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2022-23 Track and Field Roster

Profile

  • Senior
    Class
  • Riverton, Utah
    Hometown
  • Riverton HS
    High School
Anna Parkinson
Anna Parkinson
Senior
Class
Riverton, Utah
Hometown

Summary

Biography

HONORS: Academic All-Mountain West (2020).

INDOOR RECORDS: Ranks 10th all-time at USU in the pole vault with a mark of 3.72 meters (12-2.50), set in 2022.

OUTDOOR RECORDS: Ranks ninth all-time at USU in the pole vault with a mark of 3.76 meters (12-4.00), set in 2022.

2023 (SR)
Indoor: Placed fourth in the pole vault at the BYU Invitational II with a season-best mark of 3.63 meters (11-11.00)… Recorded season-high finish of third in the pole vault at the Idaho State-hosted Stacy Dragila Invitational with a mark of 3.57 meters (11-8.50).
Outdoor: Did not compete during the outdoor season.

2022 (SR)
Indoor: Placed 10th in the pole vault with a personal-best mark of 3.72 meters (12-2.50), which ranks 10th all-time in school history, at the Mountain West Indoor Championships… Cleared a height of 3.70 meters (12-1.50) to place second in the pole vault at the Utah State-hosted Speed and Power Meet… Opened the season with consecutive fourth-place finishes in the pole vault at the BYU Invitational (3.63 meters/11-11.00) and Nebraska-hosted Mark Colligan Memorial (3.67 meters/12-0.50)… Placed seventh in the pole vault with a mark of 3.47 meters (11-4.50) at the Idaho State-hosted Stacy Dragila Invitational… Placed 36th in the pole vault with a mark of 3.67 meters (12-0.50) at the New Mexico-hosted Don Kirby Elite Invitational
Outdoor: Placed 13th in the pole vault with a mark of 3.40 meters (11-1.75) at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships… Finished second in the pole vault with a personal-best height of 3.76 meters (12-4.00), which ranks eighth all-time in school history, at the Long Beach Invitational… Won the pole vault title with a mark of 3.50 meters (11-5.75) at the Utah Valley Invitational… Opened the season with a fifth-place finish in the pole vault, recording a mark of 3.38 meters (11-1.00) at the Arizona-hosted Willie Williams Classic… Cleared a height of 3.35 meters (10-11.75) to place fifth in the pole vault at the Utah State-hosted Aggie Invitational… Placed seventh in the pole vault with a mark of 3.62 meters (11-10.50) at the BYU-hosted Robison Invitational… Finished 20th in the pole vault with a mark of 3.35 meters (10-11.75) at the Fresno State Invitational.

2021 (JR)
Indoor: Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Outdoor: Competed in the pole vault at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships, but did not record a height… Tied for third in the pole vault with a season-best height of 3.65 meters (11-11.75) at the Weber State Twilight Meet… Finished fifth and sixth, respectively, at the Utah State-hosted Aggie Invitational and Utah Valley Collegiate Invitational with matching bar clearances of 3.50 meters (11-5.75).

2020 (SO)
Indoor: Competed in the pole vault at the Mountain West Indoor Championships, but did not clear a height… Recorded three top-10 finishes in the pole vault during the season… Best finish of the season was at the Boise State-hosted Ed Jacoby Invitational, where she placed third in the pole vault with a season-best height of 3.55 meters (11-7.75)... Earned academic all-MW honors.
Outdoor: Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Spent her freshman campaign at Utah Valley in 2018-19… Placed sixth in the pole vault with a mark of 3.38 meters (11-1) at the Western Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships… Recorded season-best outdoor mark of 3.55 meters (11-7.75) in the pole vault at the Utah Spring Classic… Competed in the pole vault at the WAC Indoor Championships, but did not clear a height… Placed second in the pole vault with a season-best indoor mark of 3.65 meters (11-11.75) at the Idaho State-hosted Stacy Dragila Open.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Riverton (Utah) High School… Recorded a personal-best pole vault mark of 11-0… Placed fifth at the 6A state championship as a senior with a vault of 3.05 meters.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Robert and Nichole Parkinson… Has three younger siblings… Majoring in social work.

PERSONAL BESTS INCLUDE:
EVENT INDOOR OUTDOOR
Pole Vault 3.72 meters (12-2.50) 3.76 meters (12-4.00)

POSTSEASON RESULTS:
MW INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
YEAR EVENT PLACE MARK
2020 Pole Vault -- NH
2022 Pole Vault 10th 3.72 meters (12-2.50)

MW OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
YEAR EVENT PLACE MARK
2021 Pole Vault -- NH
2022 Pole Vault 13th 3.40 meters (11-1.75)

WAC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
YEAR EVENT PLACE MARK
2019 Pole Vault -- NH

WAC OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
YEAR EVENT PLACE MARK
2019 Pole Vault 6th 3.38 meters (11-1)
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