Felix Wolter

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Photo by: Carl Ackerman

Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Munich, Germany
High School:
Technical University of Munich

CAREER RESULTS

2022 Outdoor: Appeared in five meets for the Panthers… Competed in Florida Relays (Mar. 31-Apr. 2) placing 17^th in the 100m and 14^th(7.05m) in long jump… Participated in the Duke Invitational (Apr 7-9) placing 15^th in the 200m, 1^st (15’7”, 4.75) in pole vault…and a personal best in the discus throw placing 22^nd (135’5”,41.29m)… Competed in the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 12-14) placing 2^nd in the 100m, 1^st (7.65m) in long jump, earned 5^th (12.60m, 25’ 1.25”) in shot put, placed 2^nd (1.95m. 6’4.75”) in high jump, had a personal best in 400m placing 2nd (48.50), earned 1^st place in the 110H, placed 4^th in the discus throw, took home 1^st place (4.85, 15’11”) in pole vault, had a personal best in javelin throw placing 2^nd (53.86m, 176’8”), and took home 3^rd (4:42.56) in the 1500m.

2021-22 Indoor: Competed in seven indoor meets for the Panthers … Earned Second Team All-American honors in the heptathlon as he placed 12^th overall at the NCAA Indoor Championships (Mar. 12) with a score of 5,768 points … Defended his title in the heptathlon at the ACC Indoor Championships (Feb. 26) as he set a facility, meet and school record with a score of 5,979 points to secure his second straight crown in the event … Earned First Team All-ACC honors for the second straight season as he became just the second heptathlete in ACC history to earn back-to-back titles in the event … He became the first Pitt athlete in program indoor history to record two ACC titles in an event … Took first place with the second-best long jump in Pitt history at the YSU Icebreaker (Dec. 3), reaching 25' 4.75" (7.74m) … Set personal bests in the 200m dash (22.02 seconds) and the 60m hurdles (8.14 seconds) at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet.

2021 Outdoor: Appeared in five outdoor meets during his first outdoor season for the Panthers… Competed in the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 15) and helped the 4x400m relay team earn Second Team All-ACC honors with a third place finish in 3:07.59, a top-10 fastest time in program outdoor history… Posted a seventh place finish, earning two team points, in the long jump at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a leap of 24’0.25” (7.32m)… Did not compete in the decathlon at the ACC Outdoor Championships due to an injury… Set the school record in the decathlon with a score of 7,950 points at the Virginia Challenge (Apr. 17) as he won eight of the 10 events… Posted a personal record long jump of 24’11.75” (7.61m), the third longest in program history, at the Virginia Challenge to claim victory in the event… Earned a spot on the All-ACC Outdoor Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll for the first time in his career.

2020-2021 Indoor: Appeared in five indoor meets during his first season at Pitt… Made history for the Panthers as he posted a fourth place finish in the heptathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships (Mar. 13)… Became the first heptathlete in program history to earn First Team All-America honors after setting the school record in the event with a score of 5,907… Posted six personal record marks in the seven events at the NCAA Indoor Championships… Earned three top-10 all-time marks at the NCAA Indoor Championships as he posted the second best pole vault (15’11.25”, 4.86m), the second best long jump (24’10.50”, 7.58m) and the eighth best high jump (6’5.50”, 1.97m) in program history… Claimed the crown at the ACC Indoor Championships (Feb. 27) in the heptathlon, becoming the first heptathlete and fourth overall male to earn an ACC Indoor gold medal… Earned First Team All-ACC honors after winning three of the seven events… Earned a spot on the All-ACC Indoor Academic Team for the first time in his career.

Prior to Pitt: Was a member of the track & field team at Technical University of Munich... posted a personal best score of 7,518 points in the decathlon (2019)... had a personal best pole vault height of 16'4.00" (5.00m) (2019)... notched a personal best long jump of 24'0.50" (7.33m) (2017).

Personal: Born October 4, 1997... son of Thomas and Valerie Wolter... has three siblings, Oscar, Zoe and Enzo... his favorite athlete is Kevin Mayer... his favorite TV shows are How I Met Your Mother, Shameless and Suits... majoring in computer science.