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Kenna Stimmel Season 2024

POLE VAULTPosition
SophomoreClass
Castalia, OhioHometown

2023 XXI PANAMERICAN U20 POLE VAULT CHAMPION - 4.30m 
Placed 3rd at 2023 USATF U20 Championships - 4.20m

2023 Outdoors:
Earned First Team All-American honors finishing eighth in pole vault at the NCAA Championships clearing 4.30m (14' 1.25")... VaSID Field Rookie of the Year... Placed fifth at the East Regional with a mark of 4.22m (13' 10")... Finished fourth at the ACC Championships... Cleared 4.45m (14' 7.25") at the Texas Relays placing third... Opened the outdoor season clearing 4.45m (14' 7.25") at the Weems Baskin Relays finshing first. 

2023 Indoors: Earned First Team All-American honors finishing fourth in pole vault at the NCAA Championships clearing 4.40m (14' 5.25")... Claimed first at the ACC Championships clearing the bar at 4.40m (14' 5.25")... Named ACC Freshman of the Year... Voted VaSID Field Athlete and Rookie of the Year ... Twice named ACC Performer of the Week... Marked a personal-best 4.45m (14' 7.25") at the Doc Hale VT Meet finishing second... Placed second at the Lenny Lyles Invitational with a mark of 4.38m (14' 4.5"). 

High School: National pole vault high school champion in 2021 ... Three-time state champion in pole vault in 2019, 2021, and 2022 ... Holds the conference, district, region, and all-time state record in pole vault clearing a personal-best height of 14' 6.25 ...  2021 state champion in the 100m and state runner-up in 2022 ... Holds the Margaretta High School record in pole vault, 100m, and 4x100 ... Named first team All-Region in 2019, 2021, and 2022... Earned Academic All-Ohio in 2021 and 2022. 

Personal : Daughter of Brian and Laurie Stimmel ... One sister, Kassidie ... Kassidie competes in pole vault at Grand Valley State

Stimmel's Track and Field Career Bests - Career Results

IndoorOutdoor

Pole Vault – 4.45m (14' 7.25"), Doc Hale VT Meet (2023)

Pole Vault – 4.45m (14' 7.25"), Weems Baskin Relays (2023)