Air Force - Hutson 4.40 =WL, Holliday 4.15
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:15 pm
· Women’s Pole Vault field has 4 of the top 7-ranked USA vaulters from 2010, plus the #2-ranked Canadian:
o Becky Holliday, ranked #4 in US last year, #18 on World List
1. Competed collegiately at Univ of Oregon, won 2003 NCAA title
2. Best last season of 15’1” (4.60m)
o Melinda Owen, ranked #5 in US last year, #24 on World List
1. Competed collegiately at Univ of Idaho
2. Best last season of 14’10” (4.52m)
3. Read what she tweeted yesterday about the Air Force Academy: http://www.melindaowen.com/Melinda_Owen/Welcome.html
o Kylie Hutson, ranked #6 in US last year, #25 on World List
1. Competed collegiately at Indiana State Univ.
2. Best last season of 14’9 ½” (4.51m)
3. Won the last four (4) NCAA titles in pole vault—2009 Indoor and Outdoor, 2010 Indoor and Outdoor
4. Now representing Nike, this meet will mark Kylie’s professional debut
o April Steiner Bennett, ranked #7 in US last year
1. Competed collegiately at Univ of Arkansas
2. Best last season of 14’7 ¼” (4.45m), career best of 15’2 ¼” (4.63m)
3. Member of 2008 US Olympic team
4. In 2004 won the reality TV show, “Fear Factor”
5. Now representing Asics
o Kelsie Hendry, ranked #2 in Canada last year, #22 on World List
1. Best last season of 14’11” (4.55m)
2. Set the existing Cadet Field House record last February at 14’7 ¼” (4.55m)
3. Representing Canada, placed 13th at 2010 World Indoor Championships
4. Won Bronze Medal at last Fall’s Commonwealth Games
· Air Force senior Melissa Beerse, 13th at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Championships and with a personal best in the Pole Vault of 13’6 ½”, returns to competition after spending a year away from the Academy for family reasons.
· Air Force men’s School Record-holder (18’1”) and 3-time NCAA All-American in the Pole Vault, Nick Frawley, now training in Arizona as part of the USAF’s World Class Athlete program, returns to USAFA to open his first professional season;
o Also competing in the Men’s Pole Vault is 2008 NCAA Champion, Rory Quiller, now living in Boulder, is the son of long-time CU and Army coach, Jerry Quiller. Rory has a best of 18’6 ½”.
o 2007 World Champion Pole Vaulter, Brad Walker, has been training at the Air Force Academy all week but will not compete this Friday, opening his season later this Spring.
o Becky Holliday, ranked #4 in US last year, #18 on World List
1. Competed collegiately at Univ of Oregon, won 2003 NCAA title
2. Best last season of 15’1” (4.60m)
o Melinda Owen, ranked #5 in US last year, #24 on World List
1. Competed collegiately at Univ of Idaho
2. Best last season of 14’10” (4.52m)
3. Read what she tweeted yesterday about the Air Force Academy: http://www.melindaowen.com/Melinda_Owen/Welcome.html
o Kylie Hutson, ranked #6 in US last year, #25 on World List
1. Competed collegiately at Indiana State Univ.
2. Best last season of 14’9 ½” (4.51m)
3. Won the last four (4) NCAA titles in pole vault—2009 Indoor and Outdoor, 2010 Indoor and Outdoor
4. Now representing Nike, this meet will mark Kylie’s professional debut
o April Steiner Bennett, ranked #7 in US last year
1. Competed collegiately at Univ of Arkansas
2. Best last season of 14’7 ¼” (4.45m), career best of 15’2 ¼” (4.63m)
3. Member of 2008 US Olympic team
4. In 2004 won the reality TV show, “Fear Factor”
5. Now representing Asics
o Kelsie Hendry, ranked #2 in Canada last year, #22 on World List
1. Best last season of 14’11” (4.55m)
2. Set the existing Cadet Field House record last February at 14’7 ¼” (4.55m)
3. Representing Canada, placed 13th at 2010 World Indoor Championships
4. Won Bronze Medal at last Fall’s Commonwealth Games
· Air Force senior Melissa Beerse, 13th at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Championships and with a personal best in the Pole Vault of 13’6 ½”, returns to competition after spending a year away from the Academy for family reasons.
· Air Force men’s School Record-holder (18’1”) and 3-time NCAA All-American in the Pole Vault, Nick Frawley, now training in Arizona as part of the USAF’s World Class Athlete program, returns to USAFA to open his first professional season;
o Also competing in the Men’s Pole Vault is 2008 NCAA Champion, Rory Quiller, now living in Boulder, is the son of long-time CU and Army coach, Jerry Quiller. Rory has a best of 18’6 ½”.
o 2007 World Champion Pole Vaulter, Brad Walker, has been training at the Air Force Academy all week but will not compete this Friday, opening his season later this Spring.