2018 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Candace Ho
- Position:
- Pole Vault
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Bellevue, Wash.
- High School:
- Newport
2018: Completed a full indoor season in the pole vault but was limited to three meets outdoors due to an achilles injury β¦ traveled to the Stanford Invitational and cleared 11-11 ΒΎ in her final competition of the year β¦ cleared 11-7 ΒΎ at the Trojan Invitational for fifth β¦ indoors, had a season-best make of 12-0 Β½ at the SPU Final Qualifier β¦ twice cleared 11-7 ΒΌ, once at the Husky Classic and again at the UW Indoor Open.
2017: A full season indoors and out in the pole vault, setting a new PR at the MPSF Championships indoors where she took 12th with a clearance of 12-6 ΒΌ β¦ outdoors, season-best make was 11-10 at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate β¦ ninth at the Ken Shannon Invite, clearing 11-8 β¦ twice made 11-10 ΒΎ during the indoor season at the Husky Classic and at the UW Indoor Open β¦ a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2016: First full season in the pole vault saw her compete at both conference championships outdoors and indoors β¦ at her first Pac-12 Championships, finished 12th overall in the vault at 11-4 ΒΌ β¦ had a big PR at the Ken Shannon Invite, making it over 12-8 to place fifth β¦ also fifth at the UW-WSU Dual with a jump of 11-5 ΒΎ β¦ made 12-0 ΒΎ at the Pac-12 vs Big Ten Invite for 14th-place β¦ indoors, vaulted over 12-2, a seasonβs-best, at the MPSF Championships, finishing 21st β¦ tied for 14th at the UW Indoor Open at 12-1 Β½ β¦ a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2015: Redshirted her first season, competing unattached in the pole vault β¦ indoors, had a PR of 11-6 Β½, cleared at the Husky Classic as well as the UW Indoor Open β¦ also made 11-0 ΒΌ at the UW Invitational.
High School and Personal: Born in Bellevue, Washington β¦ parents are Peggy Kwok and Sebastian Ho β¦ has one younger brother, Thaddeus β¦ a three-time podium finisher in the pole vault at the Washington 4A state championships, finishing as the runner-up her senior season in 2014 β¦ cleared a personal-best of 11-9 in the vault at the 2014 state meet β¦ won the KingCo title and district title as a senior, clearing 11-0 and 11-3, respectively β¦ also took third in the long jump at the KingCo meet in 2014, jumping 16-11 Β½ β¦ fourth in the pole vault at the state meet as both a sophomore and a junior β¦ won a pair of team MVP honors and the Doug Brown Scholar Athlete Award in 2014 β¦ also lettered four years in gymnastics, winning Beset Showmanship Award two times β¦ graduated with a 3.75 grade point average.
Major Meets
2016 MPSF - 21st, Pole Vault
2016 Pac-12 - 12th, Pole Vault
2017 MPSF - 12th, Pole Vault
Outdoor Bests
Pole Vault.......12-8
Indoor Bests
Pole Vaultβ¦β¦.12-6 1/4
Academic Honors
2017 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2016 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
