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2014-15 Women's Track & Field Roster

Ashton Kirby

  • Position Pole Vault
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Hibriten
  • Hometown Lenoir, N.C.

Biography

See Also: TFRRS Profile

2013-14: Indoor, season-best 2.90 meters (9-6.25) to finish ninth at UCS Invitational.

2012-13: Outdoor, set a career-high of 3.05 meters (10-0) at the Big South Championship ... Placed third at the WSSU Collegiate Invitational ... Came in sixth at both the NC A&T Aggie Invitational and the HPU VertKlasse Meeting ... Indoor, had a season-best 3.03 meters (9-11.25) at the Big South Championship to finish eighth ... Runner-up at the JDL Fast Track Championship Tune-up ... Big South Presidential Honor Roll and Millis Scholar-Athlete.

2011-2012: Made her collegiate-debut at the Wake Forest Open clearing 2.7 meteres (8-8.58) to place sixth ... Placed third at the WSSU Collegiate Invitational clearing a season-best 2.79 meters (9-1.53) ... Millis Scholar-Athlete.

Prep: A four-year pole vaulter at Hibriten High School ... All-Conference in 2008 and 2009 ... All-Region and All-State as a sophomore in 2009, when she was runner-up at the state championship ... High school best of 9-6 in the pole vault, a school record ... Regional qualifier and All-County honoree as a junior and senior ... Also a member of the Tailwind Pole Vault Club.

Personal: Majoring in Health and Physical Education at HPU ... Daughter of John and Melinda Kirby ... Sister, Samantha, played volleyball at Averett and UNC Greensboro and was a volunteer assistant coach at HPU ... Earned academic honors every year in high school and was a member of the Beta Club ... Born Feb. 18, 1993.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Freshman

    Pole Vault
    5'9"
  • 2012-13Sophomore

    Pole Vault
    5'9"
  • 2013-14Junior

    Pole Vault
    5'9"
  • 2014-15Senior

    Pole Vault
    5'9"