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Chase Pennewell - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Chase Pennewell

Position Pole Vault
Class Junior
Hometown Monroe City, Mo.
High School Monroe City HS
Position Pole Vault

CAREER RESULTS

Career Highlights
2018 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
2016-17 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

2019 INDOOR (R-So.)
Placed second in the pole vault at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/18) with a clearance of 4.75 meters (15-07.00 ft.).

2018 OUTDOOR (So.)
Finished eighth in the pole vault at the season-opening Arkansas Spring Invitational (3/24) with a clearance of 4.65 meters (15-3 ft.) … Placed fifth in the pole vault at the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/5) with a clearance of 4.47 meters (14-8 ft.).

2018 INDOOR (So.)
Utilized redshirt season.

2017 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Posted a third-place finish at the Ward Haylett Invite (5/6) in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.95 meters (16-2.75 ft.) … Recorded a season-best vault of 5.02 meters (16-5.5 ft.) at the Emporia State Relays (4/1), good for another third-place finish in the pole vault … Finished fifth in the pole vault at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/28), with a mark of 4.82 meters (15-9.75 ft.).

2017 INDOOR (Fr.)
Won the pole vault at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/12) with a clearance of 5.10 meters (16-8.75 ft.) … Recorded a personal-best vault at the Jayhawk Classic (1/26-27), with a mark of 5.13 meters (16-10 ft.), good for second-place … Finished in sixth place in the pole vault at the Tyson Invitational (2/10-11) with a mark of 4.90 meters (16-0.75 ft.).

HIGH SCHOOL
Seven-time letterwinner in track and football at Monroe City HS … Claimed three-straight Missouri 2A state titles in the pole vault from 2014-16 … Top vault of high school career was 16-5, a school record … Member of fifth-place finishing 4×100-meter relay team at 2016 state championship meet in 44.52 … Four-time Clarence Cannon Conference First Team All-Academic selection … Graduated with 4.0 GPA.

PERSONAL
Son of Roger and Daphne Pennewell … Has three siblings: Cole, Caden and Ceaton … Majoring in pre-med biology … Aspires to become an orthopedic surgeon.