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Events and Results

2025-26 Men's Track & Field Roster

Tim Cowie/Big South Conference

Ricardo Montes de Oca

  • Event PV
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Venezuela

Biography

Personal Bests Indoor Outdoor
Pole Vault 5.68m*^ 5.70m*^
*Program record
^Big South record
TFRRS Profile (for results and PR's)

Awards/Accolades:

-NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (2026)
-Big South Indoor Pole Vault Champion (2025-26)
-Big South Outdoor Pole Vault Champion (2025)
-Big South Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week (Apr. 8, 2026, Apr. 15, 2026, Apr. 23, 2026, Apr. 30, 2026)
-Big South Indoor Field Athlete of the Week (Jan. 16, 2025, Jan. 22, 2025, Feb. 6, 2025, Feb. 13, 2025, Feb. 20, 2025, Jan. 21, 2026, Jan. 28, 2026, Feb. 11, 2026)
-Big South Indoor Freshman Athlete of the Week (Jan. 16, 2025)
-Pan Am U23 World Champion

Sophomore (2025-26)
  • Outdoor
    • Competed at 10 meets during the outdoor season.
    • Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships for the 2nd consecutive season after clearing 5.35m at the NCAA East First Rounds.
    • Was crowned the Big South Pole Vault Champion, clearing 5.50m.
    • Also jumped in the long jump for the first time in his collegiate career at the Big South Championships and placed third with a 7.43m jump.
    • Set a new progam and Big South record at the 44 Farms Invitational with a 5.70m bar for first place.
    • Placed first at seven meets.
  • Indoor
    • Cleared 5.60m to place seventh and was a First Team All-American at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships (Mar. 13-14).
    • Won the pole vault with a mark of 5.37m at the Big South Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 27-28).
    • Won the pole vault with a mark of 5.67m at the Virginia Tech Invitational (Jan. 16-17).
    • Cleared 5.57m and placed second in the pole vault at the Hokie Invitational (Jan. 23-24).
    • Posted a personal best 5.68m and placed second in the pole vault at the Doc Hale Invitational (Feb. 6-7).

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

    Pole Vault
  • 2025-26Sophomore

    Pole Vault