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Brooke Catherine Season 2015-16

Pos.POLE VAULT
YearFreshman
HometownNormall, Ill.

** 2018 American Athletic Conference Champion • Pole Vault (Indoor) **
** 2018 American Athletic Conference Champion • Pole Vault (Outdoor) **

 QUICK NOTES: Returning two-time AAC champion after sweeping the crowns at the 2018 indoor and outdoor meets… also is a three-time NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier… holds the school record for the indoor vault at 4.26m (13-11.75) and stands third all-time outdoors at 4.21m (13-09.75).
 
2017-18 SEASONS
2018 OUT (JR): Added the outdoor AAC title to give her a sweep of the titles in 2018… won the meet with a best of 4.21m (13-09.75) to win the league title… that clearance also punched her ticket to the NCAA East Preliminary Round meet, her third appearance in as many years… cleared 13’ in six of the seven meets she entered and won four on the year, including both competitions in Cincinnati (Oliver Nikoloff and AAC Championships)… improved her PR three times, jumping 4.05m (13-03.50) at the Jim Click Shootout before clearing 4.20m (13-09.25) one week later at the Tennessee Relays… earned American Athletic Conference All-Academic honors.
2018 IN (JR): Captured her first conference crown by winning the AAC Championships with a winning clearance of 4.09m (13-05.00)… broke the school record with a clearance of 4.26m (13-011.75) at the Music City Challenge… added wins at the Indiana Relays, Charlie Thomas Invitational and Buckeye Tune-Up events… cleared 13’ in seven of her eight competitions with five meets clearing 4m… placed third or better in every meet of the season.
 
2016-17 SEASONS
2017 OUT (SO): Qualified to the NCAA East Preliminary meet for the second year in a row… placed 18th at the NCAA event, a huge improvement from one year prior when she was 42nd… scored at the conference meet as she tied for sixth place at the AAC Championships… cleared a season and career-best height of 4.03m (13-02.50) to win the Kentucky Relays and earn a regional berth… that clearance ranked her fifth in school history… added wins at the Oliver Nikoloff Open and the All-Ohio Championships… cleared at least 3.80m in seven of nine meets on the year.
2017 IN (SO): Placed fifth at the AAC Championships with a clearance of 3.82m (12-06.25)… also finished 12th in the high jump (1.56m)… captured the pole vault title at the Thundering Herd Invitational… cleared a season and indoor career-best 3.89m (12-09.00) at the Music City Challenge… cleared 12’ in all but one meet, finishing with a mark of 3.65m (11-11.75) at the Kentucky Invitational.
 
2015-16 SEASONS
2016 OUT (FR): Place sixth at the American Athletic Conference Championships for the second time on the year, clearing 3.95m (12-11.50) at the meet, her second-best mark of the year… opened the outdoor season at the Hurricane Twilight with a clearance of 4.00m (13-01.50) to not only place third in the event, but also record a career-best mark… that mark also ranks as the sixth-best in program history and makes her just the seventh UC woman to clear 4.00m or better in competition… placed in the Top 6 in five of her eight meets… qualified for and competed in the NCAA East Preliminary Round meet… cleared 3.80m (12-05.50) to finish in a tie for 42nd at the regional event… capped the year earning American Athletic Conference All-Academic honors… also tabbed for USTFCCCA All-Academic accolades.
2016 IN (FR): Scored in her first conference meet, placing sixth in the pole vault at the American Athletic Conference Championships… cleared an indoor career-best 3.82m (12-06.25) at the league meet to move up to #9 on the program’s all-time Top 10… won the Buckeye Tune-Up with a clearance of 3.67m (12-00.50), her third of four meets in which she cleared 12-feet or better.
 
PRIOR TO UC: One of the nation’s top pole vaulters… ranked 37th nationally as a senior… was tied for 16th in the 2015 recruiting class with a clearance of 12’ 9”… has competed at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals each of the last two outdoor seasons and once at the New Balance Indoor Nationals… finished third at the 2013 New Balance Outdoor Nationals… won the 2014 AAU Region 13 Qualifier with a clearance of 12’ 6”… won the 2014 Illinois State Championship… three-time Big 12 Conference Champion in the pole vault.
 
PERSONAL BEST MARKS
Indoor Track & Field
Pole Vault • 4.26m/13-11.75 (Music City Challenge • 2/10/18) • UC RECORD
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Pole Vault • 4.21m/13-09.75 (AAC Championships • 5/12/18) • UC #3

 

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