Tarleton State University Athletics

Career Accolades 
Is featured on Tarleton’s all-time top-10 list in four events … His indoor and outdoor lifetime personal record in the pole vault (15’ 1”) ranks third on Tarleton’s indoor record book and sixth in outdoor program history … Also ranks fourth all-time in the decathlon (5,638 points) and seventh in the 60m (7.06) … Received Academic All-WAC recognition during the 2021 outdoor and 2022 indoor seasons. 

Sophomore (2022) 
Outdoor: Competed in four regular season meets before an injury forced him out of the WAC Outdoor Championships … Matched his lifetime personal record in the pole vault at the North Texas Classic after he cleared 15’ 1” to place fourth … Also notched a season personal record of 11.14 in the 100m and anchored Tarleton’s 4x100m relay team to a fourth-place finish at the meet … Placed 11th and 13th, respectively, in the pole vault at the Baylor Invitational and ACU Wes Kittley Invitational. 
Indoor: Saw action at all four meets … Helped Tarleton’s distance medley relay finish sixth and placed 15th in the heptathlon at the WAC Indoor Championships … Won the pole vault and earned a lifetime personal record of 15’ 1” in his collegiate indoor debut at the Corky Classic … Notched lifetime personal records in the 60m hurdles (8.98) and shot put (33’ 3.75”) at the FasTrack Collegiate Challenge … Helped Tarleton’s ‘B’ 4x400m relay team finish 10th at the Texas Tech Open and Multi. 

Freshman (2021) 
Competed in five outdoor meets … Was Tarleton’s top performer in the decathlon … Completed the decathlon with a personal best score of 5,638 points to finish eighth at the Angelo State David Noble Relays … Placed 14th in the decathlon at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a score of 5,309 points … Took third place in the 100m and was fourth in the 400m in the competition … Finished the season ranked No. 11 in the WAC in the pole vault (13’ 11.25”) … Set a personal record in the 110m hurdles (16.11) at the Michael Johnson Invitational … Placed third in the javelin at the Joe Gillespie Invitational and finished sixth in the 110m hurdles. 

Paris High School 
Competed in varsity in track and field for coach Michael Johnson … Placed third in the pole vault (13’ 6) at the 2019 UIL Region II Championships … Competed in the UIL 4A Area 15/16 Championships in the 300m hurdles as a junior … Other top marks include 16.74 seconds in the 110m hurdles, 43.20 seconds in the 300m hurdles and 14’ 6 in the pole vault … Also ran cross country for four years … Member of National Honor Society. 

Personal 
Given name is Joshua Hutchings … Son of Joshua Hutchings and Kathrine Bryan … Has two brothers, Colt Ashby and Judd Bryan and one sister, Ava Hutchings … Competed in the AAU Junior Olympics with Texas Express … Majoring in biomedical sciences … Born Aug. 7.