UC Santa Barbara NIL Student Athlete
Sydni Harden
Women’s Track and Field · Pole Vault
Class
Sophomore
Position
Pole Vault
Hometown
Laguna Niguel, Calif.
High school
Dana Hills
About Sydni
Second in the pole vault at the 2025 CIF State Championships.
Sydni Harden is a sophomore pole vaulter for UC Santa Barbara track and field. She is from Laguna Niguel, California, and attended Dana Hills High School. She studies biopsychology.
As a freshman she cleared 3.80 meters to win the Westmont Dual. At Dana Hills she set the school record at 12 feet, 9 inches. She placed second at the 2025 CIF State Championships and the CIF Masters and made first team All-Orange County.
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