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Katherine Whiting - Track & Field - University of New Mexico Lobos Athletics

Katherine Whiting

Position

Pole Vault

Hometown

Santa Cruz, Calif.

Previous School

Santa Cruz HS

2018-19
2019 Indoors: Saw action in six meets during the season… had her season-best pole vault at the Mountain West Championships with 12-08.75 (3.88m) on Feb. 21.
2019 Outdoors: Competed in six meets, with three top-four finishes … finished second in the pole vault at the Don Kirby with a height of 11-11.75 (3.65m) … cleared 11-9.75 (3.60m) in the pole vault at the Bryan Clay Invitational … finished fourth in the pole vault at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational with a clearance of 11-9.75 (3.60m) … finished fourth in the pole vault at the Masked Rider Open with a height of 11-11.75 (3.65m) … tied for 10th at the MW Championships in the pole vault with a height of 11-11.25 (3.64m).

2017-18
2018 Indoors:
Did not compete.
2018 Outdoors: Saw action in six meets this season… opened the season with a win in the pole vault at the UTEP Springtime Invitational and placed first clearing 12-7 ¼ (3.84m)… competed at the Mountain West Championships in pole vault where she marked 12-2 (3.71m) to place ninth.

2016-17
2017
 Indoors: Saw action at five meets, all in the pole vault … opened with a clearance of 13-1 1/2 (4.00m) at the Cherry & Silver Invitational, placing third … took third place at the New Mexico Team Invitational, reaching 12-9 1/2 (3.90m) … cleared 12-9 1/2 (3.90m) the final two meets of the season at the Don Kirby Invitational and the Mountain West Championships, where she scored for a tie for seventh place.
2017 Outdoors: Did not compete, redshirt season.

2015-16
2016 Indoors
: Saw action at five meets, all in the pole vault … opened with a clearance of 12-1 1/2 (3.70m) at the Cherry & Silver Invitational … Posted a mark of 11-11 3/4 (3.65m) at the New Mexico Team Invitational … tallied three straight weeks of 1-inch improvements, starting at the New Mexico Classic (12-3 1/2 [3.75m]), followed by the Don Kirby Elite Invitational (12-4 1/2 [3.77m]) and an eighth-place scoring effort at the Mountain West Championships (12-5 1/2 [3.80m]).
2016 Outdoors: Competed at six meets, all in the pole vault … made her season debut with a win at the Don Kirby Tailwind (11-11 3/4 [3.65m]) … tied for third at the Bryan Clay Invitational, clearing 12-4 (3.76m) … fifth-place finisher at the Brutus Hamilton Challenge (12-5 1/2 [3.80m]) … posted a new PR at the UTEP Invitational, reaching 12-7 1/2 (3.85m) to win the meet … scored at the Mountain West Championships, taking eighth with a leap of 11-10 1/2 (3.62m).

2014-15
2015 Indoors
: Competed in the pole vault at six meets … opened with a sixth-place performance at the Air Force Open …. cleared 12-2 1/2 (3.72m) at the Lobo Open … tied for ninth at the New Mexico Team Invitational (11-9) … reached 12-2 1/2 at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational … just missed scoring at the Mountain West Indoor Championships as tied for ninth with a clearance of 11-10 1/2.
2015 Outdoor: Competed in the pole vault at six meets … debuted at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational, clearing 11-7 3/4 for third place … took second at the New Mexico Quadrangular with a mark of 12-2 … cleared 12 1/2 at the Beach Invitational … posted a height of 12-1 1/2 at the UTEP Twilight, placing second.

HIGH SCHOOL
Took sixth in the pole vault at the 2014 CIF State Track and Field Championship with a mark of 11-10 after placing second at the CIF Central Coast Section Finals with a personal-record leap of 12-4 … cleared at least 11-6 seven times her senior year, inclduing the CCS Top 8 Meet (11-7), the Arcadia Invitational (11-10), the Stanford Invitational (11-11 3/4) and the Garlic Invitational (12-0)