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University of Rhode Island

2016-17 Men's Track & Field

Peyton McAllister

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 185
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Swanton, Vt.
  • High School Missisquoi Valley

Biography

Personal Bests

  • Outdoor
    • Pole Vault: 4.70m (2016-17 at Holy Cross Meet)

2016-17

  • Outdoor:
    • Finished first in the pole vault (4.40m) at the Black & Gold Invitational.
    • Placed fourth in the pole vault (4.40m) at the UNH Meet.
    • Finished 10th in the pole vault (4.40m) at the Northeast Challenge.
    • Won the pole vault (4.70m) at the Holy Cross Meet.
    • Finished third in the pole vault (4.40m) at the Brown Sprintime Open.
    • Placed 10th in the pole vault (4.40m) at the Atlantic 10 Championship.
    • Finished 14th in the pole vault (4.55m) at the New England Championship.
  • Indoor:
    • Did not compete.

High School

  • Attended Missisquoi Valley High School.
  • Participated in track and field.
  • Track captain his senior year.
  • Indoor pole vault state champion his senior year.
  • Outdoor discus state champion his senior year.
  • Vermont state champion in indoor pole vault his senior year.

Personal

  • Son of Heath and Lora McAllister.
  • Has a younger brother, Clayton, and a younger sister, Lillian.
  • Chose URI because of "the beautiful campus and the International Engineering Program (IEP)."
  • Interests include engineering, snowboarding and windsurfing.
  • Favorite athlete is Sergey Bubka.
  • Favorite teams is the New England Patriots.
  • Double-majoring in Mechanical Engineering and German.