2016 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Chase Smith
- Position:
- Pole Vault
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Helena, Mont.
- High School:
- Helena
2021 Pac-12 Pole Vault Champion
2020 All-America (Pole Vault, Indoors)
2020 MPSF Pole Vault Runner-Up
2019 All-America Second Team (Pole Vault, Outdoors)
2018 All-America Second Team (Pole Vault, Indoors)
2018 MPSFย Pole Vault Champion
2017 All-America Second Team (Pole Vault, Indoors)
2017 MPSF Pole Vault Champion
Smith Features
ยปย Smith Looking To Reach Rare Air (GoHuskies.com; March 8, 2018)
ยปย Former Helena Standout Soaring To New Heights In Pole Vault (MontanaSports.com; March 8, 2017)
2021: Final season was highlighted by capturing his first Pac-12 title, securing it with a third-attempt make at 17-1 โฆ at NCAA West Prelims, cleared 16-10 ยพ to finish 30th overall โฆ second at the West Coast Relays with a make of 16-11 โฆ won the UW-WSU Dual clearing 16-8 ยผ โฆ indoors, competed three times unattached, getting a best clearance of 17-2 ยพ at the UW Indoor Preview โฆ also cleared 17-1 ยพ at the UW Invitational and 17-1 ยฝ at the Husky Classic.
2020 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): Earned All-America honors once again during the indoor season, as he qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships but did not get to compete as the meet was canceled due to COVID-19 โฆ earned a spot at nationals via a season-best clearance of 17-11 at the Husky Classic โฆ won his first five meets of the indoor season before taking runner-up honors at the MPSF Championships with a clearance of 17-7 1/4 โฆ also made 17-7 1/4 at the Don Kirby Invite in New Mexico.
2019: Reached his first NCAA Outdoor Championship in the pole vault in his first full outdoor season since 2016, earning All-America Second Team honors โฆ at NCAAs in Austin, cleared 17-6 1/2 to finish in a tie for 15th โฆ advanced through NCAA West Prelims in dramatic fashion, getting consecutive third attempt clearances, the last one at 17-7, to make the top-12 โฆ fourth-place at Pac-12s with a make of 16-11 1/2 โฆ set an outdoor PR at the National Relay Championships in Arkansas with a clearance of 17-8 1/2 to take third and go to tenth on the outdoor top-10 list โฆ won the UW-WSU Dual vault with another make of 17-8 1/2, held indoors due to weather โฆ won the Stanford Invite pole vault, going 17-7 โฆ second at the Trojan Invitational with a make of 17-5 1/2 โฆ redshirted the indoor season, competing four times unattached โฆ had a new lifetime-best at the Last Chance Elite Meet, making 18-1 1/4 unattached โฆ also won the Husky Classic at 17-6 1/2 and was second at the UW Invitational at 17-7 1/4.
2018: Another standout season in the pole vault indoors but had a second outdoor season derailed by an injury โฆ indoors, earned All-America Second Team honors for the second time as he finished 10th at the NCAA Indoor Championships, clearing 17-8 ยฝ โฆ qualified for NCAA Indoors by making a new PR of 18-1 at the UW Indoor Open โฆ became the first Husky man to win back-to-back MPSF pole vault titles as he won with a 17-4 ยฝ clearance โฆ opened the year with a win at the UW Indoor Preview, clearing 17-7 โฆ a knee injury outdoors forced him to redshirt after winning the outdoor season opener, the Trojan Invite, with a make of 17-4 ยฝ.
2017: Advanced to his first NCAA Championship finals during the indoor season and captured the MPSF Championships pole vault title in a breakout sophomore season โฆ at the NCAA Indoor Championships, cleared 17-6 ยฝ to tie for 11th and earn All-America Second Team distinction โฆ raised his PR by nearly a foot compared to his freshman year ... entered the indoor season with a lifetime-best of 17-0 1/4, but then went 17-3 at the UW Invitational for an early PR ... followed that with a 17-4 1/2 make at the Husky Classic ... made another big leap at the Air Force Collegiate, clearing 17-11 ... won the MPSF conference title with another PR of 17-11 1/4, tying for fourth on the UW top-10 list โฆ outdoors, his season was interrupted abruptly when he needed to have his appendix removed, returning just a few weeks later to compete at the Pac-12 Championships where he managed to still place fourth with a make of 16-3 ยฝ โฆ missed a month of competition due to the appendix procedure โฆ advanced to the NCAA West Preliminaries for the second time, and had an outdoor season-best clearance of 17-2 ยพ, tying for 15th and just missing an NCAA Outdoor trip by one bar โฆ opened his outdoor season with a 17-0 ยพ clearance at the Trojan Invitational for a victory, and also cleared 17-0 ยพ at the Beach Invitational โฆ earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2016: An impressive freshman season in the pole vault, as he scored at the Pac-12 Championships and qualified for NCAA West Prelims โฆ finished fifth at his first Pac-12 meet in Seattle, clearing 16-8 ยพ โฆ made it over 16-10 at NCAA West Prelims, tying for 16th and likely missing NCAAs by just one bar โฆ cleared 17-feet for the first time in his career at the Ken Shannon Invitational, which he won at 17-0 ยผ โฆ competed at the U.S. Junior Championships in June, tying for eighth at 16-2 ยพ โฆ opened his outdoor season tying for a win at the Pac-12 vs Big Ten Invite in Tempe, going 16-11 ยฝ โฆ runner-up at the Pepsi Team Invite with a vault of 16-10 ยพ โฆ third in the UW-WSU Dual in inclement weather, clearing 15-9 ยพ โฆ indoors, scored a point at the MPSF Championships with an eighth-place finish with a season-best make of 16-10 โฆ cleared 16-8 at the UW Indoor Open for fifth โฆ a 16-7 ยผ clearance at the UW Invitational to tie for sixth.
High School and Personal: Born in Helena, Montana โฆ parents are Barbara and Peter Smith โฆ has one younger brother, Daniel โฆ father, Peter, also competed in the pole vault โฆ won the 2015 Montana AA title in the pole vault, and set the Montana state record with a clearance of 16-feet, 5-inches helping his team win the state title โฆ raised his PR by two feet between his junior and senior years โฆ was second at the state meet as a junior with a make of 14-0 โฆ his 16-5 clearance ranked 22nd nationally in 2015 โฆ competed in the Dempsey at the 2015 UW High School Invitational, taking first in the pole vault with a make of 15-5 โฆ graduated with a 3.9 GPA and made honor roll for 23 straight quarters in high school โฆ considering studying microbiology and anatomy.
Major Meets
2016 MPSF - 8th, Pole Vault
2016 Pac-12 - 5th, Pole Vault
2016 NCAA Prelims - 16th (tie), Pole Vault
2017 MPSF - 1st, Pole Vault (MPSFย Champion)
2017 NCAA Indoors - 11th (tie), Pole Vault (All-America Second Team)
2017 Pac-12 - 4th, Pole Vault
2017 NCAA Prelims - 15th (tie), Pole Vault
2018 MPSF - 1st, Pole Vault (MPSF Champion)
2018 NCAA Indoors - 10th, Pole Vault (All-America Second Team)
2019 Pac-12 - 4th, Pole Vault
2019 NCAA Prelims - 7th, Pole Vault
2019 NCAA Outdoors - 15th (tie), Pole Vault (All-America Second Team)
2020 MPSF - 2nd, Pole Vault
2020 NCAA Indoors - Pole Vault Qualifier (All-America)
2021 Pac-12 - 1st, Pole Vault (Pac-12 Champion)
2021 NCAA Prelims - 30th, Pole Vault
Outdoor Bests
Pole Vault.......17-8 1/2
Indoor Bests
Pole Vaultโฆโฆ.18-1 / 18-1 1/4 (Unattached)
Academic Honors
2019ย Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2017 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
