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Julia Fixsen Season 2024

POLE VAULTPosition
SeniorClass
Shoreview, Minn.Hometown
GeorgiaPrevious School

2024 Outdoor: Did not compete. 

2024 Indoor: Did not compete. 

2023 Outdoor: Became the NCAA Pole Vault Champion clearing 4.45m (14' 7.25") on her first attempt... Earned first team All-American honors... Named USTFCCCA Southeast Region Women's Field Athlete of the Year... Awarded VaSID Field Athlete of the Year... Won the ACC Championships clearing the bar at 4.38m (14' 4.5")... Named ACC Women's Field Athlete of the Year... Placed first at the UNF East Coast Relays with a mark of 4.35m (14' 3.25m).

2023 Indoor: Earned second team All-American honors in pole vault at the NCAA Championships placing 11th with a height of 4.30m (14' 1.25)... Claimed silver at the ACC Championships clearing 4.40m (14' 5.25")... Won the Virginia Tech Challenge with a mark of 4.41m (14' 5.5")... Opened the season clearing 4.45m (14' 7.25) at the Virginia Tech Invitational. 

2022 Outdoor: Earned first team All-American honors by finishing fifth in the pole vault at the NCAA Championships with a clearance of 4.40m (14' 5.25") ... Took silver in the pole vault at the ACC Championships with a mark of 4.29m (14' 0.75") ... Registered an outdoor career best of 4.45m (14' 7.25") at the Texas Relays to finish in sixth and take the No. 4 outdoor vault in Virginia Tech history.

2022 Indoor: Earned bronze in the pole vault at the NCAA Championships with a clearance of 4.46m (14' 7.5") ... Placed third at the ACC Championships with a vault of 4.36m (14' 3.5") to earn first team All-ACC ... Cleared a lifetime best of 4.48m (14' 8.25"), the No. 2 indoor vault in school history, at the Doc Hale Elite Meet to finish second ... Finished as the runner-up in the pole vault at the Virginia Tech Challenge with a vault of 4.36m (14' 3.5").

At Georgia: 2021 SEC Champion indoors in pole vault at 4.40m and finished 11th at NCAA Championships ... Runner-up at the 2020 SEC Championships with a PR jump of 4.46m (14' 7.5"), third all-time at Georgia ... Earned 2020 All-SEC second team and 2020 SEC All-Freshman team ... Named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual.

High School: Named 2019 Minnesota Ms. Track & Field … Awarded USATF Minnesota Female Athlete of the Year honors and won St. Paul (Minn.) Athena Award … Named to the 2018 Track & Field News All-America Team…Earned runner-up honors at the 2018 New Balance Indoor Nationals in the pole vault as a junior…Was second in the 2018 USATF Junior Outdoor Nationals after hitting a mark of 13' 11.25" as a junior … Member of U-20 Team USA and finished seventh in the pole vault at the 2018 IAAF U-20 World Championships in Tampere, Finland … Set the all-time Minnesota state record with a 13' 9.25" pole vault clearance as a junior ... Four-year Academic All-State with a 3.848 GPA … Member of National Honor Society.

Personal Information: Born November 13, 2000 ... Daughter of James and Laura Fixsen ... Has two sisters, Olivia and Sophie ... Plans to major in Studio Art.

Julia Fixsen's Track and Field Career Bests

IndoorOutdoor

Pole Vault – 4.48m (14' 8.25"), Doc Hale Elite Meet (2022)

Pole Vault – 4.45m (14' 7.25"), Texas Relays (2022)