's Track & Field Roster

Sydney Horn

  • Event Pole Vault
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Lancaster, PA
  • High School Manheim Township

Biography

TFRRS Profile (for results & PRs)

Personal Records (Outdoor)
PV:
4.46m (Big South & HPU Program Record)

Personal Records (Indoor)
PV: 4.57m (Big South & HPU Program Record)

Awards/Accolades
-4x NCAA First Team Indoor All-American (2021, 2022, 2024 & 2025)
-3x NCAA First Team Outdoor All-American (2021, 2022, & 2023)
-NCAA Second Team Indoor All-American (2023)
-NCAA Second Team Outdoor All-American (2025)
-2x Big South Wanda Watkins Female Athlete of the Year (2022-23 & 2024-25)
-4x Big South Female Field Athlete of the Year (2021, 2022, 2023, & 2025)
-4x Big South Indoor Pole Vault Champion (2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025) (*did not have a Big South Championship in 2021)
-3x Big South Outdoor Pole Vault Champion (2021, 2022, & 2023)
-2x Big South Most Outstanding Performer (2024 & 2025 - Indoor)
-22x Big South Indoor Female Field Athlete of the Week (Jan. 27, 2021, Feb. 3, 2021, Feb. 24, 2021, Dec. 8, 2021, Jan. 26, 2022, Feb. 2, 2022, Dec. 7, 2022, Jan. 18, 2023, Feb. 1, 2023, Jan. 17, 2024, Jan. 24, 2024, Jan. 31, 2024, Feb. 7, 2024, Feb. 14, 2024, Feb. 21, 2024, Dec. 11, 2024, Jan. 16, 2025, Jan. 29, 2025, Feb. 6, 2025, Feb. 13, 2025, Feb. 20, 2025, & Feb. 27, 2025)
-6x Big South Outdoor Female Field Athlete of the Week (Mar. 24, 2021, Apr. 5, 2023, May 3, 2023, Apr. 2, 2025, Apr. 9, 2025, & May 9, 2025)
-USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2024)
-CSC Academic All-District Team (2022-23, 2023-24 & 2024-25)

Horn graduated with both a Bachelors (2024) and Masters (2025) degree from HPU and became the most decorated student-athlete to come through High Point. She capped her career as a nine-time NCAA All-American and holds both the indoor and outdoor women's pole vault records in HPU and Big South program history.

2025 (Outdoor)

  • Competed at eight outdoor meets.
  • Finished second at the NCAA Division I East First Round (4.24m) to qualify for the National Championship Meet in Eugene, where she finished 10th to earn Second-Team All-America accolades -- marking her ninth career All-America honor.
  • Voted the Big South Female Field Athlete of the Year for the fourth time in her career -- becoming the first ever four-time winner in Big South history.
  • Finished runner-up at the Big South Outdoor Championships (May 14) with a 4.32m height.
  • Re-set her own High Point and Big South outdoor pole vault record at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier (May 6) with a 4.46m clear.
  • Won the pole vault three times during the outdoor campaign.
  • Named the Big South Female Field Athlete of the Week three times during the outdoor season.
  • Earned CSC Academic All-District honors for carrying a 4.0 GPA.
  • Following the 2024-25 season, she was named the Wanda Watkins Female Athlete of the Year for the second time in her career -- becoming the fifth recipient of the award to win it multiple times in their career.

2024-2025 (Indoor)

  • Competed at 10 indoor meets during her graduate student season.
  • Re-set the High Point and Big South indoor pole vault record at the Virginia Tech Challenge (Feb. 21) after clearing 4.57m.
  • Was crowned the Big South Women's Indoor Pole Vault Champion for the fourth time in her career, becoming the first four-time Champion in the event in Big South history with a 4.45m clearance.
  • Voted the Big South Most Outstanding Performance at the Indoor Championships.
  • Finished seventh at the National Indoor Meet with a height of 4.40m for her fourth career First-Team Indoor All-America honor.
  • Cleared at least 4.40m four times and took home first-place at six meets.
  • Was named the Big South Indoor Field Athlete of the Week seven times during the regular season.

2024 (Outdoor)

  • Redshirted the outdoor season.
  • Represented HPU at her first Olympic Trials in late June of 2024.

2023-2024 (Indoor)

  • Placed 3rd in the Pole Vault with a mark of 4.05m at the Liberty Kickoff (12/1)
  • Placed 2nd in Pole Vault with a mark of 4.37m at the Virginia Tech Invitational (1/12)
  • Placed in the top-5 in Pole Vault with a mark of 4.34m at the Hokie Invitational (1/20)
  • Secured the gold in Pole Vault at the Riverhawk Invitational with a mark of 4.20m (1/26)
  • Placed 4th in Pole Vault with a mark of 4.39m at the Doc Hale Invitational (2/2)
  • Placed 1st at the Doc Hale VT Meet (2/2) and the 2024 Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (2/9).
  • Crowned the Big South Indoor Pole Vault Champion (2/23) after clearing a Big South & program record 4.51m.
  • Made First Team All-American at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships (3/7) with a 4.45m height for 3rd place.

2023 (Outdoor)

  • Placed 4th in Pole Vault at Vertklasse with a mark of 4.32m (4/1)
  • Secured a 2nd place finish in Pole Vault with a mark of 4.20m at the Texas Invitational (4/28)
  • Placed 1st in Pole Vault with a mark of 4.41m at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier (5/3)
  • Took home the gold at the Big South Outdoor Championships with a Pole Vault mark of 4.26m (5/10)
  • Placed in the top-5 in Pole Vault with a mark of 4.22m at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (5/25)
  • Secured a 5th place finish in Pole Vault with a mark of 4.30m at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships (6/7)
  • Post season she competed at the USATF Championships and placed 7th clearing 4.36m.
  • Qualified for theU23 North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC) Championships in July of 2023.

2022-2023 (Indoor)

  • Posted a Pole Vault mark of 4.30m to place 1st at the Liberty Kickoff (12/1)
  • Followed up with a 3rd place finish in Pole Vault with a mark of 4.45m at the Virginia Tech Invitational (1/14)
  • Secured a 1st place finish in Pole Vault with a mark of 4.30m at the Wesley A. Brown Invitational (1/20)
  • Placed 2nd at the Bob Pollock Invitational in Pole Vault with a mark of 4.31m (1/27)
  • Secured a 1st place finish in Pole Vault with a mark of 4.36m at the Darius Dixon Memorial Meet (2/10)
  • Secured her Pole Vault PR en route to a 1st place finish with a mark of 4.50m at the Big South Indoor Championships (2/24)
  • Placed 12th in Pole Vault with a mark of 4.20m at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships (5/10)

2022 (Outdoor):

  • Placed 1st in Pole Vault at the VertKlasse Meet, with a mark of 4.45m (4/1)
  • Placed 1st in Pole Vault at the Meet of Champions, with mark of 4.11m (4/16)
  • Placed 3rd in Pole Vault at the Virginia Challenge, with a mark of 4.26m (4/23)
  • Finished 1st in Pole Vault at the Big South Championships with a mark of 4.34m (5/11)
  • Qualified for 2022 NCAA East Preliminary Championships 
  • Placed 1st in Pole Vault at the NCAA East Preliminary Round, with a mark of 4.31m
  • Qualified for NCAA Division I Outdoor National Championships
  • Placed 6th in Pole Vault at the NCAA Division I Outdoor National Championships, with a mark of 4.35m (6/11)
2021-2022 (Indoor): 
  • Placed 2nd in Pole Vault at the Liberty Kickoff Meet, with a mark of 4.21m (12/3)
  • Finished 2nd in pole Vault at South Carolina Invitational, with a mark of 4.40m (1/29)
  • Placed 1st in Pole Vault at the Big South Championships with mark of 4.42m (2/25)
  • Placed 8th in Pole Vault at the USATF Indoor Championships, with a mark of 4.40m (2/27)
  • Qualified for NCAA Division I Indoor Nationals 
  • Placed 2nd in Pole Vault at the NCAA Division I Indoor National Championships, with a new personal best of 4.46m (3/12)

2021 (Outdoor): 

  • Horn made program history at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field championships as she recorded back-to-back All-American performances at both NCAA Track & Field Championships in the same season.
  • She is the first Panther woman to ever accomplish this feat. Horn finished sixth at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships which is the highest Panther finish in program history.
  • She is the first High Point athlete to earn All-American honors at an NCAA Outdoor Championship.
  • At the Big South Outdoor Championships, Horn went big. The Freshman cleared a bar of 4.44m which ranks fifth in the nation after the NCAA track and field season.
  • Horn's mark of 4.44 earned her the Big South Most Outstanding performance award after the championship meet.
  • 2021 Big South Women's Field Athlete of the Year.
2020-2021 (Indoor):
  • Placed 3rd in Pole Vault at Virginia Tech Invitational, with a mark of 4.22m (1/16)
  • Placed 1st in Pole Vault at the VMI Winter Relays, with a mark of 4.33m (1/30)
  • Qualified For NCAA Indoor Nationals 
  • Placed 3rd at NCAA Division I Indoor Nationals, with a mark of 4.41, a new personal best (3/13)

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Pole Vault
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Pole Vault
  • 2022-23Junior

    Pole Vault
  • 2023-24Senior

    Pole Vault
  • 2024-25Graduate Student

    Pole Vault