2016 Track & Field Roster
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Owsinski, Kristina
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Kristina Owsinski
- Position:
- Pole Vault
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Ridgefield, Wash.
Bio
2017 All-America First Team (Pole Vault, Outdoors)
2017 Pac-12 Pole Vault Runner-Up
2015 Pac-12 Pole Vault Champion
2015 All-America First Team (Pole Vault, Outdoors) and All-American Second Team (Pole Vault, Indoors)
2015 MPSF Pole Vault Champion
2014 MPSF Pole Vault Champion
Owsinski Features
» Quick And Owsinski: Champions Of Pole Vault U (GoHuskies.com; June 7, 2017)
» Prairie Grad Owsinski Soaring For Huskies (The Columbian; Apr. 30, 2015)
» Pole Vaulters Push Each Other As Teammates, Friends (GoHuskies.com; Mar. 12, 2015)
2017: Returned for a sixth year after missing the 2016 outdoor season due to an Achilles tendon rupture, and made the most of her comeback by returning to the podium at the NCAA Championships and matching her school record in her final meet ... at her first NCAA meet in two years, she tied her outdoor school record of 14-5 1/4 set at the same meet in 2015 to finish in fifth-place and earn her second All-America First Team honor and third overall All-America honor … had a crucial third-attempt clearance at NCAA West Prelims in Austin to extend her Husky career, as she made 14-1 ¼ on her last try to make the top-12 … was the Pac-12 runner-up to teammate Elizabeth Quick, as both vaulters cleared 13-8 ¼ then both passed up to 14-0 but neither cleared and Quick won on fewer attempts … had her best clearance since the injury at the Beach Invitational on Apr. 15, clearing 14-3 ¼ … won the UW-WSU Dual in very wet conditions at 13-1 ¾ … opened her outdoor season with a win at the Trojan Invitational at 13-11 ¼, then cleared the same height at the Texas Relays, and went 13-11 ¾ at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate … indoors, competed three times unattached … first competition back after her Achilles injury was the UW Indoor Preview which she won at 13-6 ½ … also got the victory at the Husky Classic at 13-10 ½.
2016: Was on her way to another outstanding indoor season but suffered an achilles tear during competition at the Husky Classic and missed the rest of the year … had already secured an NCAA Indoor spot in the first meet of the season, as she tied her indoor PR of 14-2 with a win at the UW Indoor Preview … matched that 14-2 mark again in another victory at the UW Invitational … at the Husky Classic, she had cleared 14-1 ¼ and was moving to the next height when she injured her achilles at the start of her approach.
2015: Crowned a fantastic junior season by breaking the school record at her first NCAA Outdoor meet, finishing fourth overall with a clearance of 14-5 1/4 ... earned All-America First Team honors outdoors, as well as Second Team honors indoors, and won the Pac-12 and MPSF pole vault titles ... qualified for her first U.S. Outdoor Championships but did not make the opening height of 13-11 1/4 ... captured her first Pac-12 title, leading a Husky sweep of the top three spots, as she cleared 14-2 for the win ... advanced through to her first NCAA Outdoor finals by clearing 13-11 at the NCAA West Prelims in Austin ... tallied another win at the Ken Shannon Invite, going 13-7 3/4 and taking shots at 14-6 ... broke the meet record at the UW-WSU Dual as well as the Husky Track record with a make of 13-9 3/4 ... upped her PR again with a win at the Triton Invitational in San Diego as she went 14-2 1/2 to move to No. 2 in school history ... won the Pepsi Team Invite in tough conditions, making 12-11 3/4 ... sixth in the invite section at the Mt. SAC Relays going 13-9 1/4 ... carried momentum from indoors over to her outdoor opener, as she won the Baldy Castillo Invite with a new outdoor PR of 14-1 1/4 ... indoors, won the MPSF title for the second year in a row, and raised her career-best by nearly eight inches on the day, clearing 14-feet for the first time ever and following that with a make of 14-2, both on third attempts ... qualified for her first NCAA Championships indoors, finishing tied for ninth with a make of 13-9 1/4, and earning All-America Second Team honors ... her 14-2 PR now ranks No. 3 in UW indoor history ... prior to MPSFs, her PR had been 13-6 1/4 which she cleared at the Husky Classic, taking third overall ... also made 13-5 3/4 at the UW Invitational and 13-1 3/4 at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic ... a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2014: Captured the MPSF Championships pole vault title to highlight an excellent indoor season, and came up just short of reaching her first NCAA Outdoor meet … indoors, cleared 13-5 ¾ at three different meets, and made 13-6 ¼ at two more, moving to No. 7 on the top-10 list … won the MPSF meet with a 13-5 ¾ clearance … also won the Husky Classic at 13-5 ¾ and won the Indoor Open the following day at the same height … won the WSU Open II and the SPU Final Qualifier at 13-6 ¼, just missing at bars that would have made it to NCAA Indoors … outdoors, finished in a tie for 17th at the NCAA West Prelims, clearing 13-3, and jumping at the bar that would have made it to NCAA Outdoors … made an outdoor season-best of 13-3 ½ at the Trojan Invitational, taking second … settled for ninth at Pac-12s at 12-6 ¾, her lowest clearance of the season … third in the UW-WSU Dual with a best of 13-1 ¾ … was a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2013: An excellent first season in uniform for the Dawgs, as she made the Husky top-10 list in the pole vault, got on the podium at Pac-12s and reached NCAA West Prelims … best meet of the year came at the Pac-12 Championships in Los Angeles, as she made it over 13-4 ¼, a new personal-best, to finish in third place on misses, as she matched the top clearance by the winner … that season-best moved her to the No. 9 spot on the Husky top-10 list … fell just a few spots short of making it to the NCAA finals, as she placed 16th at NCAA West Prelims in Austin with a mark of 13-1 ¾ … first time over the 13-foot mark was at the UW-WSU Dual, as she finished second with a mark of 13-1 ½ … cleared 12-5 ½ at the Mt. SAC Relays … second at the Ken Shannon Invite with a jump of 12-4 ¾ … tied for fifth at the Pepsi Team Invite at 11-9 ¾ .. indoors, closed the season with her best jump, clearing 12-11 at the UW Final Qualifier … was 13th at the MPSF Championships with a make of 12-5 ¼ … competed at the National Pole Vault Summit in Reno, clearing 12-5 ½.
2012: Redshirted the season, did not compete unattached.
High School and Personal: Born in Portland, Oregon ... mother is Tessie Hall and father is Lech Owsinski ... has one older sister, Shannon ... had her senior season cut short due to injury, right after setting a new pole vault PR of 12-7 in a dual meet ... placed fourth in the pole vault at the 2010 Washington 3A state championships and second at the 2009 state meet ... cleared 12-feet for the first time as a junior in 2010 at the Alki Swashbuckler Beach Vault, going 12-1 ... during the 2011 indoor season, set a big PR with a clearance of 12-6 at the UW Indoor Open in the Dempsey ... also cleared 12-4 twice more during the 2011 indoor season ... won the West Central District pole vault title in 2009 and 2010 ... also qualified for state in the 100-meter hurdles in 2009 (placing 10th) and 2010 (placing 11th) ... won the Greater St. Helens League title in the 100m hurdles in 2010 ... ran her 100m hurdles PR of 15.34 in 2011 ... was on the cheerleading squad from 2009-11.
Major Meets
2013 MPSF - 13th, Pole Vault
2013 Pac-12 - 3rd, Pole Vault
2013 NCAA Prelims - 16th (tie), Pole Vault
2014 MPSF - 1st, Pole Vault (MPSF Champion)
2014 Pac-12 - 9th (tie), Pole Vault
2014 NCAA Prelims - 17th (tie), Pole Vault
2015 MPSF - 1st, Pole Vault (MPSF Champion)
2015 NCAA Indoors - 9th (tie), Pole Vault (All-America Second Team)
2015 Pac-12 - 1st, Pole Vault (Pac-12 Champion)
2015 NCAA Prelims - 4th (tie), Pole Vault
2015 NCAA Outdoors - 4th, Pole Vault (All-America First Team)
2015 U.S. Outdoor Champs - NH, Pole Vault
2017 Pac-12 - 2nd, Pole Vault
2017 NCAA Prelims - 10th, Pole Vault
2017 NCAA Outdoors - 5th, Pole Vault (All-America First Team)
Outdoor Bests
Pole Vault.......14-5 1/4 $
Indoor Bests
Pole Vault.......14-2
$ - School Record
Academic Honors
2015 Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
2014 Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
2017 Pac-12 Pole Vault Runner-Up
2015 Pac-12 Pole Vault Champion
2015 All-America First Team (Pole Vault, Outdoors) and All-American Second Team (Pole Vault, Indoors)
2015 MPSF Pole Vault Champion
2014 MPSF Pole Vault Champion
Owsinski Features
» Quick And Owsinski: Champions Of Pole Vault U (GoHuskies.com; June 7, 2017)
» Prairie Grad Owsinski Soaring For Huskies (The Columbian; Apr. 30, 2015)
» Pole Vaulters Push Each Other As Teammates, Friends (GoHuskies.com; Mar. 12, 2015)
2017: Returned for a sixth year after missing the 2016 outdoor season due to an Achilles tendon rupture, and made the most of her comeback by returning to the podium at the NCAA Championships and matching her school record in her final meet ... at her first NCAA meet in two years, she tied her outdoor school record of 14-5 1/4 set at the same meet in 2015 to finish in fifth-place and earn her second All-America First Team honor and third overall All-America honor … had a crucial third-attempt clearance at NCAA West Prelims in Austin to extend her Husky career, as she made 14-1 ¼ on her last try to make the top-12 … was the Pac-12 runner-up to teammate Elizabeth Quick, as both vaulters cleared 13-8 ¼ then both passed up to 14-0 but neither cleared and Quick won on fewer attempts … had her best clearance since the injury at the Beach Invitational on Apr. 15, clearing 14-3 ¼ … won the UW-WSU Dual in very wet conditions at 13-1 ¾ … opened her outdoor season with a win at the Trojan Invitational at 13-11 ¼, then cleared the same height at the Texas Relays, and went 13-11 ¾ at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate … indoors, competed three times unattached … first competition back after her Achilles injury was the UW Indoor Preview which she won at 13-6 ½ … also got the victory at the Husky Classic at 13-10 ½.
2016: Was on her way to another outstanding indoor season but suffered an achilles tear during competition at the Husky Classic and missed the rest of the year … had already secured an NCAA Indoor spot in the first meet of the season, as she tied her indoor PR of 14-2 with a win at the UW Indoor Preview … matched that 14-2 mark again in another victory at the UW Invitational … at the Husky Classic, she had cleared 14-1 ¼ and was moving to the next height when she injured her achilles at the start of her approach.
2015: Crowned a fantastic junior season by breaking the school record at her first NCAA Outdoor meet, finishing fourth overall with a clearance of 14-5 1/4 ... earned All-America First Team honors outdoors, as well as Second Team honors indoors, and won the Pac-12 and MPSF pole vault titles ... qualified for her first U.S. Outdoor Championships but did not make the opening height of 13-11 1/4 ... captured her first Pac-12 title, leading a Husky sweep of the top three spots, as she cleared 14-2 for the win ... advanced through to her first NCAA Outdoor finals by clearing 13-11 at the NCAA West Prelims in Austin ... tallied another win at the Ken Shannon Invite, going 13-7 3/4 and taking shots at 14-6 ... broke the meet record at the UW-WSU Dual as well as the Husky Track record with a make of 13-9 3/4 ... upped her PR again with a win at the Triton Invitational in San Diego as she went 14-2 1/2 to move to No. 2 in school history ... won the Pepsi Team Invite in tough conditions, making 12-11 3/4 ... sixth in the invite section at the Mt. SAC Relays going 13-9 1/4 ... carried momentum from indoors over to her outdoor opener, as she won the Baldy Castillo Invite with a new outdoor PR of 14-1 1/4 ... indoors, won the MPSF title for the second year in a row, and raised her career-best by nearly eight inches on the day, clearing 14-feet for the first time ever and following that with a make of 14-2, both on third attempts ... qualified for her first NCAA Championships indoors, finishing tied for ninth with a make of 13-9 1/4, and earning All-America Second Team honors ... her 14-2 PR now ranks No. 3 in UW indoor history ... prior to MPSFs, her PR had been 13-6 1/4 which she cleared at the Husky Classic, taking third overall ... also made 13-5 3/4 at the UW Invitational and 13-1 3/4 at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic ... a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2014: Captured the MPSF Championships pole vault title to highlight an excellent indoor season, and came up just short of reaching her first NCAA Outdoor meet … indoors, cleared 13-5 ¾ at three different meets, and made 13-6 ¼ at two more, moving to No. 7 on the top-10 list … won the MPSF meet with a 13-5 ¾ clearance … also won the Husky Classic at 13-5 ¾ and won the Indoor Open the following day at the same height … won the WSU Open II and the SPU Final Qualifier at 13-6 ¼, just missing at bars that would have made it to NCAA Indoors … outdoors, finished in a tie for 17th at the NCAA West Prelims, clearing 13-3, and jumping at the bar that would have made it to NCAA Outdoors … made an outdoor season-best of 13-3 ½ at the Trojan Invitational, taking second … settled for ninth at Pac-12s at 12-6 ¾, her lowest clearance of the season … third in the UW-WSU Dual with a best of 13-1 ¾ … was a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2013: An excellent first season in uniform for the Dawgs, as she made the Husky top-10 list in the pole vault, got on the podium at Pac-12s and reached NCAA West Prelims … best meet of the year came at the Pac-12 Championships in Los Angeles, as she made it over 13-4 ¼, a new personal-best, to finish in third place on misses, as she matched the top clearance by the winner … that season-best moved her to the No. 9 spot on the Husky top-10 list … fell just a few spots short of making it to the NCAA finals, as she placed 16th at NCAA West Prelims in Austin with a mark of 13-1 ¾ … first time over the 13-foot mark was at the UW-WSU Dual, as she finished second with a mark of 13-1 ½ … cleared 12-5 ½ at the Mt. SAC Relays … second at the Ken Shannon Invite with a jump of 12-4 ¾ … tied for fifth at the Pepsi Team Invite at 11-9 ¾ .. indoors, closed the season with her best jump, clearing 12-11 at the UW Final Qualifier … was 13th at the MPSF Championships with a make of 12-5 ¼ … competed at the National Pole Vault Summit in Reno, clearing 12-5 ½.
2012: Redshirted the season, did not compete unattached.
High School and Personal: Born in Portland, Oregon ... mother is Tessie Hall and father is Lech Owsinski ... has one older sister, Shannon ... had her senior season cut short due to injury, right after setting a new pole vault PR of 12-7 in a dual meet ... placed fourth in the pole vault at the 2010 Washington 3A state championships and second at the 2009 state meet ... cleared 12-feet for the first time as a junior in 2010 at the Alki Swashbuckler Beach Vault, going 12-1 ... during the 2011 indoor season, set a big PR with a clearance of 12-6 at the UW Indoor Open in the Dempsey ... also cleared 12-4 twice more during the 2011 indoor season ... won the West Central District pole vault title in 2009 and 2010 ... also qualified for state in the 100-meter hurdles in 2009 (placing 10th) and 2010 (placing 11th) ... won the Greater St. Helens League title in the 100m hurdles in 2010 ... ran her 100m hurdles PR of 15.34 in 2011 ... was on the cheerleading squad from 2009-11.
Major Meets
2013 MPSF - 13th, Pole Vault
2013 Pac-12 - 3rd, Pole Vault
2013 NCAA Prelims - 16th (tie), Pole Vault
2014 MPSF - 1st, Pole Vault (MPSF Champion)
2014 Pac-12 - 9th (tie), Pole Vault
2014 NCAA Prelims - 17th (tie), Pole Vault
2015 MPSF - 1st, Pole Vault (MPSF Champion)
2015 NCAA Indoors - 9th (tie), Pole Vault (All-America Second Team)
2015 Pac-12 - 1st, Pole Vault (Pac-12 Champion)
2015 NCAA Prelims - 4th (tie), Pole Vault
2015 NCAA Outdoors - 4th, Pole Vault (All-America First Team)
2015 U.S. Outdoor Champs - NH, Pole Vault
2017 Pac-12 - 2nd, Pole Vault
2017 NCAA Prelims - 10th, Pole Vault
2017 NCAA Outdoors - 5th, Pole Vault (All-America First Team)
Outdoor Bests
Pole Vault.......14-5 1/4 $
Indoor Bests
Pole Vault.......14-2
$ - School Record
Academic Honors
2015 Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
2014 Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
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