Track & Field

Caitlin Thornley Season 2008-09

ClassJunior
HometownGreensboro, N.C.
High SchoolRagsdale
Caitlin ThornleyEvent: Pole Vault
Class: Junior
High School: Ragsdale
Hometown: Greensboro, N.C.
 
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2008 Outdoor: Redshirted

2008 Indoor: Redshirted

2007 Outdoor: NCAA East Regional qualifier ... Reached a season-high height of 3.80m (12’5.5”) at the Weems Baskin Invitational … Finished fifth in the pole vault at the UNC Elite Meet with 3.65m (11’11.75”) … Tied for seventh at the Clemson Invitational with a mark of 3.35m (10’11.75”) … Was seventh at the Wake Forest Open with a 3.70m (12’1.5”) height.

2007 Indoor: Tied for third at the VT Challenge with a personal-best height of 3.82m (12’6.25”) … Placed sixth at the ACC Championships with a vault of 3.80m (12’5.5”) … Claimed fourth place at the Liberty Kickoff Invitational at a height of 3.60m (11’9.75”) … Registered a ninth-place performance at the VT Last Chance with a height of 3.72m (12’2.5”) … Finished fifth in the pole vault at the Niswonger Invitational at a height of 3.65m (11’11.75”) … Vaulted 3.60m (11.9.75”) to register a sixth-place finish at the Rod McCravy Memorial with 3.60m, (11’9.75”).

High School: Held the all-time North Carolina state record with a personal-best vault of 12’4” ... First female to ever clear 12’ in competition in the state of North Carolina ... Two-time state champion in the event ... Finished in the top five every year at the state championship ... Four-time letterwinner in track and field and two-time letterwinner in soccer ... Helped her school win the state championship her senior season ... Member of the National Honor Society, Beta Club and a four-time scholar athlete.

Personal: Born May 13, 1988 in Rochester Hills, Michigan ... Daughter of Glenn and Susan Thornley ... Environmental science major.

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