2004 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Emily Enders
- Position:
- Pole Vault
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Snohomish
- Hometown:
- Snohomish, Wash.
Three-time Pac-10 scorer and two-time NCAA outdoor qualifier and top-five regional placer in the pole vault outdoors. Enters her senior season in 2006-07 ranked third all-time for Ducks outdoors (13-7 3/4) behind a pair of former UO greats - NCAA champion Becky Holliday (14-8, 2003) and multiple All-American Niki McEwen (13-11 1/4, 2003). Indoors for Oregon, her preseason best (12-11 1/2) ranks her fifth all-time behind a quartet of NCAA qualifiers. Carries on Duck tradition in event that has produced one NCAA title, nine All-America honors and 20 NCAA appearances since it was added to the NCAA Championships in 1998. Entered collegiate career with prep best of 12-7, and hiked that mark by 7 1/4 inches as a first-year collegian in ‘04 (13-2 1/4). As a junior in 2006, she cleared 13 feet four times and posted six of the top 11 outdoor marks in her career (and seven that have come in Pac-10/Regional/NCAA Championships action). Competed on first U.S. national team squad in 2006 in the North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Championships, in Santa Domingo in the Dominican Republic in July.
2005-06: NCAA Outdoor Qualifier (Pole Vault). Capped outdoor season with her key finishes for Ducks in the nation's toughest conference and regional and was rewarded with her second NCAA invitation. Topped her preseason personal best (13-2 1/4) by 5 1/2 inches in the NCAA West Regional (third, 13-7 3/4) to earn NCAA bid, and two weeks later matched her highest height in the collegiate finale prelims (22nd-tie, 12-9 1/2). In mid-May at home in the Pac-10 Championships, placed fifth (13-1 1/2) in field that featured 12 vaulters that had cleared 13 feet in '06 and two others with season bests that were a half-inch shy (12-11 1/2). After the regional meet, she ranked in a four-way tie for eighth place on the outdoor collegiate season best list (13-7 3/4). Over the course of the outdoor campaign, cleared marks of 12-9 1/2 (3.90m) or better in six of her nine outdoor contests, including another personal best in late March in Trojan Invitational (first, 13-5 3/4) at USC. Also won her season opener the weekend before in the Oregon Preview (12-5 1/2). Indoors, competed in three meets, and raised personal best a half-inch in her season finale. Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention. Personal/Season Bests: Outdoors - Pole Vault - 4.16m (13-7 3/4) (PR), NCAA West Regional Championships, Provo, Utah (5/27/06); Indoors - Pole Vault - 3.81m (12-6) (PR), NCAA Last Chance Qualifier, Seattle, Wash. (3/4/06).
2004-05: Pac-10 Scorer (Pole Vault). Outdoors, led Ducks in Pac-10 Championships and notched second consecutive top-eight finish (seventh, 12-11 1/2). Her league place was a five-inch season best and seven places better than her pre-meet rank against the nation's toughest conference that featured 14 vaulters that cleared 12-11 or better in 2005. Overall, competed in pole vault in seven meets outdoors and cleared 12-5 1/2 or better in five of them with her two top marks in the Pac-10 and West Regional Championships (15th, 12-6). Ended outdoor regular season tied for 31st on collegiate national rankings with her season best (12-11 1/2). Indoors, led Ducks and tied her personal best in the NCAA Last Chance Qualifier in Seattle (fourth, 12-5 1/2). Also cleared 12 feet in Dempsey Indoor Preview (fourth, 12-4) and Husky Classic (10th-tie, 12-2 3/4) and was a quarter-inch shy in the Pole Vault Summit (11-11 3/4). Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention. Personal/Season Bests: Outdoor - 3.95m (12-11 1/2), Pac-10 Championships (5/15/05). Indoor - 3.80m (12-5 1/2) (I-PR-tie), NCAA Last Chance Qualifier (3/5/05).
2003-2004: NCAA Outdoor Qualifier (Pole Vault). Culminated initial collegiate season with an NCAA outdoor appearance in the pole vault (15th-tie, 12-9 1/2), an event that she competed in nine times, and cleared 13 feet or higher twice, both in championship stops. Ranked second on squad at outdoor season's end behind fellow NCAA competitor Kirsten Larwin with personal best from May’s Pac-10 Championships (fifth, 13-2 1/4). Also cleared 13 feet in the West Regional Championships (fifth-t, 13-1 3/4) and secured an automatic NCAA bid. Gained momentum before the championship run with back-to-back personal bests in the final regular season meets of the season - the Oregon Invitational (fifth, 12-8), and the Oregon Twilight (second, 12-10 1/4). At end of outdoor campaign, ranked seventh in Pac-10, eighth in region and 22nd nationally based on season bests. Indoors, competed five times, and ranked third on the squad behind a pair of NCAA veterans with season-best mark from January’s Bodybuilding.com Invitational (fourth, 12-5 1/2). At end of 2004, narrowly missed joining teammates Kirsten Larwin and Hannah Moore on U.S. top-40 season best list, and needed mark of 13-4 1/2. Personal/Season Bests: Outdoor - 4.02m (13-2 1/4) (PR), Pac-10 Championships (5/15/04). Indoor -3.80m (12-5 1/2) (I-PR), Bodybuilding.com Invitational (1/31/04).
Prep: Ranked 10th nationally among prep pole vaulters as a senior in 2003 (12-7) and 15th as a junior in 2002 (12-6). Washington state runner-up as a senior in 2003 (12-3) and champion as a junior (12-3). Ended career ranked second all-time among Washington preps, and was district champion in both 2001 and 2002. Her prep best of 12-7 as a senior from 2003 is higher than all of the UO All-America pole vaulters' prep bests - Becky Holliday (12-3), Niki (Reed) McEwen (11-8) and Karina Elstrom (11-6) - and NCAA qualifiers Hannah Moore (11-0) and Kirsten Riley (11-0). A four-year letterwinner, she helped squad to state team championships in track in her junior and senior years. In other field events, owned prep bests in long jump and triple jump of 16-1 and 36-5, respectively from her junior and senior seasons. Also a three-year diving letterwinner and won 1-meter district titles in 2000 and 2001, and was part of the 2000 state championship diving team. High School (Coach): Snohomish ‘03 (Ron Johnson).
Personal: Digital Arts & Design major, Business minor.
Personal Bests
Pole Vault - outdoors - 4.02m (13-7 3/4), NCAA West Regional Championships, Provo, Utah, May 27, 2006
Pole Vault - indoors - 3.81m (12-6), NCAA Last Chance Qualifier, Seattle, Wash., March 4, 2006
NCAA Outdoor Championships Performances
2006 - Pole Vault, 22nd-tie (prelims), 3.90m (12-9 1/2)
2004 - Pole Vault, 15th-tie (prelims), 3.90m (12-9 1/2)
West Regional Championships Performances
2006 - Pole Vault, 3rd, 4.16m (13-7 3/4)
2005 - Pole Vault, 15th, 3.81m (12-6)
2004 - Pole Vault, 5th-tie, 4.01m (13-1 3/4)
Pac-10 Championships Performances
2006 - Pole Vault, 8th, 3.95m (12-11 1/2)
2005 - Pole Vault, 7th, 3.95m (12-11 1/2)
2004 - Pole Vault, 5th, 4.02m (13-2 1/4)
Enders’s Top Oregon Performances
Pole Vault-Outdoors
4.16m (13-7 3/4), 3rd, NCAA West Regional Championships, 5/27/06
4.11m (13-5 3/4), 1st, Trojan Invitational, 3/25/06
4.02m (13-2 1/4), 5th, Pac-10 Championships, 5/14-15/04
4.01m (13-1 3/4), 5th-tie, West Regional Championships, 5/29/04
4.00m (13-1 1/2), 5th, Oregon Invitational, 4/22/06
3.95m (12-11 1/2), 8th, Pac-10 Championships, 5/14/06
3.95m (12-11 1/2), 7th, Pac-10 Championships 5/15/05
3.92m (12-10 1/4), 2nd, Oregon Twilight, 5/1/04
3.90m (12-9 1/2), 22nd-tie (prelims), NCAA Championships, 6/8/06
3.90m (12-9 1/2), 2nd, Oregon Twilight, 5/5/06
3.90m (12-9 1/2),15th-tie, NCAA Championships, 6/11/04
Pole Vault-Indoors
3.81m (12-6), 6th, NCAA Last Chance Qualifier, 3/4/06
3.80m (12-5 1/2), 4th, UW Last Chance Qualifier, 3/5/05
3.80m (12-5 1/2), 4th, Bodybuilding.com Invitational, 1/31/04
3.76m (12-4), 4th, Dempsey Indoor Preview, 1/15/05
3.73m (12-2 3/4), 10th-tie, Husky Classic, 2/12/05
3.75m (12-3 1/2), 10th, Pac-10 Invitational, 2/14/04
3.74m (12-3 1/4), 6th-tie, NCAA Last Chance Qualifier, 3/6/04
3.73m (12-2 3/4), 10th-tie, Mt. Pacific Championships, 2/28/04
3.70m (12-0 1/2), 5th, Husky Indoor Preview, 1/17/04
