Bio

Career

• 2024 SCAC Champion (Pole Vault, 4.65m)
• 2x NCAA Outdoor Track and Field National Qualifer in Pole Vault (2023-24)
• USTFCCCA All-Region (Pole Vault, Outdoor 2024)
• USTFCCCA All-Region (Pole Vault, Indoor 2024)
• USTFCCCA All-Region (Pole Vault, Outdoor 2023)
• USTFCCCA All-Region (Pole Vault, Indoor 2023)
• USTFCCCA All-Region (Pole Vault, Indoor 2022)
• 2023 SCAC Champion (Pole Vault, 4.54m)
• 4x SCAC Field Athlete of the Week

Record Book

• School Record Holder in Outdoor Pole Vault (5.02m, 2024)
• SCAC Championionship Record Holder in Pole Vault (Pole Vault, 4.65m)
• School Record Holder in Indoor Pole Vault (4.85m, 2025)

Junior (2024)

Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the Pole Vault...finished 2024 with the seventh best mark in NCAA Division-III (5.02m)...earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors in the pole vault for the third straight season...won the pole vault for the second straight year at the SCAC Championships with a record breaking mark of 4.65m (15' 3")...won the pole vault at the War Hawk Classic with a mark of 4.75m (15' 7")...broke his previous program record with a mark of 5.02m (16' 5.5") at the Bobcat Invitational...won the javelin throw at the D3 Challenge with a mark of 55.07m (180' 8")...led the West Region in the Indoor Pole Vault with a mark of 4.76m (15' 7.25") to earn All-Region honors...won the indoor pole vault at the CNU Qualifierwith a mark of 4.60m (15'1")...won the pole vault at the McNeese Indoor Invite to open the 2024 indoor seaon with a mark of 4.50m...two-time SCAC Field Athlete of the Week.

Sophomore (2023)

Finished 15th at the 2023 NCAA Division-III Outdoor Track and Field Championships...Set school record in the outdoor pole vault at the Tom Tellez Invitational (4.91m)...won the Pole Vault at the 2023 SCAC Championships (4.54m)...Earned SCAC Field Athlete of the Week after winning the pole vault at the 2023 D3 Challenge (4.80m)...Won the javelin throw (50.50m) and finished second in the pole vault (4.70m) at the Trinity Invite...Set school indoor pole vault record at Texas Tech Matador Qualifier (4.80m)...Won the pole vault at the 2023 FasTrak Challenge (4.60m)...finished second in the pole vault at the 2023 McNeese Indoor Invite (4.35m)

Freshman (2022)

Set a program record in the Pole Vault at 2022 D3 Challenge with an event winning mark of 4.65m...Earned USTFCCCA All-Region Honors in Pole Vault.

Prior to TLU

Won one district championship and was a three-time area qualifier in pole vault at Harlan High School under coach James Williams.

Personal

Son of Gustavo Acero and Jennifer Smith...he has four brothers:Seth, Santi, Matias, and Gustavo, and two sisters:Camille & Alice.