The 6-foot-2, 170-pound senior won the decathlon at the Nike Outdoor Nationals and the USATF Under-20 National Championships this past season. Helms also took second in the pole vault at Nike Nationals, and his best clearance of 17 feet, 2 inches in April set a state record and ranked No. 5 nationally among prep competitors in 2022 at the time of his selection. Helms swept the 110-meter high hurdles, the 300-meter intermediate hurdles, the long jump and the pole vault at the Class 4A state meet, leading the Huskies to a fourth-place finish as a team. His winning state-meet time of 13.69 seconds in the 110 hurdles set a meet record and ranked No. 10 in the country this spring.
Helms has maintained a 3.98 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete on an athletic scholarship at Texas A&M University this fall.
Helms is a major contributor on his family’s working farm. A member of the Business Professionals of America, he has volunteered locally as a youth track coach, and he has donated his time to multiple community service initiatives through his church.
