Katie Jones Season 2020

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COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BEST:  Pole Vault - 4.25m

CAREER NOTES & AWARDS
CAREER: Won Big Ten Championship in indoor pole vault (2020). 
RECORDS: Holds school record in indoor pole vault (4.25m) and ranks second in outdoor pole vault (4.15m).
AWARDS: Academic All-Big Ten (2021)

ON A NATIONAL STAGE
NCAA East Prelims (5/26-29/21): Qualified in pole vault. 
NCAA East Prelims (5/24-26/18): Qualified in pole vault.

AT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/14-16/21): Placed sixth in the pole vault with a height of 4.07m. 
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/25-27/21): Placed fourth in the pole vault with a season-best height of 4.15m 
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/28-29/20): Won Big Ten championship with a school record height of 13-11.25 (4.25m).
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/11-13/18): Recorded a personal-best to tie school record (4.12m) and placed sixth in the pole vault.
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/23-24/18): Finished 15th in pole vault (12-6.75, 3.83m).

2021 Outdoor
Won the pole vault event four times and set a personal best of 4.15m in the outdoor pole vault at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships. The vault ranks second in program history. 

2021 Indoor
Competed three times during the indoor season, placing in the top five each time. 

2020 Outdoor
Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Indoor
Season: Won Penn State’s second ever indoor Big Ten championship in women’s pole vault...Set new school record en route to the title (4.25m).

2019
Did not compete.

2018 Outdoor
Season: Tied Penn State outdoor record in pole vault at Big Ten Championships (4.12m). Scored for Nittany Lions with her sixth-place finish at Big Ten Championships.

Bison Outdoor Classic (4/14-15): Finished third in pole vault (4.02m). Virginia Challenge (4/20-21): Placed fourth (4.11m).

2018 Indoor
Season: Recorded a then-personal-best height of (4.09m) in the pole vault at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup…Ranked fourth all-time at Penn State with a height of 4.09m...Competed at the Big Ten Championships in the pole vault.

Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Finished third in her first collegiate meet with height of 4.07m. Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/2-3): Set then- personal best and finished second (4.09m) in  pole vault.

BEFORE PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs: Pole Vault - 13-9.25(i), 13-7
Won four District 4 Championships (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)…Won four Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference Championships (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)…Placed fourth at 2015 PIAA AA State Championships…Won 2016 and 2017 PIAA AA State championships…Then won back to back PTFCA Indoor State Championships (2016, 2017)…Won 2016 Penn Relays Championship…Holds Pennsylvania indoor and outdoor state records…Named 2016 and 2017 Williamsport Sun-Gazette Female Athlete of the Year…Earned bronze medal at 2016 Indoor New Balance Nationals and silver at 2016 Outdoor New Balance Nationals…Won 2017 Indoor New Balance National Championship and earned silver medal at 2017 Outdoor New Balance Nationals.

PERSONAL
Full name is Kaitlin Elizabeth Jones...Daughter of Mike & Patti Jones…Majoring in inesiology...Born on July 13, 1999, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.