NDSU

Klimpke's Performance History & Personal Bests

2019-20 SEASON

Indoor (Senior): Placed 3rd in the heptathlon and 4th in the long jump at the Summit League Indoor Championships … Scored 3,804 points to win the indoor pentathlon at the Dakota Classic on Dec. 6, ranking third all-time at NDSU … Season-best long jump mark of 23-07.25 (7.19m) at the Dakota Classic … Personal-best 60m hurdles time of 8.42 seconds, run twice during the season … Season-best heptathlon score of 5,011 points at the conference meet.
Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19 SEASON
 
Indoor (Junior): Placed 3rd in the heptathlon at the Summit League Championships, scoring 4,867 points … Also finished 9th in both the long jump and 60m hurdles at the conference meet … Personal-best heptathlon score of 5,043 points at the Bison Open on Feb. 1-2, taking 2nd place … Season-best long jump mark of 23-11.00 (7.29m) in the heptathlon at the Dakota Classic on Dec. 7 … Won the 60m hurdles in a season-best 8.49 seconds at the Thundering Herd Classic on Jan. 12 … Ended the season tied for 8th all-time at NDSU in the indoor long jump and 9th in the heptathlon.
Outdoor (Junior): Placed 3rd in the decathlon at the Summit League Championships, scoring a personal-best 6,722 points … Also took 4th in the long jump at the conference meet and anchored NDSU to a runner-up finish in the 4x100m relay … Season-best long jump mark of 23-10.25 (7.27m) at the Summit League Championships … Personal-best 100m dash time of 10.88 at the conference meet.

2017-18 SEASON
 
Indoor (Sophomore): Placed 5th in both the heptathlon and the long jump at the Summit League Indoor Championships … Scored a personal-best 5,032 points in the heptathlon at the conference meet, ranking 9th all-time at NDSU … Set a new indoor long jump PR at the conference meet, leaping 23-09.00 (7.24m) to rank 10th in NDSU history … Posted season-best times of 7.16 seconds in the 60m dash and 8.49 seconds in the 60m hurdles … Improved his pole vault PR to 13-01.50 (4.00m) at the Summit League Championships.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Placed 4th in the decathlon at the Summit League Outdoor Championships, scoring a personal-best 6,510 points … Also ran on NDSU’s 4th-place 4x100m relay team and finished 9th in the prelims of the 110m hurdles at the conference meet … Clocked a 100m dash PR of 10.95 in the Summit League decathlon … Season-best 110m hurdles time of 14.92 at Long Beach State on Apr. 19.

2016-17 SEASON
 
Indoor (Freshman): Summit League runner-up in the heptathlon as a true freshman, scoring a season-best 4,762 points at the conference meet … Also placed 6th in the long jump and 9th in the high jump at the Summit League Championships … Season-best long jump mark of 22-07.75 (6.90m) at the Bison Open on Feb. 3 … Season-best high jump mark of 6-08.75 (2.05m) at the Bison Open … Season-best 60m hurdles time of 8.58 seconds at the Bison Open.
Outdoor (Freshman): Placed 3rd in the long jump and 5th in the 110m hurdles at the Summit League Championships, recording season-best performances in both events … Long jump mark of 24-01.50 (7.35m) at the conference meet ranks him 9th in NDSU outdoor history … Clocked a season-best 14.90 seconds in the finals of the 110m hurdles at the conference meet … Season-best decathlon score of 6,018 points at the California Invitational Multi-Events in April.

HIGH SCHOOL: Big Rivers Conference Athlete of the Year as a senior in 2016 … Three-time state meet qualifier in the high jump for River Falls HS, as well as advancing to the state meet in the 110m hurdles and long jump … As a junior in 2015, he was the Big Rivers Conference champion in the triple jump and the conference runner-up in the high jump, long jump and 110m hurdles … Owned high school personal-best marks of 6-6 in the high jump, 43-8 in the triple jump, and 14.74 seconds in the 110m hurdles … Captured sectional titles in the high jump as a sophomore, junior and senior … Also played football and basketball.
 
PERSONAL: Son of James and Tami Klimpke … Majoring in finance.