Sports
Elliot Wessel – 2025-26 – Men’s Track and Field
College Bests: Pole Vault: 4.50m 2024-2025: Opened indoors at Yale Season Opener, placing third with height of 4.20 meters in pole vault… Followed up with third-place finish at Y-D-C, jumping 4.25 meters in pole vault… Improved to 4.35 meters at Coach Greg Roy-al Rumble, where he placed seventh… At Giegengack Invitational, placed eighth overall, jumping […]

College Bests:
Pole Vault: 4.50m
2024-2025: Opened indoors at Yale Season Opener, placing third with height of 4.20 meters in pole vault… Followed up with third-place finish at Y-D-C, jumping 4.25 meters in pole vault… Improved to 4.35 meters at Coach Greg Roy-al Rumble, where he placed seventh… At Giegengack Invitational, placed eighth overall, jumping 4.40 meters in pole vault.
2023-2024: Opened up outdoors at the UConn Dog Fight in pole vault, placing seventh… At Yale vs. Harvard Dual, placed first with collegiate PR of 4.50m… Placed first in pole vault at Mark Young Invitational… Closed out his year with a first place in pole vault at Yale Springtime meet.
2022-23: Competed at Yale Season Opener in pole vault, placing eighth overall.
High School: Two-time coach’s award recipient in track and field… Captain of track and field team junior and senior year… School record holder.
Personal: Brother (Addison Wessel) is a Dartmouth ‘22, captain of fencing team, won men’s épée national club title 2022… Played varsity basketball… Avid insect collector, as well as a musician… Plays drums, bass, and guitar, and has even played at Lollapalooza in Chicago.
Why Yale: “When I visited Yale, above all else I noticed how it felt like a home. It goes without saying that the academic environment, competitive athletics, and culture of this school are incredible, but the feeling of warmth that I got walking around campus stood out over all else.”