Jason Colwick
Personal information | |
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Born |
San Marcos, Texas, U.S. | January 25, 1988
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 176 lb (80 kg) |
Sport | |
Country | United States |
Club | Rice University |
Now coaching | Pat Licari |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) |
Pole vault (outdoor): 5.72 Pole vault (indoor): 5.67[1] |
Jason Colwick (born January 25, 1988 in San Marcos, Texas) is a two-time NCAA champion American pole vaulter. His personal best vault is 5.72 metres, achieved in April 2009 in Austin, Texas.[2] He attended and competed for Rice University in Houston, Texas.
Career
Colwick won the pole vault title at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. He followed this with a win at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor championships with a vault of 5.70m.[3]
Colwick was the first Rice pole vaulter to win a title since Dave Roberts in 1973, and the school's first NCAA Outdoor champion since Ryan Harlan's 2004 decathlon win.[4]
Colwick is the recipient of the 2008-2009 Conference USA Male Athlete of the Year award.[5]
Personal
Colwick has stated that he looked to pole vaulting as something he would "enjoy more and be better at" than other sports he was participating in at the time.[6]
References
- ↑ IAAF.org Athlete Biography - Jason Colwick
- ↑ Texas Relays Day 4
- ↑ Noah Trister (June 13, 2009). "Holliday, Hooker win national titles". The Associated Press.
- ↑ "Jason Colwick Captures the NCAA Pole Vault Title". Retrieved June 18, 2009.
- ↑ Jay Jameson (July 8, 2009). "Colwick named C-USA Athlete of the Year". Rice University News & Media Relations. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
- ↑ Ricard Justice (June 16, 2009). "Commentary: Bar keeps going up for Colwick". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved June 24, 2009.
External links
- Jason Colwick profile at IAAF