2015 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Cole Walsh
- Position:
- Pole Vault
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Phoenix, Ariz.
- High School:
- Brophy College Prep
Two-Time All-American
2016-17: Outdoor - Earned first-team all-American honors in the pole vault... Tied for fifth place in the pole vault (17-10.5/5.45m) at the NCAA Championships... Advanced to the NCAA Championships in the pole vault after recording a mark of 17-06.50 (5.35m) at the NCAA West Regionals... Finished second in the Pole Vault at the Pac-12 Championships with a mark of 16-7.5 (5.07m)... Won the pole vault with a mark of 17-09.00 (5.42m) at the Florida Relays... Set a new personal record and was the top collegian in the field at the Mt. SAC Relays in the pole vault clearing 18-0.5 (5.50m), tied for fifth-best in Oregon's History... Placed second in the pole vault ath the OSU Performance Relay with a finishing mark of 5.08m... Place first in the pole vault at the Oregon Twilight with a mark of 17-02.75 (5.25m). Indoor - Finished the pole vault with a mark of 17-08.50 (5.40m) at the UW Indoor Preview... Took fifth place in pole vault at the UW Invitational with a mark of 17-03.00 (5.26m)... Recorded a second place finish at the UNM Don Kirby Indoor with a mark of 17-10.50 (5.45m)... Finished second overall in Pole Vault with a mark of 17-05.50 (5.32m) at the MPSF Championships.
2015-16: Outdoor - Seventh in the pole vault at the NCAA Championships with a mark of 17-4.5 (5.30m)... Won the pole vault at the Oregon relays with a new personal best of 17-9 (5.41m)... Won the pole Vault at the Willie Williams Classic (16-4.75/5.00m)… Indoor - Second at the SPU Qualifier with a mark of 17-3 (5.26m)... Cleared 17-3.75 (5.28m) to take third at the MPSF Championships… Season Bests – Outdoor - Pole Vault - 17-9 (5.41m), Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore., (4/16/16); Indoor - Pole Vault - 17-03.75 (5.28m), MPSF Championships, Seattle Wash., (2/27/16)
2014-15: Outdoor – Won the Oregon Twilight with a season best clearance of 17-2.75 (5.25m)…finished second at the Oregon Relays in his other clearance of 17 feet finishing at 17-1 (5.21m)…Indoors – Set an indoor best at the Husky Classic by clearing 16-11.5/5.17m to take fourth…Season Bests: Pole Vault – 17-2.75/5.25m, Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (5/8/15); Indoors – Pole Vault – 16-11.5/5.17m, Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/14/15).
Prep: Walsh comes to Oregon as a two-time runner up in the Arizona state championships…Walsh won the pole vault at the Arizona Meet of Champions with a clearance at 16-5 for Brophy College Prep which is a school record…finished third at the 2013 USATF Junior Nationals…began 2012 with a clearance at 14-0 and then progressed to 14-9, 15-6, 16-1 and 16-3 before finishing the year at 16-5, a height that ranked 18th nationally…during the 2013 indoor season, Walsh again cleared 16-5 at Northern Arizona's meet, which ranked fifth nationally.
Personal: Major is mathematics and computer science.
Personal Bests
Pole Vault – 5.50m/18'0.5",
Mt. SAC Relays,
Torrance, Calif., 4/14/17
NCAA Outdoor Championships
2017 - Pole Vault, 5th, 17-10.5/5.45m
2016 - Pole Vault, 7th, 17-4.5/5.30m
Pac-12 Championships
2017 - Pole Vault, 2nd, 16-7.5/5.07m
2016 - Pole Vault, NH
