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2015-16 Women's Track & Field Roster

Katie Benavente

  • Position Pole Vault
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Highschool El Toro
  • Hometown Lake Forest, Calif.

Biography

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2015-16: Indoor, Placed ninth with a season best mark of 3.15m/10.4 at the Big South Championship... Millis Scholar-Athlete.


2014-15: Outdoor, finished 27th with a mark of 2.65 meters (8-8.25) at the High Point VertKlasse.

2013-14: Indoor, finished third at Winston-Salem State Open in pole vault with mark of 2.75 meters (9-0.25).

2012-13: Big South Presidential Honor Roll and Millis Scholar-Athlete.

Prep: Competed in track & field for three years at El Toro … Had a high school best of 9-0 in the pole vault.

Personal: Intends to major in Exercise Science … Daughter of Jessy Benavente and Valeria Smrecek … Has three older brothers, JJ, Chris and Jimmy, also has a younger sister, Jaclyn … Born March 21, 1994.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    Pole Vault
    5'4"
  • 2013-14Redshirt Freshman

    Pole Vault
    5'4"
  • 2014-15Redshirt Sophomore

    Pole Vault
    5'4"
  • 2015-16Redshirt Junior

    Pole Vault
    5'4"