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Jake Albright - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Jake Albright

Position Pole Vault
Class Senior
Hometown Bucyrus, Kan.
High School Louisburg HS
Position Pole Vault

Career Results

2017 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Finished 12th in the pole vault at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships and earned Second Team All-America honors with a mark of 5.30 meters (17-4.5 ft.) … Qualified for the NCAA Championships by recording a seventh-place finish in the pole vault at the NCAA West Preliminary meet (5/25-27) with a clearance of 5.35 meters (17-6.5 ft.) … Earned a fourth-place finish at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championship with a mark of 5.26 meters (17-3 ft.) … Recorded a personal-best in the pole vault at the Texas Relays with a clearance of 5.60 meters (18-4.5 ft.) and a fifth-place finish.

2017 INDOOR (RSr.)
Competed in his first NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships (3/10-11) in the pole vault and vaulted 5.35 meters (17-6.5 ft.), good for an 11th place finish and All-America Second Team honors … Finished third in the pole vault at the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championship (2/24-25) with a clearance of 5.37 meters (17-7.25 ft.) … Won the pole vault at the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet (1/20-21) with a season-best vault of 5.55 meters (18-2 ft.).

2016 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Won the pole vault at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/15) with his personal-best clearance of 5.50 meters (18-0.5 ft.) … Earned a runner-up finish at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/30) with a vault of 5.24 meters (17-2.25 ft.) … Claimed second after clearing 5.36 meters (17-7 ft.) at the Kansas Relays (4/23) … Vaulted over 5.30 meters (17-4.5 ft.) at the Nike Texas Relays (4/2), good enough for a fourth-place finish.

2016 INDOOR (Sr.)
Utilized redshirt season.

2015 OUTDOOR (RSo.)
Earned All-America Second Team honors with his 10th-place finish at the NCAA Championships (6/13) after he turned in a top vault of 5.30 meters (17-4.5 ft.) … Qualified for the national meet by way of his season-best vault of 5.35 meters (17-6.5 ft.) and ninth-place finish at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/30) … Earned a runner-up finish at the Big 12 Championship (5/17) following his clearance of 5.20 meters (17-0.75 ft.) … Vaulted over 5.26 meters (17-3 ft.) at the Rock Chalk Classic (5/2) which earned him a sixth-place finish.

2015 INDOOR (Jr.)
Posted indoor personal best at the Husker Invitational (2/7) when he cleared 5.31 meters (17-5 ft.) which earned him a third-place finish … Turned in third-place outing in his first Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/28) when he got over 5.23 meters (17-1.25 ft.) … Vaulted to a runner-up finish at the Jayhawk Classic (1/30) with his clearance of 5.07 meters (16-7.5 ft.) … Opened the season with a vault of 5.21 meters (17-1 ft.) at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/6) and a third-place finish.

2014 OUTDOOR (So.)
Utilized redshirt season.

2014 INDOOR (So.)
Best vault of the season came at the Bill Easton Classic (1/10), with a personal best of 5.21 meters (17-1 ft.) earning a first-place finish … He also earned a first-place spot at the Tyson Invitational (2/8) with a vault of 5.01 meters (16-5.25 ft.) … Took fourth at the UCS Pole Vault Summit (1/18) after clearing 5.10 meters (16-8.75 ft.) … Finished seventh at the Jayhawk Classic (1/24) with a clearance of 4.90 meters (16-0.75 ft.).

2013 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Best vault of the season came at the Kansas Relays (4/20), topping a height of 5.07 meters (16-7.5 ft.) to earn his highest finish on the season of third place … Took 10th at the Big 12 Championship (5/5) after clearing 4.89 meters (16-0.5 ft.) … Finished in a tie for sixth at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6) with a vault of 4.81 meters (15-9.25 ft.) … Took 12th at the John McDonnell Invitational (4/13) with a clearance of 4.71 meters (15-5.5 ft.).

2013 INDOOR (Fr.)
Recorded a first-place finish in his division at the UCS Pole Vault Summit (1/19) with an indoor season-best vault of 4.85 meters (15-11 ft.) … Competed at the Bill Easton Classic (1/5) where he claimed seventh after clearing 4.81 meters (15-9.25 ft.) … Earned a 10th-place finish at the Jayhawk Challenge (1/11) with a vault of 4.53 meters (14-10.25 ft.) … Finished 11th at the Armory Collegiate Invite (2/1) after a vault of 4.55 meters (14-11 ft.).

HIGH SCHOOL
Two-time 4A regional pole vault champion while at Louisburg High School … Vaulted a personal-best height of 15-6 ft., at the 2012 Frontier League meet his senior year … Finished third at the 2012 4A State Championships with his clearance of 14-6 ft., his senior year … Cleared an indoor personal best of 15-4 ft., at the 2012 UCS Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nevada … Claimed the 2011 4A Regional title after vaulting a season best 14-5 ft. … Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL
Full name is Jacob Wayne Albright … Son of Bob and Jamie Albright … Has an older sister, Liz (30) … Father, Bob, played football at Duke from 1972-75 … Sister, Liz, graduated from KU in 2007 … Majoring in human biology.