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Peyton Bair
- Position:
- Combined Events
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class (Indoor):
- Jr.
- Class (Outdoor):
- Jr.
- Hometown:
- Kimberly, Idaho
- High School/Previous School:
- Kimberly HS
Bio
TFRRS | Peyton Bair – Track and Field Results & Statistics
Collegiate Bests
^ Set in 2025
Indoor | Hep: 6,104 pts^ … 60m: 6.74 … 60H: 7.84^ … PV: 4.96m^ … SP: 14.34m^ … 1000m: 2:42.14 … HJ: 2.03m … LJ: 7.50m^
Outdoor | Dec: 8,323 pts^ … 100m: 10.25^ … 1500m: 4:35.69^ … HJ: 2.01m … LJ: 7.24m^ … DT: 41.78m … 400m: 46.00^ … 110H: 13.83 … PV: 4.85m … SP: 15.34m … JT: 57.87m^
Career Honors
2025 NCAA Outdoor Decathlon Champion
2025 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American - Decathlon
Collegiate Record Holder in the Decathlon 100m and 400m
2025 SEC Spring Honor Roll
SEC Field Athlete of the Week (Apr. 15, 2025)
2025 USTFCCCA Men’s South Region Indoor Field Athlete of the Year
2025 NCAA Indoor Heptathlon Champion
2025 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American – Heptathlon
2025 SEC Indoor Men’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year
SEC Co-Field Athlete of the Week (Feb. 11, 2025)
2024 NCAA Outdoor Decathlon Runner-Up
2024 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American – Decathlon
2024 NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American – 4x100m
2024 NCAA Championship Decathlon 100m Meet Record
MSU Decathlon and Heptathlon Record Holder
2024 SEC Spring Honor Roll
2023 NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American - Decathlon
2023 All-SEC Outdoor Second Team - Decathlon
2023 All-SEC Indoor Second Team - Heptathlon
2022-2023 SEC First-Year Honor Roll
NCAA Championship Qualifier
2025 Outdoor Championship (Decathlon) – Champion, 8,323 points
2025 Indoor Championship (Heptathlon) – Champion, 6,013 points
2024 Outdoor Championship (Decathlon) – Runner-Up, 8,131 points
2024 Outdoor Championship (4x100m) – 14th place, 39.37
2023 Outdoor Championship (Decathlon) – 11th place, 7,653 points
2025 Outdoor Season – Junior Season
Opened his outdoor season at the Alumni Bulldog Relays, competing in the throws and the 4x100m…Ran 14.06 in his first 100m hurdles race of the season…Competed in his first decathlon at the 44 Farms Team Invitational, earning 8,111 points for the win…He beat the field by over 500 points, earning a new meet record, collegiate lead, and world lead at the time…Named SEC Field Athlete of the Week after his performance at Texas A&M…Took home the national title in the decathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Championships…Set a new program record and the 14th highest point total in NCAA history at nationals with 8,323 points…Ran the collegiate record in the decathlon 100m and 400m at the national championships, at 10.25 and 46.00, respectively…Ran the fifth fastest 400m by any decathlete in world history…Seventh man in NCAA history to complete the heptathlon and decathlon sweep in one season
2025 Indoor Season – Junior Season
Opened his season with two personal bests in the pole vault, jumping 4.96m, and in the 60mh, running 7.84…Both performances from the season opener earned the No. 3 spot on the MSU top performances list…Competed in his first heptathlon at the Charlie Thomas Invite, earning a new personal best and program record of 6,104 pts…His performance in the heptathlon took the collegiate lead and was the fifth-highest performance in the world at the time…Helped the 4x400m squad to a 3:05.09 finish at the Tiger Paw Invitational, the second fastest in program history…Won his first national title at the NCAA Indoor Championship meet in the heptathlon with 6,013 points...Helped the men's team to the highest finish in program history, tying for sixth overall
2024 Outdoor Season – Sophomore Season
Set personal bests in the 100H at 13.83 and discus at 41.78m at the Hurricane Invitational (3/15)…Set a personal best in the pole vault at the Crimson Tide Invitational, jumping 4.85m (4/6)…Earned a second-place finish in the decathlon at the Bryan Clay Invitational with 7,730 points (4/13)…Was anchor leg on the fifth place finishing 4x100m relay at the SEC Outdoor Championships…Was anchor leg on the same relay at the NCAA East First Round, qualifying for the national championship by finishing ninth…Was runner-up at the NCAA Outdoor Championship in the Decathlon with a score of 8,131 points…Also broke the university record in the process…Broke the NCAA Championship Decathlon 100m record with 10.30…Competed at the USATF Olympic Trials in the Decathlon
2024 Indoor Season – Sophomore Season
Earn a 2nd place finish in the 60H with a personal best time of 7.62 at the Vulcan Invite (1/13)…Set personal bests in the 60m at 6.77 and high jump at 2.02m at the Razorback Invitational (1/26)
2023 Outdoor – True Freshman Season
Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin, Texas in the decathlon…Earned All-America honors in the decathlon after finishing 11th with 7,653 points…Earned three top five finishes at the NCAA Championships … Finished 4th in the 400m (47.45), 5th in the high jump (1.98m / 6’ 6”) and 5th in the 100m (10.67)…Finished 3rd in the decathlon at the SEC Outdoor Championships with 7,903 points…His 7,903 points earned at the SEC Championship were the third-best total for an individual in program history…Earned his best decathlon finish of the season at the Texas Relays when he finished second with 7,819 points…He was the only freshman to finish inside the top 13 at the NCAA Championships and was one of only three freshmen to qualify for the championship…Bair’s 11th place finish was the best finish for a freshman at the NCAA Championships since 2019…He is one of just five freshmen since 2017 to finish inside the top 11 in the decathlon at the NCAA Championships…Bair’s 7,903 points at the SEC Championship were tied for the ninth most points by any athlete at the Division I level in 2023 … Bair was also the only freshman to crack the top 10 and the only freshman to have more than 7,700 points all season
2023 Indoor – True Freshman Season
Set the Mississippi State men’s program record in the heptathlon with 5,773 points at the SEC Indoor Championship (previous record was 5,160 points set in 2017)…Finished 3rd in the heptathlon at the SEC Indoor Championships…Earned his first career heptathlon victory at the Bob Pollock Invite with 5,529 points (five first place finishes and two second place finishes)…Never finished lower than third in the heptathlon
High School
2020 Idaho Gatorade Player of the Year for Track and Field…Prepped at Kimberly High School…2019 USATF Junior Olympics Decathlon Champion with 6,913 points … 24th best prep total in history…Won 10 Idaho State Championships in his career…Set four Idaho State Meet records during the 2019 state meet
Personal
Member of the 4-H Club and produced a Grand Champion Steer at the Twin Falls County Fair…Spent a year in Mesa, Ariz. and a year in Cancun, Mexico, on his Mormon Mission ... He brought a basketball, a 30-pound dumbbell and a yoga mat with him to continue to train, starting at 6:30 a.m. every day…Didn’t compete in any track events for three years due to Covid-19 and his Mission…Majoring in Biochemistry
Collegiate Bests
^ Set in 2025
Indoor | Hep: 6,104 pts^ … 60m: 6.74 … 60H: 7.84^ … PV: 4.96m^ … SP: 14.34m^ … 1000m: 2:42.14 … HJ: 2.03m … LJ: 7.50m^
Outdoor | Dec: 8,323 pts^ … 100m: 10.25^ … 1500m: 4:35.69^ … HJ: 2.01m … LJ: 7.24m^ … DT: 41.78m … 400m: 46.00^ … 110H: 13.83 … PV: 4.85m … SP: 15.34m … JT: 57.87m^
Career Honors
2025 NCAA Outdoor Decathlon Champion
2025 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American - Decathlon
Collegiate Record Holder in the Decathlon 100m and 400m
2025 SEC Spring Honor Roll
SEC Field Athlete of the Week (Apr. 15, 2025)
2025 USTFCCCA Men’s South Region Indoor Field Athlete of the Year
2025 NCAA Indoor Heptathlon Champion
2025 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American – Heptathlon
2025 SEC Indoor Men’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year
SEC Co-Field Athlete of the Week (Feb. 11, 2025)
2024 NCAA Outdoor Decathlon Runner-Up
2024 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American – Decathlon
2024 NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American – 4x100m
2024 NCAA Championship Decathlon 100m Meet Record
MSU Decathlon and Heptathlon Record Holder
2024 SEC Spring Honor Roll
2023 NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American - Decathlon
2023 All-SEC Outdoor Second Team - Decathlon
2023 All-SEC Indoor Second Team - Heptathlon
2022-2023 SEC First-Year Honor Roll
NCAA Championship Qualifier
2025 Outdoor Championship (Decathlon) – Champion, 8,323 points
2025 Indoor Championship (Heptathlon) – Champion, 6,013 points
2024 Outdoor Championship (Decathlon) – Runner-Up, 8,131 points
2024 Outdoor Championship (4x100m) – 14th place, 39.37
2023 Outdoor Championship (Decathlon) – 11th place, 7,653 points
2025 Outdoor Season – Junior Season
Opened his outdoor season at the Alumni Bulldog Relays, competing in the throws and the 4x100m…Ran 14.06 in his first 100m hurdles race of the season…Competed in his first decathlon at the 44 Farms Team Invitational, earning 8,111 points for the win…He beat the field by over 500 points, earning a new meet record, collegiate lead, and world lead at the time…Named SEC Field Athlete of the Week after his performance at Texas A&M…Took home the national title in the decathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Championships…Set a new program record and the 14th highest point total in NCAA history at nationals with 8,323 points…Ran the collegiate record in the decathlon 100m and 400m at the national championships, at 10.25 and 46.00, respectively…Ran the fifth fastest 400m by any decathlete in world history…Seventh man in NCAA history to complete the heptathlon and decathlon sweep in one season
2025 Indoor Season – Junior Season
Opened his season with two personal bests in the pole vault, jumping 4.96m, and in the 60mh, running 7.84…Both performances from the season opener earned the No. 3 spot on the MSU top performances list…Competed in his first heptathlon at the Charlie Thomas Invite, earning a new personal best and program record of 6,104 pts…His performance in the heptathlon took the collegiate lead and was the fifth-highest performance in the world at the time…Helped the 4x400m squad to a 3:05.09 finish at the Tiger Paw Invitational, the second fastest in program history…Won his first national title at the NCAA Indoor Championship meet in the heptathlon with 6,013 points...Helped the men's team to the highest finish in program history, tying for sixth overall
2024 Outdoor Season – Sophomore Season
Set personal bests in the 100H at 13.83 and discus at 41.78m at the Hurricane Invitational (3/15)…Set a personal best in the pole vault at the Crimson Tide Invitational, jumping 4.85m (4/6)…Earned a second-place finish in the decathlon at the Bryan Clay Invitational with 7,730 points (4/13)…Was anchor leg on the fifth place finishing 4x100m relay at the SEC Outdoor Championships…Was anchor leg on the same relay at the NCAA East First Round, qualifying for the national championship by finishing ninth…Was runner-up at the NCAA Outdoor Championship in the Decathlon with a score of 8,131 points…Also broke the university record in the process…Broke the NCAA Championship Decathlon 100m record with 10.30…Competed at the USATF Olympic Trials in the Decathlon
2024 Indoor Season – Sophomore Season
Earn a 2nd place finish in the 60H with a personal best time of 7.62 at the Vulcan Invite (1/13)…Set personal bests in the 60m at 6.77 and high jump at 2.02m at the Razorback Invitational (1/26)
2023 Outdoor – True Freshman Season
Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin, Texas in the decathlon…Earned All-America honors in the decathlon after finishing 11th with 7,653 points…Earned three top five finishes at the NCAA Championships … Finished 4th in the 400m (47.45), 5th in the high jump (1.98m / 6’ 6”) and 5th in the 100m (10.67)…Finished 3rd in the decathlon at the SEC Outdoor Championships with 7,903 points…His 7,903 points earned at the SEC Championship were the third-best total for an individual in program history…Earned his best decathlon finish of the season at the Texas Relays when he finished second with 7,819 points…He was the only freshman to finish inside the top 13 at the NCAA Championships and was one of only three freshmen to qualify for the championship…Bair’s 11th place finish was the best finish for a freshman at the NCAA Championships since 2019…He is one of just five freshmen since 2017 to finish inside the top 11 in the decathlon at the NCAA Championships…Bair’s 7,903 points at the SEC Championship were tied for the ninth most points by any athlete at the Division I level in 2023 … Bair was also the only freshman to crack the top 10 and the only freshman to have more than 7,700 points all season
2023 Indoor – True Freshman Season
Set the Mississippi State men’s program record in the heptathlon with 5,773 points at the SEC Indoor Championship (previous record was 5,160 points set in 2017)…Finished 3rd in the heptathlon at the SEC Indoor Championships…Earned his first career heptathlon victory at the Bob Pollock Invite with 5,529 points (five first place finishes and two second place finishes)…Never finished lower than third in the heptathlon
High School
2020 Idaho Gatorade Player of the Year for Track and Field…Prepped at Kimberly High School…2019 USATF Junior Olympics Decathlon Champion with 6,913 points … 24th best prep total in history…Won 10 Idaho State Championships in his career…Set four Idaho State Meet records during the 2019 state meet
Personal
Member of the 4-H Club and produced a Grand Champion Steer at the Twin Falls County Fair…Spent a year in Mesa, Ariz. and a year in Cancun, Mexico, on his Mormon Mission ... He brought a basketball, a 30-pound dumbbell and a yoga mat with him to continue to train, starting at 6:30 a.m. every day…Didn’t compete in any track events for three years due to Covid-19 and his Mission…Majoring in Biochemistry
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