2016 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Chase Smith
- Position:
- Pole Vault
- 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 MPSF Pole Vault Champion
2017 All-America Second Team (Pole Vault, Indoors)
2017 MPSF Pole Vault Champion
Smith Features
» Smith Looking To Reach Rare Air (GoHuskies.com; March 8, 2018)
» 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 … at NCAA West Prelims, cleared 16-10 ¾ to finish 30th overall … second at the West Coast Relays with a make of 16-11 … won the UW-WSU Dual clearing 16-8 ¼ … indoors, competed three times unattached, getting a best clearance of 17-2 ¾ at the UW Indoor Preview … also cleared 17-1 ¾ at the UW Invitational and 17-1 ½ 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 … earned a spot at nationals via a season-best clearance of 17-11 at the Husky Classic … 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 … 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 … at NCAAs in Austin, cleared 17-6 1/2 to finish in a tie for 15th … advanced through NCAA West Prelims in dramatic fashion, getting consecutive third attempt clearances, the last one at 17-7, to make the top-12 … fourth-place at Pac-12s with a make of 16-11 1/2 … 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 … won the UW-WSU Dual vault with another make of 17-8 1/2, held indoors due to weather … won the Stanford Invite pole vault, going 17-7 … second at the Trojan Invitational with a make of 17-5 1/2 … redshirted the indoor season, competing four times unattached … had a new lifetime-best at the Last Chance Elite Meet, making 18-1 1/4 unattached … 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 … indoors, earned All-America Second Team honors for the second time as he finished 10th at the NCAA Indoor Championships, clearing 17-8 ½ … qualified for NCAA Indoors by making a new PR of 18-1 at the UW Indoor Open … became the first Husky man to win back-to-back MPSF pole vault titles as he won with a 17-4 ½ clearance … opened the year with a win at the UW Indoor Preview, clearing 17-7 … a knee injury outdoors forced him to redshirt after winning the outdoor season opener, the Trojan Invite, with a make of 17-4 ½.
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 … at the NCAA Indoor Championships, cleared 17-6 ½ to tie for 11th and earn All-America Second Team distinction … 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 … 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 ½ … missed a month of competition due to the appendix procedure … advanced to the NCAA West Preliminaries for the second time, and had an outdoor season-best clearance of 17-2 ¾, tying for 15th and just missing an NCAA Outdoor trip by one bar … opened his outdoor season with a 17-0 ¾ clearance at the Trojan Invitational for a victory, and also cleared 17-0 ¾ at the Beach Invitational … 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 … finished fifth at his first Pac-12 meet in Seattle, clearing 16-8 ¾ … made it over 16-10 at NCAA West Prelims, tying for 16th and likely missing NCAAs by just one bar … cleared 17-feet for the first time in his career at the Ken Shannon Invitational, which he won at 17-0 ¼ … competed at the U.S. Junior Championships in June, tying for eighth at 16-2 ¾ … opened his outdoor season tying for a win at the Pac-12 vs Big Ten Invite in Tempe, going 16-11 ½ … runner-up at the Pepsi Team Invite with a vault of 16-10 ¾ … third in the UW-WSU Dual in inclement weather, clearing 15-9 ¾ … indoors, scored a point at the MPSF Championships with an eighth-place finish with a season-best make of 16-10 … cleared 16-8 at the UW Indoor Open for fifth … a 16-7 ¼ clearance at the UW Invitational to tie for sixth.
High School and Personal: Born in Helena, Montana … parents are Barbara and Peter Smith … has one younger brother, Daniel … father, Peter, also competed in the pole vault … 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 … raised his PR by two feet between his junior and senior years … was second at the state meet as a junior with a make of 14-0 … his 16-5 clearance ranked 22nd nationally in 2015 … competed in the Dempsey at the 2015 UW High School Invitational, taking first in the pole vault with a make of 15-5 … graduated with a 3.9 GPA and made honor roll for 23 straight quarters in high school … 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 (MPSF 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 Vault…….18-1 / 18-1 1/4 (Unattached)
Academic Honors
2019 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2017 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
