2017 Track & Field Roster
Biography
PAC-12 CHAMPION
WSU CAREER. SENIOR (2015-16): Indoor - Redshirt season...competed unattached at WSU Open with a vault clearance at 4.15m/13-7 1/4i…Outdoor - Redshirt season…competed unattached at the Cougar Invite with a vault of 4.00m/13-1 1/2.
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JUNIOR (2014-15): Indoor - Soared to pole vault PR height of 4.26m/13-11 3/4i at WSU Open (1/24/15, Pullman)…mark is second-best in WSU all-time records…at MPSF Championships finished fifth with a pole vault of 4/12m/13-6 1/4i…Outdoor - Cleared 4.18m/13-8 1/2 at Mike Keller Invite…long jumped for first time collegiately at Cougar Invite with distance of 5.58m/18-3 3/4 (4/25/15, Pullman)…at Pac-12 Championships pole vaulted 3.97m/13-0 1/4 for fourth place…at NCAA West Region Prelims cleared a height of 3.84m/12-7 1/4 (37th)…named to Pac-12 All-Academic track and field second team…named to USTFCCCA All-Academic team.
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SOPHOMORE (2013-14): Indoor - Flew over bar with pole vault PR height of 4.15m/13-7 1/4i at Vandal Indoor (2/7/14, Moscow)…runner-up at the MPSF Championships with vault of 4.11m/13-5 3/4i…Outdoor - Top clearance of season was 4.12m/13-6 1/4 at Vandal Jamboree…finished tied for sixth at the Pac-12 Championships with a mark of 3.98m/13-0 3/4…at the NCAA West Region Prelims pole vaulted 4.04m/13-3 for 13th…named to Pac-12 All-Academic track and field second team…named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic team.
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FRESHMAN (2012-13): Indoor - Top pole vault clearance of season was a team-leading 3.94m/12-11i for second place at Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships (2/23/13, Seattle)…Outdoor - Continued strong frosh showing winning the Pac-12 Championship with a WSU freshman school record pole vault of 4.07m/13-4 1/4 (5/12/13, Los Angeles)…first Cougar woman to win the pole vault at a conference meet…mark is Freshman School Record and the third-best in WSU all-time records…at NCAA West Prelims finished 25th (3.86m/12-8).
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HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. Trained in gymnastics as a youngster…earned five varsity letters at H.P. Baldwin High…four letters for track coach Keoni Tengan…one letter for tennis coach Kelly Tobita…as freshman girls’ tennis team won MIL title…three-time Baldwin High School track MVP…four-time Maui Interscholastic League all-star…four-time MIL Athlete of the Year…four-time pole vault winner of MIL Championships…MIL Championship finishes include: 100m - first place freshman, second as sophomore, injured as junior and did not run sprints, first as senior with PR time of 12.51; 200m - first as senior with PR time of 26.51; long jump - first as senior with PR of 17-4 3/4; pole vault - first as freshman with record of 9-9, first as sophomore with record of 11-0, first as junior with record of 11-6, and first as senior at 11-3…at Hawaiian High School Athletic Association State Track and Field Championships finishes include: 400m relay - fifth as freshman; long jump - seventh as senior at 16-3 1/2; pole vault - sixth as freshman at 9-6, first as sophomore with record of 11-8, first as junior with record of 12-6, and senior year first with height of 12-0…suffering a broken fibula at a summer pole vaulting camp in 2010…inducted into the 30th Annual HHSAA Hall of Honor (recognizing Hawaii’s senior student-athletes chosen by a panel of current and former journalists, athletic directors, and media members based on their athletic success, academic achievement, leadership, and other intangibles) in June 2012 - former WSU women’s basketball player Lia Galdeira was also tabbed to this Hall of Honor class.
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PERSONAL. Born in May 1994 in Wailuku, Hawai’i…father Paul is a business relations manager…mother Janeth is a controller…younger brother Kyle…enjoys surfing and art…graduated with a 4.068 GPA…president of National Honor Society…received the Yale Book Award in 2011…member of Interact (Rotary) Club…Science Fair second place Merit Award, state qualifier…first place Drawing for Lahaina Arts Assn. Scholarship competition…majoring in biology at WSU.
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FELIX’S WSU BESTS
Pole Vault - 4.26m / 13-11 3/4i (2015)
Long Jump - 5.58m / 18-3 3/4 (2015)
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PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS PERFORMANCES
2015      Pole Vault      4th       3.97m / 13-0 1/4
2014      Pole Vault      t-6th     3.98m / 13-0 3/4
2013      Pole Vault      1st        4.07m / 13-4 1/4 FSR
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NCAA WEST PRELIMINARY PERFORMANCES
2015   Pole Vault           37th        3.84m / 12-7 1/4
2014   Pole Vault           13th        4.04m / 13-3
2013   Pole Vault           25th        3.86m / 12-8
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Historical Player Information
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2014Sophomore
Pole Vault
5'0"
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2015Junior
Pole Vault
5'0"
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2016Senior
Pole Vault
5'0"
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2016-17Redshirt Senior
Pole Vault
5'0"