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2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Profile

  • Jumps
    Position
  • Freshman
    Class
  • Camas, Wash.
    Hometown
  • Camas HS
    High School
Karina Cooper
Karina Cooper
Jumps
Position
Freshman
Class
Camas, Wash.
Hometown

Summary

Biography

HIGH SCHOOL: Five-time letterwinner in track & field and gymnastics at Camas (Washington) High School… Won the 4A state pole vault title, setting Washington’s 4A state meet record with a personal-best jump of 4.01 meters (13-2)… Named an indoor and outdoor Nike All-American in 2025… Won district titles in pole vault in 2022, 2023 and 2025 and region titles in 2022 and 2025… Finished runner-up at the 4A state meet with a season-best clearance of 3.81 meters (12-6)… Four-time all-state honoree in pole vault… Helped the Papermakers to four district team titles and top-10 state finishes in 2024-25… Competed for the Willamette Striders Track Club from 2023-25, where she won the 2025 Indoor West Coast pole vault title… Competed in gymnastics for one high school season and at the club level, where she placed third at the Washington State Gymnastics Championships in 2024… Earned four Scholar-Athlete Awards, a Washington State Scholar Award and a Regional Art Award for an original painting… Member of the National Honor Society… Graduated at the top of her class of 496 students with a 4.0 GPA.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Nate and Amy Cooper… Has two siblings… Father, Nate, played basketball at BYU in 1995-96 and from 1998-2001… Mother, Amy, competed in cross country and track & field at BYU from 1999-2003… Cousin, Rachel Bair, is a member of Utah’s track & field program… Majoring in engineering.
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