2019 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Blaise Black
- Position:
- Pole Vault
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bellingham, Wash.
- High School:
- Sehome
2017 Pac-12 Pole Vault Third-Place
2019: Scored at the Pac-12 Championships once again in his final season, as he finished seventh at the conference meet with a clearance of 16-5 1/2 β¦ third in the invite section at the Stanford Invitational with a make of 16-3 1/4 β¦ cleared 16-6 at the UW-WSU Dual for fourth-place β¦ indoors, matched his career-best with a make of 16-11 1/2 at the UW Invitational β¦ fourth at the Husky Classic, clearing 16-0 3/4.
2018: Scored once again at both conference championships indoors and out and advanced to a second NCAA West Preliminaries in the pole vault β¦ got a second straight top-five finish at the Pac-12 Championships, as he took fifth in the vault at 16-6 Β½ β¦ tied for 30th at the NCAA West Prelims with a make of 15-11 β¦ took second at the Trojan Invitational with an outdoor season-best make of 16-8 ΒΎ β¦ second at the UW-WSU Dual with a clearance of 16-5 ΒΌ β¦ also cleared 16-5 ΒΌ for second at the Ken Shannon Invitational β¦ indoors, had a new indoor PR of 16-11 Β½ at the Husky Classic to take second β¦ tied for eighth at the MPSF Championships by going 16-4 ΒΎ β¦ made 16-8 at the UW Invitational for fifth-place β¦ earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2017: Had his most successful season to date, making the podium at the Pac-12 Championships and making the 17-foot mark for the first time β¦ the top scorer for the Dawgs in the pole vault at Pac-12s, finishing third with a clearance of 16-3 Β½ β¦ advanced to his first NCAA West Prelims and cleared 16-10 ΒΎ to tie for 25th overall β¦ had a new PR of 17-0 ΒΎ at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate β¦ won the Ken Shannon Invite with a make of 16-7 Β½ β¦ cleared 16-7 ΒΌ at the Texas Relays β¦ indoors, took sixth at the MPSF Championships with a make of 15-11 ΒΎ β¦ won the SPU Final Qualifier with a season-best of 16-9 Β½ Β β¦ named a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2016: Set new PRs indoors and out in his first full season β¦ outdoors jumped a best of 16-7 Β½ in the vault at the Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Invite in Tempe, taking third β¦ also cleared 16-6 ΒΎ at the Mt. SAC Relays β¦ third at the Ken Shannon Invite with a make of 16-0 ΒΎ β¦ indoors, tied for 16th at the MPSF Championships at 15-10 β¦ new indoor PR of 16-8 came at the Husky Classic β¦ a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2015: Redshirted the season, competing several times unattached in the pole vault β¦ ended his season competing at the U.S. Junior Championships in Eugene, finishing eighth with a clearance of 16-0 ΒΎ that matched his PR β¦ also cleared 16-0 ΒΎ unattached at the Ken Shannon Invitational β¦ indoors, competed four times, with a best make of 15-11 ΒΎ at the Husky Classic, placing ninth.
High School and Personal: Born in Anchorage, Alaska β¦ parents are Robin and William Black β¦ has one younger brother, Jarrod β¦ the Washington 2A state pole vault champion as a senior in 2014 β¦ jumped a PR of 15-6 to win the Northwest Conference title and then matched that at the state meet β¦ also finished fifth in the pole vault at state as a junior and fourth as a sophomore β¦ named a Whatcom All-County Athlete in 2013 and 2014 β¦ also lettered three years in football and four years in wrestling β¦ won 2012 wrestling Hardest Worker award and the 2014 Phil Millard Character Award in football β¦ an Eagle Scout β¦ graduated with a 3.72 GPA.
Major Meets
2016 MPSF - 16th (tie), Pole Vault
2017 MPSFΒ - 6th (tie), Pole Vault
2017 Pac-12 - 3rd, Pole Vault
2017 NCAA Prelims - 25th (tie), Pole Vault
2018 MPSF - 8th (tie), Pole Vault
2018 Pac-12 - 5th, Pole Vault
2018 NCAA Prelims - 30th (tie), Pole Vault
2019 MPSF - 13th, Pole Vault
2019 Pac-12 - 7th, Pole Vault
Outdoor Bests
Pole Vault.......17-0 3/4
Indoor Bests
Pole Vaultβ¦β¦.16-11Β 1/2
Academic Honors
2018 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2017 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2016 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
