Rachel Baxter Season 2021

2022 Outdoor: Earned first team All-America in the pole vault with a 4th-place finish at the NCAA Championships, clearing 4.50m (14' 9") ... Placed eighth in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.50m (14' 9") at the USATF Outdoor Championships ... Earned second team All-ACC at the ACC Championships by placing 4th in the pole vault ... Cleared a new lifetime best outdoors in the pole vault with a 4.53m (14' 10.25") result at the UofSC Open to move into the No. 2 spot all-time at Virginia Tech ... Won the elite section of the pole vault at the USATF Golden Games at the Mt. SAC Relays with a 4.50m (14' 9") clearance.

2022 Indoor: Became NCAA champion in the pole vault by setting a new ACC record clearance of 4.62m (15' 1.75") in Birmingham, Ala. ... Virginia Tech's first pole vault national champion ... Named ACC Women's Field Athlete of the Year ... Named USTFCCCA Women's Southeast Field Athlete of the Year ... Won gold at the ACC Championships with an ACC record clearance of 4.61m (15' 1.5") ... First vaulter, man or woman, in ACC history to win four straight indoor titles ... First athlete in Virginia Tech history to win four ACC titles in the same event, and fourth woman in ACC history to win any event four straight years ... Was undefeated across seven competitions this season ... Earned her 6th All-American honor ... Second woman in ACC history to win indoor NCAA pole vault title ... Only woman's pole vaulter to clear 15 feet indoors this season.

2021 Outdoor: At the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, placed 14th with a season's best height of 4.40m (14' 5.25") to finish as the second best collegiate entrant ... Finished fifth at the NCAA East Prelims at 4.27m (14' 0") to advance to the NCAA Championships, but registered no height at the meet ... Won bronze with a vault of 4.13m (13' 6.5") at the ACC Championships ... Won the Virginia Challenge with a height of 4.36m (14' 3.5").

2021 Indoor: Finished fourth at the NCAA Championships with a height of 4.36m (14' 3.5") ... Won gold at the ACC Championships at 4.37m (14' 4") to become the first woman in conference history to win three consecutive ACC pole vault titles ... Finished as the highest collegiate athlete at the Virginia Tech Challenge with a vault of 4.43m (14' 6.25") ... Posted a season's best vault of 4.44m (14' 6.75") at the Doc Hale Elite Meet to finish as the top collegiate athlete.

2020 Indoor: Took gold in the pole vault at the ACC Indoor Championships with a vault of 4.45 meters (14' 7.25") … Used a vault of 4.46 meters (14' 7.5") to place second at the Virginia Tech Challenge … Leaped 4.47 meters (14' 8") in the pole vault to finish first at the Doc Hale Virginia Tech Invitational … Leaped a personal best and new school record 4.53 meters (14' 10.25") to finish first at the New Mexico Team Open … Posted a height of 4.38 meters (14' 3.5") at the Hokie Invitational, earning a first-place finish ... Placed first at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a vault of  4.41 meters (14' 5.5").

2019 Outdoor: Leaped a personal best 4.50 meters (14' 9") in the pole vault to finish first at the Lenny Lyles-Clark Wood Invitational … Placed first at the Tennessee Relays with a vault of 4.45 meters (14' 7.25").

2019 Indoor: Finished sixth at the NCAA Indoor Championships, jumping a height of 4.41 meters (14' 5.5") to earning first-team All-America honors ... Broke an indoor school record with a vault of 4.47 meters (14' 8") to win gold at the ACC Indoor Championships ... Finished fourth in the pole vault at the Virginia Tech Challenge with a height of 4.20 meters (13' 9.25") ... Placed second at the Doc Hale Elite Meet with a mark of 4.33 meters (14 feet, 2.5 inches) ... Finished first at the Bob Pollock Invitational, clearing a height of 4.37 meters (14' 4") ... Posted a height of 4.34 meters (14' 2.75") at the Hokie Invitational, earning a first-place finish ... Placed first at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a vault of 4.32 meters (14' 2").

2018 Outdoor: Earned first-team All-America honors after finishing fourth in the pole vault at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … Recorded a top vault of 4.30 meters (14 feet, 1.25 inches) at the NCAA meet … Punched her ticket to Eugene at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds, clearing a height of 4.18 meters (13 feet, 8.5 inches) in the pole vault ... Won bronze at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a height of 4.35 meters (14 feet, 3.25 inches) ... Posted a collegiate personal best at the National Relay Championships with a mark of 4.36 meters (14 feet, 3.5 inches) to finish third … Placed fifth at the Mt. Sac Relays with a mark of 4.20 meters (13 feet, 9.25 inches) … Set a then-collegiate personal best at Tennessee Relays with a mark of 4.30 meters (14 feet, 1.25 inches) to claim first … In her first outdoor event, turned in a mark of 4.15 meters (13 feet, 7.25 inches) at the Home Depot Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays to finish fourth.

2018 Indoor: Finished 11th in the pole vault at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships with a height of 4.21 meters (13 feet, 9.75 inches), earning second-team All-America honors … Won silver with an indoor-collegiate career best at the ACC Championships with a mark of 4.30 meters (14 feet, 1.25 inches) … Posted a height of 3.98 meters (13 feet, 0.75 inches) at the Akron Invitational, earning fourth place ... Placed second for the third consecutive week, vaulting a height of 4.25 meters (13 feet, 11.25 inches) at the Bob Pollack Invitational … Turned in a mark of 4.10 meters (13 ft., 5.25 in.) at the Gladstein Invitational to place second … In her first collegiate meet, posted a second-place finish at the Nittany Lion Challenge with a mark of 4.27 meters (14 ft, 0 in.).

High school: Graduated from Canyon … Four-time letterwinner for coach BJ Vandrovec … 2016 Orange County Female Athlete of the Year … Three-time All-County (Orange County) track and field team honoree … Crestview League MVP, Girls Athlete of the Year and Field Athlete of the Year … Two-time Canyon Female Athlete of the Year … OCADA Crestview League Female Athlete of the Year … Two-time (2016, 2017) high school All-American No. 1 girls’ pole vault by Track & Field News Magazine … Two-time CIF State Champion in pole vault … Set the NFHS, California, Orange County and Canyon High School record pole vault mark … Two-time USA Junior Champion … Won the 2017 Pan American Junior Championship … Carried a 4.2 GPA and was a National Honor Society member.

Personal: Born April 5, 1999 … Daughter of Tony and Sandy Baxter … Has a sister, Caitlin … Majoring in university studies.

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