2016-17 Track and Field Roster
Kyle Landon
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Chester, Ill.
- High School:
- Chester
Career Totals
2017 NCAA Indoor National Runner-Up, High Jump
Silver Medal, High Jump, 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials
5x First Team All-American, High Jump
4x MVC Most Outstanding Field Athlete Award Recipient
2x MVC Most Valuable Athlete
9x MVC Champion
3x CoSIDA Academic All-America (third team in 2015, second team in ’16, first team in ‘17)
13x All-MVC
13x MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week
11x MVC Male Field Athlete of the Week
3x CoSIDA Academic All-District
5x NCAA West Regional Qualifier
2016-17
2017 NCAA Indoor National Runner-Up, High Jump
CoSIDA Academic All-America, First Team
All-American, Second Team, High Jump (Outdoor)
MVC Most Outstanding Field Athlete Recipient (indoor)
MVC Most Outstanding Field Athlete Recipient (Outdoor)
MVC Most Valuable Athlete (Outdoor)
MVC Co-Most Valuable Athlete (indoor)
MVC Champion, High Jump (Indoor)
MVC Champion, High Jump (Outdoor)
MVC Champion, Triple Jump (Outdoor)
All-MVC, Long Jump (Outdoor)
All-MVC Triple Jump (Indoor)
All-MVC, Long Jump (Indoor)
USATF Championships Qualifier, High Jump (Outdoor)
NCAA West Regional Qualifier, High Jump (Outdoor)
MVC Championship Meet Record Holder (Indoor)
MVC Scholar Athlete
CoSIDA Academic All-District
4x MVC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week (4/25, 4/4, 3/28, 1/24)
6x MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week (3/28, 3/14, 2/28, 2/14, 1/24, 1/17)
Outdoor: Took seventh in the high jump at the USATF Outdoor Championships (6/25), the top finish amongst collegiate jumpers…Became the first three-time Academic All-American in program history and the first Saluki to earn a spot on the CoSIDA Academic All-America first team since 1999…Claimed All-America second team honors after he tied for 15th at the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/8)…Was one of just six to clear 7'-1.75" (2.18m), and one of only three athletes to record zero misses at the NCAA West Prelims (5/27)...Scored 30 team points at the MVC Outdoor Championships to earn Most Valuable Athlete honors and become the second Saluki, and the sixth athlete in Valley history, to earn a share of the Most Valuable Athlete award at the conference's indoor and outdoor championships…Also honored as the Most Outstanding Male Field Athlete at the 2017 MVC Outdoor Championships, becoming just the second male in conference history to win four-straight Most Outstanding Male Field Athlete awards since the conference began giving out the award in 1992…Set a Missouri Valley Conference record by winning his eighth high jump title with a clearance of 7’-2.50” (2.20m)…Earned runner-up honors in the long jump with a jump of 24’-11.75” (7.61m)...Won his ninth career MVC title on day three of the MVC Outdoor Championships, winning the triple jump with a lifetime-best mark of 51'-6.25”…Finished seventh in the javelin at MVC Outdoors despite having never competed in the event…Earned MVC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week honors after he won the high jump, and took second in both the long jump and triple jump at the Kansas Relays (4/22)…All told, won seven high jump event titles and tallied three wins in the long jump and a pair of wins in the triple jump.
Indoor: Claimed national runner-up in the high jump at the 2017 NCAA Indoor Championships (3/11) after he cleared an indoor lifetime-best of 7'-5" (2.26m)…Tied Cameron Wright for most All-America first team honors by a Saluki high jumper…Moved into second on SIU’s all-time high jump list with his clearance at the NCAA Indoor Championships…His eight points at the meet helped SIU score 13 total points and tie for 14th, Southern’s best finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships since 1985…Scored 26 team points to earn Co-Most Valuable Athlete at the 2017 MVC Indoor Championships…Tied the MVC Indoor Championship meet record with his winning clearance of 7'-4.5" (2.25m) en route to claiming his seventh conference high jump title at the 2017 MVC Outdoor Championships (2/25)…Scored eight points with a runner-up finish in the long jump added eight more points to his haul with a second place finish in the triple jump in which he jumped 50'-2.75" (15.31m), shattering his previous personal-best by more than two feet…Including the conference meet, won the high jump four times indoors, picking up wins at the Vanderbilt Invite (1/20), Don DeNoon Invite (2/3) and the Indiana Relays (1/27).
2015-16
Silver Medal, High Jump, U.S. Olympic Trials
Indoor First Team All-American, High Jump
Outdoor First Team All-American, High Jump
MVC Most Outstanding Male Field Athlete (Outdoor)
MVC Most Outstanding Male Field Athlete (Indoor)
MVC Champion, High Jump (Outdoor)
MVC Champion, High Jump (Indoor)
All-MVC, Long Jump (Indoor)
NCAA West Regional Qualifier, Long Jump
NCAA West Regional Qualifier, High Jump
USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team
CoSIDA Academic All-District
MVC Scholar Athlete
Three-time MVC Male Field Athlete of the Week
Three-time MVC Scholar Athlete of the Week
Most Outstanding Male Performer, Tom Botts Invitational
Outdoor: Cleared a personal-best 7'-5” (2.26m) at the U.S. Olympic Trials to finish second...Is just the fourth Saluki to clear 7'-5" and his finish at the Trials was the best by a Saluki high jumper in more than 20 years, equaling Darrin Plab's runner-up showing at the 1992 Trials...Became the first Saluki since 1985 to earn back-to-back Academic All-American honors...Tied for eighth in the high jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to earn All-America status...Qualified for the NCAA West Regional in both the high jump and the long jump, coming in fifth in the high jump...Was named the MVC Most Outstanding Male Field Athlete at the MVC Outdoor Championships after winning the high jump and finishing fourth in both the triple and long jumps...Won all four regular season high jump competitions he took part in...Won the high jump and took second in the long jump at the Tom Botts Invitational, earning Most Outstanding Male Performer of the meet honors...Won both the long and high jump at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic.
Indoor: Finished fifth in the high jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships, earning First Team All-America honors...Took first in the high jump, third in the long jump and sixth in the triple jump at the MVC Indoor Championships, earning Most Outstanding Male Field Athlete honors...Set an indoor personal-best in the high jump at the MVC Indoor Championships, clearing 7'-4.25” (2.25m)...Also recorded a PR in the triple jump at the MVC Indoor Championships, leaping 48'-2” (14.68m) to finish sixth...Won all four regular season high jump competitions he took part in.
2014-15
Indoor First Team All-American, High Jump
Outdoor Regional Qualifier, High Jump
MVC Indoor Champion, High Jump
MVC Outdoor Champion, High Jump
All-MVC, High Jump (Indoor)
All-MVC, High Jump, Long Jump (Outdoor)
Two-time Field Athlete of the Week
MVC Scholar Athlete
Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award
MVC Honor Roll
Indoor All-American, high jump...Placed seventh at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a mark of 2.20m...Placed first in high jump at the MVC Indoor Championships with a 2.10m mark...Also scored team points with a seventh place finish in the long jump at the MVC Indoor Championships...Tallied five wins and two runner-up finishes in the high jump, with his only finish outside the top two coming at the NCAA Indoor Championships...Won the high jump at the Kentucky Invitational (2.10m), Fred Wilt Invitational (2.07m), Saluki Fast Start Meet (2.20m), Indiana Relays (2.21m) and MVC Indoor Championships (2.10m)...Took second in the long jump with a PR of 7.25m at the Saluki Fast Start Meet...Competed in both the high and long jump in eight indoor meets...Outdoor Regional Qualifier, high jump...Won four event titles in the high jump during indoor season, winning at the Tennessee Relays (2.20m), Bill Cornell SC (2.15m), Pacesetter Quad (2.07m) and the MVC Outdoor Championships (2.11m)...All-Conference in the high and long jumps, taking third in the long jump with a PR of 7.58m...Also scored team points in the triple jump at the conference meet, setting a new personal-best of 14.83m.
2013-14
MVC Indoor Champion, High Jump
MVC Male Field Athlete of the Week (Jan.22)
National Qualifier, High Jump (Outdoor)
NCAA Regional Qualifier, High Jump (Outdoor)
MVC Outdoor Champion, High Jump (Outdoor)
All-MVC, High Jump (Outdoor)
First Team All-American, High Jump (Outdoor)
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award recipient
Fifth All-Time at SIU for Indoor and Outdoor High Jump
MVC Indoor Champion, High Jump... National Qualifier, High Jump (Outdoor)...NCAA Regional Qualifier, High Jump (Outdoor)...MVC Outdoor Champion, High Jump (Outdoor)...All-MVC, High Jump (Outdoor)...First Team All-American, High Jump (Outdoor)... Cleared 2.12m to take first place in high jump at the MVC Indoor Championships... Earned first place in high jump at the MVC Outdoor Championships, clearing 2.14m... Tied for third place in high jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a 2.20m mark, the highest finish for a Saluki since 1992... Ranks fifth all-time at SIU for indoor and outdoor high jump...Placed eighth in high jump with a 2.16m mark at the NCAA West Region Prelims... Finished sixth in long jump at the MVC Outdoor Championships with a 7.06m mark...MVC Male Field Athlete of the Week (Jan.22)... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award recipient Held SIU's highest high jump mark at 2.17m...Claimed first place in high jump at four indoor meets...Claimed first place in high jump in five outdoor meets...Competed in high jump and long jump in eight indoor meets...Participated in three events (long jump, high jump, triple jump) in nine outdoor meets.
High School
2013 Gatorade Illinois Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year...Two-time Southern Illinoisian Boys Track Athlete of the Year (2012, 2013)...Five-time state high jump champion (three indoors, two outdoors) and two-time state long jump champion (one outdoor, one indoor)...Was nationally ranked No. 2 indoors and No. 3 outdoors in the high jump his senior year...Set the school record in the high jump four times (7-02) and also holds Chester's long jump record at 22-09...Participated in all three jumps and also played cross country and basketball at Chester.
Personal
Born Oct. 16, 1994, in Belleville, Ill., to Sandy Reynolds...Majoring in accounting.
