2016 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Kaitlin Zinsli
- Position:
- Pole Vault
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Renton, Wash.
2016 Pac-12 Pole Vault Runner-Up
2017: Placed top-five at the Pac-12 Championships in the pole vault for the second straight season and made her first NCAA West Preliminary Championships with a new PR β¦ at the Pac-12 Championships in Eugene, earned a fifth-place finish with a new career-best as she cleared 13-2 ΒΌ β¦ that clearance got her a spot at West Prelims in Austin, Texas, clearing 12-5 Β½ to tie for 39th-place β¦ had a make of 12-9 Β½ at the Beach Invitational for 15th-place β¦ was fifth at the UW-WSU Dual making 12-6 β¦third at the Ken Shannon Invite with a vault of 12-8 β¦ indoors, set a PR of 13-0 ΒΎ at the UW Invitational for seventh β¦ made 12-6 ΒΌ at the MPSF Championships for 15th β¦ cleared 12-6 ΒΎ at the UW Indoor Preview in the season opener β¦ also made 12-4 ΒΎ at the Husky Classic and 12-4 Β½ at the SPU Final Qualifier β¦ a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention as well as USTFCCCA All-Academic Team status.
2016: Was the Pac-12 runner-up in the pole vault and raised her PR up over the 13-foot mark in her second full season β¦ upset the form chart at the Pac-12 meet in Seattle, getting second-place behind teammate Elizabeth Quick with a clearance of 12-feet, 10-inches, in tough weather conditions β¦ cleared 13-feet for the first time at the Beach Invitational, making 13-0 ΒΌ β¦ was fourth in the vault at the Ken Shannon Invite with a make of 12-8 β¦ made 12-8 ΒΎ at the Pac-12 vs Big Ten Invite in Tempe to finish sixth β¦ also made 12-5 ΒΌ at the Pepsi Team Invite for fourth-place β¦ indoors, had a season-best 12-8 make at the MPSF Championships, finishing 11th β¦ seventh at the UW Indoor Open with a clearance of 12-7 Β½ β¦ cleared 12-6 ΒΌ at the UW Invitational for ninth-place β¦ named to the Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team.
2015: Competed in her first Pac-12 Championships in the pole vault and had a big career-best showing at the conference meet to score a couple team points β¦ headed to Pac-12s with a PR of 12-7 Β½ but cleared 12-10 ΒΌ at the Pac-12 meet in Los Angeles to finish seventh overall β¦ cleared the 12-7 Β½ mark at the Triton Invitational, winning the B section β¦ finished fourth in the vault at the Ken Shannon Invite going 12-feet, 4-inches β¦ fifth in the UW-WSU Dual with a 11-10 clearance β¦ made 12-1 Β½ at the outdoor opener at the Baldy Castillo Invite β¦ indoors, had two makes of 12-0 Β½ at the Husky Classic and UW Indoor Open and another of 12-0 at the UW Invitational β¦ placed 20th at the MPSF Championships with a best of 11-6 Β½ β¦ earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2014: Redshirted the season to preserve a year of eligibility, competing unattached in the pole vault β¦ had a strong indoor season, clearing a PR of 12-6 at the UW Indoor Open to finish seventh overall β¦ also made 12-feet even for the first time at the Husky Classic β¦ jumped 11-11 ΒΎ in her first meet at the UW Indoor Preview β¦ vaulted just once outdoors, going 11-6 ΒΌ at the Ken Shannon Invitational.
High School and Personal: Born in Bellevue, Wash. β¦ parents are Tami and Joe Zinsli β¦ has one younger brother, Dominic β¦ took up the pole vault in her junior year of high school, taking third at the 2A state championships as a senior and seventh as a junior β¦ won Seamount League pole vault titles in 2012 and 2013 β¦ also a three-time state track qualifier on short sprint relays, with a best finish of fourth on the 4x200m in 2011 β¦ also a standout swimmer, lettering four years and earning All-League First Team honors all four years β¦ was fifth at state in the 50m freestyle in 2012, and eighth in 2011 β¦ two-time swim team MVP β¦ graduated with a 4.0 grade point average.
Major Meets
2015 MPSF - 20th, Pole Vault
2015 Pac-12 - 7th, Pole Vault
2016 MPSF - 11th, Pole Vault
2016 Pac-12 - 2nd, Pole Vault
2017 MPSF - 15th, Pole Vault
2017 Pac-12 - 5th, Pole Vault
2017 NCAA Prelims - 39th (tie), Pole Vault
Outdoor Bests
Pole Vault.......13-2Β 1/4
Indoor Bests
Pole Vaultβ¦β¦.12-8
Academic Honors
2017 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2017 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2016 Pac-12 All-Academic 2nd Team
2015 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
