LSU Pole Vaulter Dillon Reidenauer, 18, Dies in Campus Car Crash

Mar. 15, 2025

Dillon Reidenauer.Photo:Dillon Reidenauer/Instagram

Dillon Reidenauer/Instagram

An LSU freshman pole vaulter and another person have died following a car crash in Louisiana, according to reports.

Both Reidenauer and Linton were killed in the crash.

“Everyone in our LSU Track & Field family is keeping Dillon’s loved ones in our thoughts and prayers, as well as those of the other individual lost in the incident,” he continued.

“We will do everything we can to make sure our student-athletes and staff have the resources they need to process the grief of this terrible loss,” Shaver added. “I would also like to thank Texas A&M for offering their support and compassion as we are on the road at College Station for the SEC Championships.”

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Reidenauer had expressed her excitement about going to LSU in a post shared on herInstagramin April 2024, writing, “Baton Rouge is CALLIN’ #geauxtigers.”

According to a biography on theLSU website, she was “one of the best pole vaulters in the state of Louisiana coming out of high school.”

The former Fontainebleau High School student had recently won MileSplit LA Girls' Performer of the Week, per WBRZ.

Elicia Ocmond, the athletic director at Fontainebleau High, described Reidenauer as “a great student and a great kid,” Nola reported.

“There are a lot of kids upset," Ocmond told the outlet. “If you asked the teachers, they would tell you that she was a sweet, kind kid.”

Alongside her sporting accomplishments, Reidenauer was pursuing a degree in interior design.

A statement from LSU Athletics shared on their website said, “LSU Athletics is heartbroken to share the tragic news of the passing of freshman track and field student-athlete Dillon Reidenauer in a traffic incident Wednesday evening in Baton Rouge.

source: people.com