TFRRS Profile (for PRs and Full Results)
2026 Outdoor
•Competed in the pole vault at the ACC Outdoor Championships and NCAA East First Round
•Won the pole vault (4.10m/13-5.25) at the Virginia Opener, recording a personal best and tying for No. 4 all-time in program history
•Finished runner-up in the pole vault (4.01m/13-1.75) at the Virginia Grand Prix
•All-ACC Academic team
2025-26 Indoor
•Tied for 10th in the pole vault (4.00m/13-1.50) at the ACC Indoor Championships
•Won the pole vault (4.04m/13-3) at the Doc Hale Invitational, recording a personal best to rank No. 6 all-time and No. 2 among freshmen in program history
•Finished third in the pole vault (3.90m/12-9.50) at the Liberty Kickoff, moving to No. 5 among freshmen in program history
Background
• Three-time New Jersey Meet of Champions Pole Vault Champion
• Four-time New Jersey State Group 3 Pole Vault Champion
• Three-time New Jersey All-State Team
• Four-time South Jersey Track Coaches Association All-South Jersey Team
• Two-time New Balance Nationals All-American in Pole Vault
• Penn Relays Silver Medalist in Pole Vault
• New Jersey All-Time #3 Pole Vaulter
• New Jersey Group 3 Outdoor State Meet Record Holder in Pole Vault
• Moorestown High School record holder: pole vault (13’2″) and 100m hurdles (14.87)
• Moorestown High School Track & Field (Indoor) Team Captain, 2024-25
• Seven-time (3x floor, 2x all-around, vault, and beam) New Jersey state champion in gymnastics (JOGA)
Personal
• Native of Moorestown, N.J.
• Graduated from Moorestown High School with highest honors
• Executive team member and volunteer for the nonprofit Run Your City (Charlottesville chapter)
• Daughter of Allison & Aaron Byrd-Leitner
• Has three brothers including Charlie (twin brother), Porter, and Samuel
• Mother, Allison, played volleyball at Bucknell University (Captain, Defensive Specialist)
• Father, Aaron, played football at Colgate University (Defensive Back/Punt Returner)
• Brother, Samuel, played men’s ice hockey at Bucknell University (2026 graduate)
• Brother, Porter, plays men’s ice hockey at Colgate University