Tickets** American Athletic Conference Champion – Decathlon (Outdoor) – 2017 **
** NCAA Sportsmanship Award for Division I – 2016-17 **
QUICK NOTES: Recipient of the 2016-17 NCAA Sportsmanship Award for Division I men after correcting a scoring mistake in the heptathlon at the 2017 AAC Indoor Championships (see indoor notes)… defending AAC Decathlon champion (outdoor)… holds three overall school records, including the indoor high jump (2.16m/7-01.00) and multi-event Day One scoring in both the heptathlon (3,299 points) and decathlon (4,034 points)… also is the multi-event record holder in four events, including the heptathlon high jump (2.16m) and heptathlon long jump (7.19m/23-07.75) indoor as well as the decathlon high jump (2.14m/7-00.25) and decathlon long jump (7.33m/24-00.75)… his decathlon long jump mark also stands as an AAC decathlon record and the AAC decathlon meet record… ranks #2 all-time in the school’s heptathlon (5,604) and decathlon (7,401) scoring ledgers… ranks in the program’s Top 10 in five heptathlon marks (#2 60m, #2 60mH, #3 shot put, #4 1,000m run & #5 pole vault) while holding four other decathlon rankings (#3 110mHH, #4 shot put, #6 110m & #9 pole vault).
2016-17 SEASONS
2017 OUT (JR): Named the team’s most improved man after winning the decathlon at the AAC Championships for his first conference title and advancing to the NCAA East Preliminary Round meet in the high jump… opened his outdoor season at the Bulldog Decathlon in Athens, Ga., and cleared 2.14m (7-00.25) to break the school’s decathlon high jump record and eventually qualify for the NCAA meet… with that clearance, became the seventh man in UC history to clear 7’ outdoors and just the sixth to do so indoors and outdoors in a career… is the only UC man to clear 7’ 1” both indoors and outdoors as well… at the conference meet, recorded nine personal bests on his way to scoring 7,401 points, the second-best total in UC history… finished the year ranked 30th in the NCAA… broke the school record in the Day One decathlon scoring (4,034 points) before jumping 7.33m (24-00.75) in the decathlon long jump at the AAC meet to set the UC decathlon record, the AAC decathlon record and the AAC meet decathlon record… earlier in the year, broke the decathlon high jump record at the Bulldog Decathlon with a clearance of 2.14m (7-00.25), the fourth-best mark in UC outdoor history as well… by the end of the season, Bloom had recorded personal bests in every decathlon event with nine of his marks ranking in the program’s all-time Top 10 (decathlon)… competed in the open high jump at the AAC meet, finishing fourth overall.
2017 IN (JR): Had a fantastic year in the heptathlon, scoring 5,604 points at the Charlie Thomas Invitational (2/3-4) to move up to #2 all-time in UC history… cleared a then-PR of 2.10m (6-10.25) in the high jump… at the AAC Championships, finished eighth overall in the heptathlon after a no height mark in the pole vault… wowed the crowd with his school-record clearance of 2.16m (7-01.00) in the heptathlon high jump and then just missing out on clearing 2.19m… following his record clearance, he noted to the officials he was incorrectly given a winning mark of 2.19m and asked them correct the mistake, taking points away from the posted score… that show of sportsmanship was later honored by the NCAA with its annual Sportsmanship Awards… back in competition, earned all-conference honors in the open high jump, clearing 2.05m to tie for second place… recorded UC records in the Day One heptathlon scoring (3,299), the heptathlon high jump and the open high jump (2.16m) and the heptathlon long jump (7.19m)… recorded personal bests in every event of the heptathlon during the season… holds four heptathlon marks ranking in the program’s all-time Top 4, including the heptathlon 60m dash (#2 at 7.06), 60m hurdles (#2 at 8.58), shot put (#3 at 12.55m) and 1,000m run (#4 at 2:46.87).
2015-16 SEASONS
2016 OUT (SO): Earned all-conference accolades at the American Athletic Conference Championships after finishing third in the decathlon with a score of 6,566 points… climbed to that score by posting a pair of UC decathlon Top 10 marks, including the #2 high jump clearance at 2.05m (6-08.75) and the #8 long jump mark at 6.78m (22-03.00)… cleared the 2.00m mark in the high jump in four of the nine competitions he entered… capped the year earning American Athletic Conference All-Academic honors… also tabbed for USTFCCCA All-Academic accolades.
2016 IN (SO): Placed eighth in the heptathlon at the American Athletic Conference Championships, scoring 4,197 points… earlier in the year, scored 4,981 points in the heptathlon at the Gladstein Invitational to move up to No. 4 all-time in school history… recorded personal-bests in six of the seven heptathlon events during the season, all of which rank among the school’s Top 10 heptathlon event performances, including the heptathlon record in the high jump with a clearance of 2.07m (6-09.50)… won the open high jump at the Armory Track Invitational with a PR of 2.10m (6-10.75), tying him for seventh on the school’s all-time Top 10.
2014-15 SEASONS
2015 OUT (FR): Competed in a pair of decathlon competitions, scoring 5,922 points at the Tennessee Relays before bettering his total with an eighth-place finish in the American Conference Outdoor Championships after scoring 6,620 points… all of his event scores at the conference meet were improvements from the Tennessee event… his 6,620 point-total ranks as the ninth-best all-time in UC history… 4x400m relay champion at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational… finished seventh in the high jump at the conference meet… qualified for the USA Junior National Championships in the decathlon and finished sixth.
2015 IN (FR): Placed third in his first heptathlon at the Gladstein Invitational... grabbed sixth in the heptathlon at the American Athletic Conference Indoor Championships (4,793 points) with four personal-best heptathlon marks… his conference point total ranks as the fifth-best all-time in UC history… placed fifth in the open high jump at the conference meet… recorded a personal-best mark of 6.92m (22-08.50) in the long jump at the SPIRE Invitational.
PRIOR TO UC: Two-time state champion in the high jump and once in the long jump... won state long jump as a senior with a personal-best leap of 22' 8"... cleared a personal-best height of 6' 10" in high jump during his senior season.
Personal Bests – Indoor
Heptathlon – 5,604 points (Charlie Thomas Invitational – 2/3-4/17) – UC #2
Heptathlon Day One – 3,299 points (American Championships – 2/2417) – UC RECORD
Heptathlon Day Two – 2,392 points (Charlie Thomas Invitational – 2/4/17) – UC #4
60m – 7.06 (American Championships – 2/24/17) – UC HEP #2
60mH – 8.58 (American Championships – 2/25/17) – UC HEP #2
200m – 23.32 (Kentucky Invitational – 1/14/17)
1,000m – 2:46.87 (Charlie Thomas Invitational – 2/4/17) – UC HEP #4
High Jump – 2.16m/7-01.00 (American Championships – 2/24/17) – UC RECORD & UC HEP RECORD
Pole Vault – 4.75m/15-07.00 (Hoosier Open – 12/9/16) • Heptathlon: 4.55m/14-11.00 (Charlie Thomas Invitational – 2/4/17) – UC HEP #5
Long Jump – 7.19m/23-07.25 (Charlie Thomas Invitational – 2/3/17) – UC HEP RECORD
Shot Put – 12.55m/41-02.25 (American Championships – 2/24/17) – UC HEP #3
Personal Bests – Outdoor
Decathlon – 7,401 points (American Championships – 5/12-13/17) – UC #2
Decathlon Day One – 4,034 points (American Championships – 5/12/17) – UC RECORD
Decathlon Day Two – 3,367 points (American Championships – 5/13/17) – UC #5
100m – 11.04 (American Championships – 5/12/17) – UC DEC #6
110mH – 15.13 (American Championships – 5/13/17) – UC DEC #3
400m – 51.03 (American Championships – 5/12/17)
1,500m – 4:44.85 (Bulldog Decathlon – 4/9/17)
Long Jump – 7.33m/24-00.75 (American Championships – 5/12/17) – UC DEC RECORD & AAC DEC RECORD & AAC DEC MEET RECORD
High Jump – 2.14m/7-00.25 (Bulldog Decathlon – 4/8/17) – UC t-#4 & UC DEC RECORD
Pole Vault – 4.72m/15-05.75 (All-Ohio Championships – 4/15/17) • Decathlon: 4.60m/15-01.00 (American Championships – 5/13/17) – UC DEC t-#9
Shot Put – 12.67m/41-07.00 (Bulldog Decathlon – 4/8/17) – UC DEC t-#4
Discus – 37.03m/121-06 (American Championships – 5/13/17)
Javelin – 49.74m/163-02 (Bulldog Decathlon – 4/9/17)