COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: HJ – 6-9.5 (2.07m)
2024 Outdoor
Season: Jumped in six meets in his first collegiate season…Cleared a season-best 2.07m in the very first meet of the outdoor campaign.
UCF Knights Invite (3/22-23): Cleared 6-9.5 (2.07m) in his very first meet as a Nittany Lion…Allen’s jump was his best of the season. Jim Thorpe Invitational (5/3): Cleared 6-6.75 (2.00m), his first time jumping two-plus meters since March. Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/10-12): Replicated his leap from the previous week, clearing 6-6.75 (2.00m) in his first Big Ten conference meet, placing 15th in the competition.
2024 Indoor
Season: Did not compete.
BEFORE PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs: HJ – 6-7
Attended Southern Lehigh High School where he competed in the high jump for the Spartans…Was a Colonial League Champion and a District XI Champion in the high jump…Qualified for the New Balance Nationals in the high jump as well…Played basketball in high school and was a member of the National Honor Society and FBLA.
PERSONAL
Son of Rob and Patricia Allen…Has one brother, Josh…Studying business at Penn State…Enjoys hanging out with friends, playing basketball, snowboarding, and waterskiing in his free time…Chose Penn State because “I’ve only heard good things about the university. I knew many people who have gone here and are going here currently, and it just felt like the right fit from the moment I got to campus; the energy was just different.”