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Manson, Max
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Max Manson
- Position:
- Pole Vault
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Superior, Colo.
- High School:
- Monarch
- Prev School:
- Stanford
Bio
2024 All-America First Team (Pole Vault, Outdoors) and Second Team (Pole Vault, Indoors)
2024 Pac-12 Pole Vault Runner-Up
2022 All-America Honorable Mention (Pole Vault, Outdoors)
2022 Pac-12 Pole Vault Runner-Up
Earned his Bachelors of Science majoring in Earth and Planetary Sciences at Stanford … pursuing Postbaccalaureate studies at Washington.
2024: Reached both the NCAA Outdoor and Indoor Championships in the pole vault in his one season as a Dawg, tying for eighth at the outdoor meet to earn his first All-America First Team honor … at NCAA Outdoors, cleared 17-7 ¼ to tie for eighth … advanced through NCAA Prelims with a make of 17-9 ¼ … was the runner-up at the Pac-12 Championships, clearing 17-6 ¼, helping UW win the team title … indoors, tied for 11th at the NCAA Indoor meet in Boston, making 17-4 ½, earning All-America Second Team … made it to NCAAs by clearing a PR of 18-1 ¼ at the UW Invitational, going to a tie for third in school history … third at the Husky Classic with a make of 17-7 ¼ and made 17-7 ¾ at the Ken Shannon Last Chance meet.
2023 (At Stanford): Advanced to the NCAA West Preliminary Championships, placing 24th with a clearance of 17-0 ¾ … made 17-3 ½ at the Pac-12 Championships to finish fifth overall … second at The Big Meet making 17-5 … cleared 17-4 ½ at the Mt. SAC Relays to finish fourth … indoors, made 17-9 ¾ at the Ken Shannon Invite in the Dempsey, taking second overall … second at the TTU Matador Qualifier, going over 17-6 ¼ … won the Spokane Indoor Challenge with a make of 17-7 ¼.
2022 (At Stanford): Earned All-America honorable mention after advancing to the NCAA Outdoor Championships final site, where he finished 21st with a make of 16-10 ¾ … made it to nationals by finishing 8th at West Prelims, going 17-4 ¼ … the Pac-12 runner-up at 16-5 ¼ … over the summer made a PR of 18-0 ½ in Colorado … got the win at the Stanford-Cal dual meet at 17-1 ... won the Payton Jordan Invite title going 17-5 … indoors, twice cleared 17-7 ¾, once at the Pac-12 Invitational in Seattle, and once at the Don Kirby Open in New Mexico … won the Razorback Invitational clearing 16-10 ¾ … won the season-opening UW Indoor Preview at 16-8 ¾.
2021 (At Stanford): Placed fifth at the Pac-12 Championships with a make of 16-3 ¼ … second at the Big Meet vs. Cal going 16-1 ¼ … second at the Oregon Relays making 16-4 … cleared 16-4 ¾ at the West Coast Classic ... did not compete indoors.
2020 (At Stanford): Season cut short due to the Covid-19 pandemic after competing at three indoor competitions … finished seventh at the MPSF Championships in Seattle with a make of 16-9 ½ … over 17-feet in his collegiate debut, going 17-1 at the UW Indoor Preview to take third
High School and Personal: Born in Superior, Colorado … parents are Amy and Pat Manson … father was a two-time U.S. top-ranked vaulter and three-time Pan Am Games gold medalist after lettering at Kansas … mother, the former Amy Legacki, was a two-time Big Ten distance champion at Indiana … has one younger sister, Mia, a pole vaulter and jumper at Michigan and a champion climber … took third at the 2019 Pan Am U20 Championships in Costa Rica … second at the 2019 USATF U20 Championships going 16-10 ¾ … won the 2018 Colorado 5A championship by breaking a 32-year-old state meet pole vault record held by his father … jumped 17-3 ½ (5.27 meters) to edge his father's mark by a half-inch … also won 2019 state 5A title while at Monarch High School … 2019 New Balance Indoor Nationals champ at a PB 17-5 1/2 (5.32m) … 2017 Junior Olympic national champion … placed third at the 2018 New Balance Indoor Nationals … Max is a champion climber, summiting all 53 of Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks by age 12 … Colorado's 2017 Young Climber of the Year … owned two divisional speed-climbing championships … has his own You Tube channel: "Adventures to the Max".
Major Meets
2020 MPSF – 7th, Pole Vault
2021 Pac-12 – 5th, Pole Vault
2022 Pac-12 – 2nd, Pole Vault
2022 NCAA Prelims – 8th, Pole Vault
2022 NCAA Outdoors – 21st, Pole Vault (All-America Hon. Mention)
2023 Pac-12 – 5th, Pole Vault
2023 NCAA Prelims – 24th, Pole Vault
2024 NCAA Indoors - tie-11th, Pole Vault (All-America Second Team)
2024 Pac-12 - 2nd, Pole Vault
2024 NCAA Prelims - tie-3rd, Pole Vault
2024 NCAA Outdoors - tie-8th, Pole Vault (All-America First Team)
Outdoor Bests
Pole Vault…….18-0 ½
Indoor Bests
Pole Vault…….18-1 ¼
2024 Pac-12 Pole Vault Runner-Up
2022 All-America Honorable Mention (Pole Vault, Outdoors)
2022 Pac-12 Pole Vault Runner-Up
Earned his Bachelors of Science majoring in Earth and Planetary Sciences at Stanford … pursuing Postbaccalaureate studies at Washington.
2024: Reached both the NCAA Outdoor and Indoor Championships in the pole vault in his one season as a Dawg, tying for eighth at the outdoor meet to earn his first All-America First Team honor … at NCAA Outdoors, cleared 17-7 ¼ to tie for eighth … advanced through NCAA Prelims with a make of 17-9 ¼ … was the runner-up at the Pac-12 Championships, clearing 17-6 ¼, helping UW win the team title … indoors, tied for 11th at the NCAA Indoor meet in Boston, making 17-4 ½, earning All-America Second Team … made it to NCAAs by clearing a PR of 18-1 ¼ at the UW Invitational, going to a tie for third in school history … third at the Husky Classic with a make of 17-7 ¼ and made 17-7 ¾ at the Ken Shannon Last Chance meet.
2023 (At Stanford): Advanced to the NCAA West Preliminary Championships, placing 24th with a clearance of 17-0 ¾ … made 17-3 ½ at the Pac-12 Championships to finish fifth overall … second at The Big Meet making 17-5 … cleared 17-4 ½ at the Mt. SAC Relays to finish fourth … indoors, made 17-9 ¾ at the Ken Shannon Invite in the Dempsey, taking second overall … second at the TTU Matador Qualifier, going over 17-6 ¼ … won the Spokane Indoor Challenge with a make of 17-7 ¼.
2022 (At Stanford): Earned All-America honorable mention after advancing to the NCAA Outdoor Championships final site, where he finished 21st with a make of 16-10 ¾ … made it to nationals by finishing 8th at West Prelims, going 17-4 ¼ … the Pac-12 runner-up at 16-5 ¼ … over the summer made a PR of 18-0 ½ in Colorado … got the win at the Stanford-Cal dual meet at 17-1 ... won the Payton Jordan Invite title going 17-5 … indoors, twice cleared 17-7 ¾, once at the Pac-12 Invitational in Seattle, and once at the Don Kirby Open in New Mexico … won the Razorback Invitational clearing 16-10 ¾ … won the season-opening UW Indoor Preview at 16-8 ¾.
2021 (At Stanford): Placed fifth at the Pac-12 Championships with a make of 16-3 ¼ … second at the Big Meet vs. Cal going 16-1 ¼ … second at the Oregon Relays making 16-4 … cleared 16-4 ¾ at the West Coast Classic ... did not compete indoors.
2020 (At Stanford): Season cut short due to the Covid-19 pandemic after competing at three indoor competitions … finished seventh at the MPSF Championships in Seattle with a make of 16-9 ½ … over 17-feet in his collegiate debut, going 17-1 at the UW Indoor Preview to take third
High School and Personal: Born in Superior, Colorado … parents are Amy and Pat Manson … father was a two-time U.S. top-ranked vaulter and three-time Pan Am Games gold medalist after lettering at Kansas … mother, the former Amy Legacki, was a two-time Big Ten distance champion at Indiana … has one younger sister, Mia, a pole vaulter and jumper at Michigan and a champion climber … took third at the 2019 Pan Am U20 Championships in Costa Rica … second at the 2019 USATF U20 Championships going 16-10 ¾ … won the 2018 Colorado 5A championship by breaking a 32-year-old state meet pole vault record held by his father … jumped 17-3 ½ (5.27 meters) to edge his father's mark by a half-inch … also won 2019 state 5A title while at Monarch High School … 2019 New Balance Indoor Nationals champ at a PB 17-5 1/2 (5.32m) … 2017 Junior Olympic national champion … placed third at the 2018 New Balance Indoor Nationals … Max is a champion climber, summiting all 53 of Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks by age 12 … Colorado's 2017 Young Climber of the Year … owned two divisional speed-climbing championships … has his own You Tube channel: "Adventures to the Max".
Major Meets
2020 MPSF – 7th, Pole Vault
2021 Pac-12 – 5th, Pole Vault
2022 Pac-12 – 2nd, Pole Vault
2022 NCAA Prelims – 8th, Pole Vault
2022 NCAA Outdoors – 21st, Pole Vault (All-America Hon. Mention)
2023 Pac-12 – 5th, Pole Vault
2023 NCAA Prelims – 24th, Pole Vault
2024 NCAA Indoors - tie-11th, Pole Vault (All-America Second Team)
2024 Pac-12 - 2nd, Pole Vault
2024 NCAA Prelims - tie-3rd, Pole Vault
2024 NCAA Outdoors - tie-8th, Pole Vault (All-America First Team)
Outdoor Bests
Pole Vault…….18-0 ½
Indoor Bests
Pole Vault…….18-1 ¼
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