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2025-26 Men's Track and Field Roster

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Keith Nordstrom / Atlantic 10

Michael Croke

  • Position Pole Vault
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bronx, N.Y.
  • Highschool Fordham Prep

Biography

MCrokeVertical24 2024-25: Indoor: Was ninth in the pole vault (14' 1 3/4") at the Atlantic 10 Championship (2/28-3/1)... Metropolitan champion in the pole vault (13' 6 1/2"), while scoring sixth in the 4x200 relay (1/31)... Was sixth in the pole vault (12' 5 1/2") at the West Point Tune-Up (2/22)... Won the pole vault event (14' 5 1/4") at the Big Apple Invitational (2/8)... Was 13th in the pole vault (14' 1/2") at the Riverhawk Invitational (1/24)... Took third in the pole vault (14' 1 1/4") at the Ramapo Season Opener (1/17)... Won the pole vault event (13' 11 1/4") at the Spence Garcia Invitational (12/7)... Outdoor: Scored seventh in the pole vault at the Atlantic 10 Championship, tying the school record by clearing 14' 11" (5/4-5)... Metropolitan champion in the pole vault (10' 6") (4/4).

2023-24: Indoor: Scored eighth in the pole vault at the Atlantic 10 Championship in a height of 13' 11 1/4" (2/26)... Was fourth in the pole vault at the Metropolitan Championship with a height of 14' 3 1/4" (2/2)... Finished fifth in the pole vault at the Ramapo Season Opener (14' 1 1/4") (1/19)... Tied for fourth in the pole vault (14' 1 1/4") at the Lions Indoor Invitational (1/12)... Took second in the pole vault (14' 3 1/4") at the Spence-Garcia Invitational (12/2)... Outdoor: Did not clear a height at the Atlantic 10 Championship (5/4) or the Rider 5-Way Invitational (3/22)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2022-23: Indoor: Tied for eighth in the pole vault at the Atlantic 10 Championship, clearing 13' 7 3/4" (2/26)... Scored fourth at the Metropolitan Championship in the pole vault, clearing a season-best 14' 1 1/4" (2/3)... Was 17th in the pole vault (13' 7 1/4") at the BU Valentine Invitational (2/11)... Tied for 21st in th pole vault (13' 7 1/4") at the River Hawk Invitational (1/28)... Took fourth in the pole vault (13' 5 1/4") and 30th in the long jump (17' 9") at the Ramapo Season Opener (1/20)... Finished tenth in the Lions Indoor Invitational in the pole vault, clearing 13' 11 1/4" (1/14)... Was second in the pole vault (13' 5 1/4") at the Spence Garcia Invitational (12/3). Outdoor: Scored fifth in the pole vault at the Atlantic 10 Championship, clearing 14' 6" (5/7)... Grabbed bronze in the pole vault (13' 11 1/4") at the Metropolitan Championship (4/8)... Finished seventh in the pole vault at the Rutgers Relays (13' 8 1/2") (4/22)... Won the pole vault event at the Rider 5-Way Invitational, clearing 14' 5 1/4" (3/26)... Took fourth in both the 100 meters (11.88) and the long jump (17' 9") at the Stony Brook Opener (3/18).

Before Fordham: Multi-sport athlete at Fordham Prep, competing in track & field and football... NYC Pole Vault champion... All-League selection for football... Joins his brother, Darren, on the Fordham track & field team.

Major: Economics.
 
CAREER BEST TIMES/MARKS SCHOOL RECORDS
Indoor 60m: 7.54 (2023) Outdoor pole vault: 14' 11" (2025)
Indoor long jump: 17' 9" (2023)
Indoor pole vault: 14' 5 1/4" (2025)
Outdoor 100m: 11.88 (2023)
Outdoor long jump: 17' 3 1/4" (2023)
Outdoor pole vault: 14' 11" (2025)

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Pole Vault
    5'9"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Pole Vault
    5'9"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Pole Vault
    5'9"
  • 2025-26Senior

    Pole Vault
    5'9"