2021 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Barton, Makenna

Makenna Barton
- Position:
- Pole Vault
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Woodinville, Wash.
- High School:
- Woodinville
Bio
2022 All-America Second Team (Pole Vault, Outdoors)
2022 Pac-12 Pole Vault Champion
2021 Pac-12 Pole Vault Champion
2022: Fought through a back injury that caused her to miss over two months of action, and capped off her career by winning a second Pac-12 title and reaching a first NCAA Championships โฆ had just two outdoor meets and a season-best of 12-5 ยฝ going into the Pac-12 Championships, but she won a second-straight title by clearing 13-2 ยฝ in wet and windy conditions โฆ advanced to first NCAAs by clearing a season-best of 13-5 ยพ on a third attempt at West Prelims โฆ at nationals, earning All-America Second Team honors by making 13-3 ยฝ for 15th-place โฆ indoors, cleared a best of 13-7 ยผ at the season-opening Spokane Invitational, tying for ninth in school history โฆ won the UW Indoor Preview and the UW Invitational, going 13-2 ยผ โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
2021: Provided one of the big highlights of the season for the team with her upset win at the Pac-12 Championships, setting multiple PRs en route to a winning clearance of 13-9 ยผ at USC โฆ was seeded fifth going in and had a third-attempt make at 13-5 ยผ but then PRโd at 13-7 ยผ and then had a first-attempt make at 13-9 ยผ to take over the lead and win โฆ that winning height moved her to No. 8 in school history โฆ qualified for NCAA West Prelims, taking 26th overall with a make of 12-10 ยผ โฆ second at the West Coast Relays with a clearance of 13-2 ยฝ โฆ got a win at the Stanford Invitational, making 13-1 ยฝ โฆ second at the UW-WSU Dual at 12-9 โฆ indoors, tied her best clearance with a 13-5 ยพ make at the Husky Classic โฆ opened her season with a jump of 13-2 ยผ at the UW Indoor Preview โฆ made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
2020 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): Improved her PR in the pole vault indoors and was the fourth-place finisher at the MPSF Championships โฆ set a PR of 13-5 3/4, a six-inch PR, at the Don Kirby Invite in New Mexico, winning the unseeded section โฆ went 13-5 1/4 at the MPSF Championships for fourth โฆ opened the season going 12-11 3/4 at the UW Indoor Preview โฆ a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll selection โฆ earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.
2019: Upped her personal-bests indoors and out in the pole vault and scored at both conference championships โฆ outdoors, tied for seventh at the Pac-12 Championships with a clearance of 12-10 3/4 โฆ made 12-8 to take second at the UW-WSU Dual โฆ indoors, set a new PR of 13-3 to finish sixth at the UW-WSU Dual โฆ made 12-6 3/4 at the Last Chance Elite Meet for fifth-place.
2018: Completed a full indoor season in the pole vault, then redshirted the outdoor season โฆ indoors, vaulted at the MPSF Championships, tying for 11th-place with a make of 12-3 ยฝ โฆ tied for 12th at the UW Invitational with a season-best 12-4 ยพ โฆ also cleared 12-4 ยฝ at the SPU Final Qualifier.
High School and Personal: Born in Redmond, Wash. โฆ parents are Melissa and David Barton โฆ has one older sister, Kara โฆ both parents earned degrees from Washington โฆ a talented all-around athlete as she was team captain three different sports, volleyball, gymnastics, and track โฆ was the Woodinville High School Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year her senior year โฆ was the 2017 Washington 4A State Championships runner-up in the pole vault, clearing 12-0 at the state meet โฆ made a PR of 12-6 to take second at the district meet as a senior โฆ won the 2017 Nike Eason Invitational with a clearance of 12-3 โฆ reached state all four years of her career in the vault, taking fourth as a junior, fifth as a sophomore, and seventh as a freshman โฆ also made state as a sophomore on the 4x200m relay โฆ helped her team win three gymnastics State titles in 2014-16 โฆ a two-time Academic 4A State Champion in volleyball โฆ graduated with a 3.96 grade point average.
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Major Meets
2018 MPSF - 11th (tie), Pole Vault
2019 MPSF - 6th, Pole Vault
2019 Pac-12 - 7th (tie), Pole Vault
2020 MPSF - 4th, Pole Vault
2021 Pac-12 - 1st, Pole Vault (Pac-12 Champion)
2021 NCAA Prelims - tie-26th, Pole Vault
2022 Pac-12 - 1st, Pole Vault (Pac-12 Champion)
2022 NCAA Prelims - tie-10th, Pole Vault
2022 NCAA Outdoors - 15th, Pole Vault (All-America Second Team)
Outdoor Bests
Pole Vault.......13-9 1/4
Indoor Bests
Pole Vaultโฆโฆ.13-7 1/4
Academic Honors
2022ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2021ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2020 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2022 Pac-12 Pole Vault Champion
2021 Pac-12 Pole Vault Champion
2022: Fought through a back injury that caused her to miss over two months of action, and capped off her career by winning a second Pac-12 title and reaching a first NCAA Championships โฆ had just two outdoor meets and a season-best of 12-5 ยฝ going into the Pac-12 Championships, but she won a second-straight title by clearing 13-2 ยฝ in wet and windy conditions โฆ advanced to first NCAAs by clearing a season-best of 13-5 ยพ on a third attempt at West Prelims โฆ at nationals, earning All-America Second Team honors by making 13-3 ยฝ for 15th-place โฆ indoors, cleared a best of 13-7 ยผ at the season-opening Spokane Invitational, tying for ninth in school history โฆ won the UW Indoor Preview and the UW Invitational, going 13-2 ยผ โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
2021: Provided one of the big highlights of the season for the team with her upset win at the Pac-12 Championships, setting multiple PRs en route to a winning clearance of 13-9 ยผ at USC โฆ was seeded fifth going in and had a third-attempt make at 13-5 ยผ but then PRโd at 13-7 ยผ and then had a first-attempt make at 13-9 ยผ to take over the lead and win โฆ that winning height moved her to No. 8 in school history โฆ qualified for NCAA West Prelims, taking 26th overall with a make of 12-10 ยผ โฆ second at the West Coast Relays with a clearance of 13-2 ยฝ โฆ got a win at the Stanford Invitational, making 13-1 ยฝ โฆ second at the UW-WSU Dual at 12-9 โฆ indoors, tied her best clearance with a 13-5 ยพ make at the Husky Classic โฆ opened her season with a jump of 13-2 ยผ at the UW Indoor Preview โฆ made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
2020 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): Improved her PR in the pole vault indoors and was the fourth-place finisher at the MPSF Championships โฆ set a PR of 13-5 3/4, a six-inch PR, at the Don Kirby Invite in New Mexico, winning the unseeded section โฆ went 13-5 1/4 at the MPSF Championships for fourth โฆ opened the season going 12-11 3/4 at the UW Indoor Preview โฆ a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll selection โฆ earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.
2019: Upped her personal-bests indoors and out in the pole vault and scored at both conference championships โฆ outdoors, tied for seventh at the Pac-12 Championships with a clearance of 12-10 3/4 โฆ made 12-8 to take second at the UW-WSU Dual โฆ indoors, set a new PR of 13-3 to finish sixth at the UW-WSU Dual โฆ made 12-6 3/4 at the Last Chance Elite Meet for fifth-place.
2018: Completed a full indoor season in the pole vault, then redshirted the outdoor season โฆ indoors, vaulted at the MPSF Championships, tying for 11th-place with a make of 12-3 ยฝ โฆ tied for 12th at the UW Invitational with a season-best 12-4 ยพ โฆ also cleared 12-4 ยฝ at the SPU Final Qualifier.
High School and Personal: Born in Redmond, Wash. โฆ parents are Melissa and David Barton โฆ has one older sister, Kara โฆ both parents earned degrees from Washington โฆ a talented all-around athlete as she was team captain three different sports, volleyball, gymnastics, and track โฆ was the Woodinville High School Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year her senior year โฆ was the 2017 Washington 4A State Championships runner-up in the pole vault, clearing 12-0 at the state meet โฆ made a PR of 12-6 to take second at the district meet as a senior โฆ won the 2017 Nike Eason Invitational with a clearance of 12-3 โฆ reached state all four years of her career in the vault, taking fourth as a junior, fifth as a sophomore, and seventh as a freshman โฆ also made state as a sophomore on the 4x200m relay โฆ helped her team win three gymnastics State titles in 2014-16 โฆ a two-time Academic 4A State Champion in volleyball โฆ graduated with a 3.96 grade point average.
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Major Meets
2018 MPSF - 11th (tie), Pole Vault
2019 MPSF - 6th, Pole Vault
2019 Pac-12 - 7th (tie), Pole Vault
2020 MPSF - 4th, Pole Vault
2021 Pac-12 - 1st, Pole Vault (Pac-12 Champion)
2021 NCAA Prelims - tie-26th, Pole Vault
2022 Pac-12 - 1st, Pole Vault (Pac-12 Champion)
2022 NCAA Prelims - tie-10th, Pole Vault
2022 NCAA Outdoors - 15th, Pole Vault (All-America Second Team)
Outdoor Bests
Pole Vault.......13-9 1/4
Indoor Bests
Pole Vaultโฆโฆ.13-7 1/4
Academic Honors
2022ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2021ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2020 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
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