2018 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Coaching Staff

Annika Dayton
- Position:
- Pole Vault
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Snohomish, Wash.
- High School:
- Glacier Peak
Bio
2019 Pac-12 Pole Vault Third-Place
2020 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): Fought through some physical limitations during her final indoor season, competing just three times … final meet was the MPSF Championships where she made 12-1 1/2 and tied for 18th … a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll selection.
2019: Reached the podium at the Pac-12 Championships for the first time, placing third in the pole vault to highlight another strong season … earned bronze at the Pac-12 Championships with a clearance of 13-4 1/2 … made a second straight NCAA Prelims appearance and finished 22nd overall with a make of 13-4 1/4 … season-best make of 13-7 1/4 came at the National Relay Championships in Arkansas … third in the vault at the UW-WSU Dual at 12-8 … improved her indoor PR to 13-7 in a fifth-place finish at the MPSF Championships, going to ninth in school history indoors … third at the Last Chance Elite Meet with a make of 13-0 3/4 … opened her year with a 13-1 1/2 vault at the UW Indoor Preview.
2018: Made big progress in her second season, raising her PR by eight inches and scoring at both conference meets and breaking into the UW top-10 … advanced to NCAA West Prelims and came up just one bar short of advancing as she cleared 13-4 ½ to finish 16th … cleared a couple of PRs back-to-back at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing fifth with a make of 13-8 ¼, tying for the No. 8 mark in school history … won the Ken Shannon Invite with a clearance of 13-4 ¼ … also won the Trojan Invitational at USC with a mark of 13-1 ¾ … cleared 13-3 ½ at the Beach Invitational to tie for sixth … took second at the UW-WSU Dual going 12-7 ½ … third at the Pepsi Team Invite, held indoors, at 12-5 ¼ … indoors, was seventh at the MPSF Championships in the pole vault going 12-9 ½ … indoor season-best clearance of 13-0 ¼ at the SPU Final Qualifier … made 12-7 ¼ at the Husky Classic … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2017: A solid first season in the pole vault, competing at both conference championships and scoring indoors … outdoors, placed 11th in the vault at the Pac-12 Championships as she cleared 12-4 ½ … an outdoor best of 12-6 ¾ at the OSU High Performance Meet for fifth … cleared 12-4 at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate … seventh at the UW-WSU Dual in wet conditions clearing 12-0 … indoors, cleared 13-feet for the first time at the MPSF Championships, taking seventh for two team points, with a jump of 13-0 ¼ … twice cleared 12-10 ¾ at the Husky Classic and again at the UW Indoor Open … won the SPU Final Qualifier with a make of 12-8 ¼ … first career meet at the UW Indoor Open cleared 12-6 ¾ for fifth-place … earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention and a USTFCCCA All-Academic individual.
2016: Joined the squad partway through the season and redshirted the remainder of her freshman season.
High School and Personal: Born in Renton, Wash. ... mother is Cacey Dayton and father is Chris Dayton ... mother played soccer at Oregon State ... has one younger sister, Kiah ... twice the WESCO 3A runner-up in the pole vault ... a two-time state finalist, placing seventh in the vault in 2014 and 2015 ... lettered three years in diving and placed third at the state diving championships as a senior ... also competed eight years in youth gymnastics ... graduated with a 3.9 GPA.
Major Meets
2017 MPSF - 7th, Pole Vault
2017 Pac-12 - 11th, Pole Vault
2018 MPSF - 7th, Pole Vault
2018 Pac-12 - 5th, Pole Vault
2018 NCAA Prelims - 16th, Pole Vault
2019 MPSF - 5th, Pole Vault
2019 Pac-12 - 3rd, Pole Vault
2019 NCAA Prelims - 22nd (tie), Pole Vault
2020 MPSF - 18th (tie), Pole Vault
Outdoor Bests
Pole Vault.......13-8 1/4
Indoor Bests
Pole Vault.......13-7
Academic Honors
2020 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2019 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2018 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2018 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2017 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2017 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2020 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): Fought through some physical limitations during her final indoor season, competing just three times … final meet was the MPSF Championships where she made 12-1 1/2 and tied for 18th … a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll selection.
2019: Reached the podium at the Pac-12 Championships for the first time, placing third in the pole vault to highlight another strong season … earned bronze at the Pac-12 Championships with a clearance of 13-4 1/2 … made a second straight NCAA Prelims appearance and finished 22nd overall with a make of 13-4 1/4 … season-best make of 13-7 1/4 came at the National Relay Championships in Arkansas … third in the vault at the UW-WSU Dual at 12-8 … improved her indoor PR to 13-7 in a fifth-place finish at the MPSF Championships, going to ninth in school history indoors … third at the Last Chance Elite Meet with a make of 13-0 3/4 … opened her year with a 13-1 1/2 vault at the UW Indoor Preview.
2018: Made big progress in her second season, raising her PR by eight inches and scoring at both conference meets and breaking into the UW top-10 … advanced to NCAA West Prelims and came up just one bar short of advancing as she cleared 13-4 ½ to finish 16th … cleared a couple of PRs back-to-back at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing fifth with a make of 13-8 ¼, tying for the No. 8 mark in school history … won the Ken Shannon Invite with a clearance of 13-4 ¼ … also won the Trojan Invitational at USC with a mark of 13-1 ¾ … cleared 13-3 ½ at the Beach Invitational to tie for sixth … took second at the UW-WSU Dual going 12-7 ½ … third at the Pepsi Team Invite, held indoors, at 12-5 ¼ … indoors, was seventh at the MPSF Championships in the pole vault going 12-9 ½ … indoor season-best clearance of 13-0 ¼ at the SPU Final Qualifier … made 12-7 ¼ at the Husky Classic … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2017: A solid first season in the pole vault, competing at both conference championships and scoring indoors … outdoors, placed 11th in the vault at the Pac-12 Championships as she cleared 12-4 ½ … an outdoor best of 12-6 ¾ at the OSU High Performance Meet for fifth … cleared 12-4 at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate … seventh at the UW-WSU Dual in wet conditions clearing 12-0 … indoors, cleared 13-feet for the first time at the MPSF Championships, taking seventh for two team points, with a jump of 13-0 ¼ … twice cleared 12-10 ¾ at the Husky Classic and again at the UW Indoor Open … won the SPU Final Qualifier with a make of 12-8 ¼ … first career meet at the UW Indoor Open cleared 12-6 ¾ for fifth-place … earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention and a USTFCCCA All-Academic individual.
2016: Joined the squad partway through the season and redshirted the remainder of her freshman season.
High School and Personal: Born in Renton, Wash. ... mother is Cacey Dayton and father is Chris Dayton ... mother played soccer at Oregon State ... has one younger sister, Kiah ... twice the WESCO 3A runner-up in the pole vault ... a two-time state finalist, placing seventh in the vault in 2014 and 2015 ... lettered three years in diving and placed third at the state diving championships as a senior ... also competed eight years in youth gymnastics ... graduated with a 3.9 GPA.
Major Meets
2017 MPSF - 7th, Pole Vault
2017 Pac-12 - 11th, Pole Vault
2018 MPSF - 7th, Pole Vault
2018 Pac-12 - 5th, Pole Vault
2018 NCAA Prelims - 16th, Pole Vault
2019 MPSF - 5th, Pole Vault
2019 Pac-12 - 3rd, Pole Vault
2019 NCAA Prelims - 22nd (tie), Pole Vault
2020 MPSF - 18th (tie), Pole Vault
Outdoor Bests
Pole Vault.......13-8 1/4
Indoor Bests
Pole Vault.......13-7
Academic Honors
2020 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2019 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2018 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2018 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2017 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2017 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
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