2015-16 Track and Field Roster
Sydney Clute
- Year:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Greenwood, Ind.
- Position:
- Pole Vault
2016-17 (R-SENIOR): Indoor: Redshirted. Outdoor: broke the school, Big Ten Conference, Pac-12 v Big Ten Challenge meet and Arizona State facility record in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.55m (14-11) in the opening meet of the year… won the pole vault in the remaining four regular season meets, including: the Tennessee Relays, the Louisville Invitational, the Rankin Poehlein Invitational and the Longhorn Invitational… dominated the Big Ten Championships, winning Big Ten Athlete of the Championships and Year honors after setting the Championships meet record with a clearance of 4.43m (14-6.25), giving her three consecutive Big Ten crowns… earned First-Team All-America honors with a fourth place finish at the NCAA Championships, becoming just the second Hoosier to earn three First-Team All-America honors in the pole vault.
2015-16 (R-JUNIOR): Indoor: earned the Big Ten Championship in the pole vault with a school record mark of 4.35m (14-3.25)… Second-Team All-American following a 10th place finish at the NCAA Championships… won the pole vault competition against Tennessee and Purdue… tied for first at the Gladstein Invitational… finished fifth at the Meyo Invitational… captured first in the pole vault at the Alex Wilson Invitational at Notre Dame. Outdoor: First-Team All-American with a fourth place finish in the pole vault at the NCAA Championships… set the Big Ten Meet record, the Nebraska outdoor facility record and the school record with a clearance of 4.42m (14-6) in the pole vault… won the pole vault at the Big Ten v. ACC Challenge with a clearance of 4.21m.
2014-15 (R-SOPHOMORE): Indoor: finished in second-place in the pole vault at the Alex Wilson Invitational with a mark of 4.06m…finished in third-place in the pole vault at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a season-best of 4.14m…earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors and Spring Academic All-Big Ten Honors. Outdoor: Redshirted.
2013-14 (SOPHOMORE): Indoor: finished in fourth-place at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a jump of 4.10m (13-5.25), the fifth best mark in school history. Outdoor: Set a career-best mark of 4.20m (13-9.25) to finish in seventh-place at the NCAA East Preliminary Round and earn a spot at the NCAA Outdoor Championships...finished in eighth-place at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to earn First Team All-America honors with a clearance of 4.15m (13-7.25)... won the collegiate section of the Penn Relays with a mark of 4.08m to set the Penn Relays record for the collegiate section of the pole vault.
2012-13 (FRESHMAN): Indoor: Career-best of 3.95 meters in the indoor season at the Hoosiers Hills Invitational...Finished 10th at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a clearance of 3.70 meters...Outdoor: Finished third-place at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with a jump of 4.02 meters (13-2.25)...Career-best of 4.07 meters (13-4.25) to win the Billy Hayes Invitational...Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary and finished 21st with a clearance of 3.85 meters (12-7.5).
PREP: All-State two years, finishing third in the pole vault in 2010 and 2012 and ninth in the long jump in 2010... three-times All Conference... holds Johnson County, MIC, sectional, regional, and her high school's records in the pole vault ... personal bests of 12' 9" (pole vault) and 17' 7 ½" (long jump) ... also All-State in golf ... holds school record for 18 holes ... earned four letters in track and field, four in golf, and two in gymnastics.
PERSONAL: Born November 15, 1993 to Ann and Lance Clute ... has one sister (Lauren)... earned a degree in Business Marketing... working towards a masters degree in Tourism Hospitality.
