Peyton Bair

Peyton Bair is an American multi-event athlete from Kimberly, ID. He won the indoor heptathlon at the 2025 and 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships, and the decathlon at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Personal life Bair is from Kimberly, Idaho. His parents were both athletes and coaches: his mother, Shae Jones-Bair, was an All-American pole vaulter and his father, Brad Bair, was a decathlete. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in the Arizona Mesa and Mexico Cancún missions.

Bair’s younger brother, Jaxon Bair, is also a collegiate multi-event track and field athlete at the University of Arkansas. Another younger brother, Gatlin Bair, is a football player committed to the University of Oregon following the completion of his LDS mission. He also has two younger sisters, Karlie and Londynn, who have excelled in junior athletics. The Bair siblings grew up training and pushing one another to develop into top-level athletes and well-rounded individuals.

On July 27, 2024, Bair married Jerzie Pluid.

Bair studied at Mississippi State University for a degree in biological sciences with concentrations in pre-medicine and physical therapy before transferring to the University of Oregon for his Senior year.

Unfortunately like many other high schoolers Bair's Senior track season was ended after only one meet due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Collegiate career Bair attended and competed for Mississippi State University from 2023-2025 and will compete for the University of Oregon in the 2026 Season.

2023 Freshman Season

Returning from his 2-year mission, Bair worked to get his body and mind back into competition shape throughout his freshman season.

Bair would red shirt the Indoor Season.

In the Outdoor Season Bair would set a PR in the decathlon placing 3rd at the SEC Championships with a score of 7903. At the NCAA Outdoor Championships Bair would place 11th.

2024 Sophomore Season

In June 2024, he surpassed 8000 points in the decathlon for the first time, scoring 8131 points to finish runner-up to Leo Neugebauer at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, setting a personal best and a school record for Mississippi State.

Bair would also break Ashton Eaton’s record in the Decathlon 100m at the NCAA Championships with a time of 10.30.

2025 Junior Season

He won the indoor heptathlon at the 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach in March 2025 ahead of Jack Turner.

In June 2025, Bair won the decathlon at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon with a personal-best 8,323 points.

During that competition he set NCAA Decathlon records in both the 100m (10.25 previous himself) and 400m (46.00 previous Ayden Owens-Delerme). He was also named the 2025 SEC Outdoor Track and Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

2026 Transfer Season

For the 2026 season Bair transferred to the University of Oregon. Having not competed in indoor track during his freshman year at Mississippi State, Bair retained a year of indoor eligibility and competed at Oregon as a junior in indoor standings. He subsequently redshirted the 2026 outdoor season, preserving his remaining eligibility for a full indoor and outdoor senior campaign in 2027.

In January 2026, he set a new personal best tally for the heptathlon of 6371 points at the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville. Competing in the heptathlon at the 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships he set a new NCAA heptathlon record with a time of 6.67 seconds in the 60 m dash, also breaking Ashton Eaton's meet record for the discipline. He won the title the following day with a personal best score of 6503 points, moving him to sixth on world all-time list, and breaking Eaton's school record of 6,499 which stood as a world record when it was set in 2010.

2027 Senior Season

Professional career 2024 Bair Competed in the US Olympic Trials placing 12th

2025 Bair Competed in US Nationals but did not finish due to injury.

2025 Bair reached a peak ranking of 10th in the world in the decathlon.

2026 Bair recorded the 6th best Heptathlon score in history with 6503