University of North Dakota Athletics

• Pillath Performance History

2017-18
Indoor (Freshman): Competed in six meets, including the Big Sky Championship … Won the heptathlon with a North Dakota record at the UND Indoor Open with a score of 4,778 points … Cleared a personal-best 6-0.75 in the high jump at the SDSU Indoor Classic … Finished ninth in the heptathlon at the Big Sky Championship (4,749 points).

Outdoor (Junior): Appeared in seven meets … Made decathlon debut at the Bryan Clay Invitational, scoring 6,075 points to move up to No. 2 in school history … Finished eighth at the Big Sky Championship in the 110-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 14.49 … Finished fifth in the 110-meter hurdles at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (14.73).

Before UND
A 2017 graduate of Coleman High School … A four-year letterwinner in track and a three-year letterwinner in both football and wrestling … Wisconsin's Track Athlete of the Year as a junior … State champion in both the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles … Runner-up in the state discus.

Personal
Majoring in kinesiology … Grandson of Roger and Irene Pillath … Grandfather played football and wrestled for the University of Wisconsin and later went on to play in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Los Angeles Rams.