2015 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Kaitlin Zinsli
- Position:
- Pole Vault
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Renton, Wash.
2016 Pac-12 Pole Vault Runner-Up
2017: Placed top-five at the Pac-12 Championships in the pole vault for the second straight season and made her first NCAA West Preliminary Championships with a new PR โฆ at the Pac-12 Championships in Eugene, earned a fifth-place finish with a new career-best as she cleared 13-2 ยผ โฆ that clearance got her a spot at West Prelims in Austin, Texas, clearing 12-5 ยฝ to tie for 39th-place โฆ had a make of 12-9 ยฝ at the Beach Invitational for 15th-place โฆ was fifth at the UW-WSU Dual making 12-6 โฆthird at the Ken Shannon Invite with a vault of 12-8 โฆ indoors, set a PR of 13-0 ยพ at the UW Invitational for seventh โฆ made 12-6 ยผ at the MPSF Championships for 15th โฆ cleared 12-6 ยพ at the UW Indoor Preview in the season opener โฆ also made 12-4 ยพ at the Husky Classic and 12-4 ยฝ at the SPU Final Qualifier โฆ a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention as well as USTFCCCA All-Academic Team status.
2016: Was the Pac-12 runner-up in the pole vault and raised her PR up over the 13-foot mark in her second full season โฆ upset the form chart at the Pac-12 meet in Seattle, getting second-place behind teammate Elizabeth Quick with a clearance of 12-feet, 10-inches, in tough weather conditions โฆ cleared 13-feet for the first time at the Beach Invitational, making 13-0 ยผ โฆ was fourth in the vault at the Ken Shannon Invite with a make of 12-8 โฆ made 12-8 ยพ at the Pac-12 vs Big Ten Invite in Tempe to finish sixth โฆ also made 12-5 ยผ at the Pepsi Team Invite for fourth-place โฆ indoors, had a season-best 12-8 make at the MPSF Championships, finishing 11th โฆ seventh at the UW Indoor Open with a clearance of 12-7 ยฝ โฆ cleared 12-6 ยผ at the UW Invitational for ninth-place โฆ named to the Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team.
2015: Competed in her first Pac-12 Championships in the pole vault and had a big career-best showing at the conference meet to score a couple team points โฆ headed to Pac-12s with a PR of 12-7 ยฝ but cleared 12-10 ยผ at the Pac-12 meet in Los Angeles to finish seventh overall โฆ cleared the 12-7 ยฝ mark at the Triton Invitational, winning the B section โฆ finished fourth in the vault at the Ken Shannon Invite going 12-feet, 4-inches โฆ fifth in the UW-WSU Dual with a 11-10 clearance โฆ made 12-1 ยฝ at the outdoor opener at the Baldy Castillo Invite โฆ indoors, had two makes of 12-0 ยฝ at the Husky Classic and UW Indoor Open and another of 12-0 at the UW Invitational โฆ placed 20th at the MPSF Championships with a best of 11-6 ยฝ โฆ earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2014: Redshirted the season to preserve a year of eligibility, competing unattached in the pole vault โฆ had a strong indoor season, clearing a PR of 12-6 at the UW Indoor Open to finish seventh overall โฆ also made 12-feet even for the first time at the Husky Classic โฆ jumped 11-11 ยพ in her first meet at the UW Indoor Preview โฆ vaulted just once outdoors, going 11-6 ยผ at the Ken Shannon Invitational.
High School and Personal: Born in Bellevue, Wash. โฆ parents are Tami and Joe Zinsli โฆ has one younger brother, Dominic โฆ took up the pole vault in her junior year of high school, taking third at the 2A state championships as a senior and seventh as a junior โฆ won Seamount League pole vault titles in 2012 and 2013 โฆ also a three-time state track qualifier on short sprint relays, with a best finish of fourth on the 4x200m in 2011 โฆ also a standout swimmer, lettering four years and earning All-League First Team honors all four years โฆ was fifth at state in the 50m freestyle in 2012, and eighth in 2011 โฆ two-time swim team MVP โฆ graduated with a 4.0 grade point average.
Major Meets
2015 MPSF - 20th, Pole Vault
2015 Pac-12 - 7th, Pole Vault
2016 MPSF - 11th, Pole Vault
2016 Pac-12 - 2nd, Pole Vault
2017 MPSF - 15th, Pole Vault
2017 Pac-12 - 5th, Pole Vault
2017 NCAA Prelims - 39th (tie), Pole Vault
Outdoor Bests
Pole Vault.......13-2ย 1/4
Indoor Bests
Pole Vaultโฆโฆ.12-8
Academic Honors
2017 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2017 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2016 Pac-12 All-Academic 2nd Team
2015 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
