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2019-20 Women's Track & Field Roster

Lauren Graves

  • Position Pole Vault
  • Indoor Elig. Sr.
  • Outdoor Elig. Sr.
  • Hometown Fredericksburg, Va.
  • High School Mountain View

Biography

Indoor Mark Date
Pole Vault 3.70m (12-1.5) 12/7/19
Outdoor Mark Date
Pole Vault 3.80m (12-5.5) 4/20/19

2019-20
Indoor: ECAC qualifier in the pole vault ... Set a lifetime-best of 3.70m (12-1.5) at the season opener at Navy in December ... Also cleared 12 feet at Penn State in early February, topping the bar at 3.68m (12-0.75) ... CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll for having a GPA over 3.0 in the fall semester.
Outdoor: Season cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic ... W&M Provost's Award for having a GPA over 3.5.

2018-19
Indoor: Cleared an indoor-best 3.60m (11-9.75) at Penn State in early February ... Competed five times in all.
Outdoor: ECAC qualifier in the pole vault ... Opened the year tying her lifetime-best at 3.60m (11-9.75) at the W&M Triangular ... Improved to 3.70m (12-1.5) to take seventh overall at the Colonial Relays ... Improved again the following week at GMU to 3.72m (12-2.5) ... The next week, improved again to clear 3.80m (12-5.5) at Duke ... Tied for fifth at the CAA Championships with another vault of 3.70m ... W&M Provost's Award for having a GPA over 3.5 ... CAA Academic Honor Roll for having a GPA over 3.0.

2017-18
Indoor: Competed five times ... Hit a season-best 3.35m (10-11.75) twice, at the season-opener at JDL, and again at the second Liberty meet.
Outdoor: Improved to fourth at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships ... Cleared a lifetime-best 3.60m (11-9.75) both at the conference meet and at the Colonial Relays ... Runner-up in the vault against both Buffalo and GMU at the Stimson Memorial Quad Meet ... W&M Provost's Award for having a GPA over 3.5.

2016-17
Indoor: Won two of her four meets ... Won back-to-back meets at CNU in January and February ... At the second, cleared a lifetime-best 3.40m (11-1.75).
Outdoor: Finished seventh at the CAA Championships ... Won the vault at CNU, clearing her season-best of 3.35m (10-11.75) ... Also hit that height at both home meets, finishing second at the Tribe Invitational and second in the university section at the Colonial Relays ... W&M Provost's Award for having a GPA over 3.5.

Prep
Won the outdoor district and regional titles in the pole vault each of the last three years under former W&M champion Aaron Spicer '04 ... Set Mountain View's school record in the vault at 11 feet ... Ninth in the state as a freshman and fourth as a sophomore ... Named first-team all-area by the Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star in 2014 and again in 2016 ... Also a champion gymnast, winning the district title in the beam as a junior and the region as a freshman ... All-State midfielder in field hockey ... Named first-team all-state each of the last two years ... Region Player of the Year as a senior ... Led Mountain View to three-straight region titles and the state championship as a a sophomore ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Graduated summa cum laude ... IB diploma candidate.

Personal
Daughter of Jennifer and Peter Graves ... Mother was a gymnast and cheerleader at James Madison ... Enjoys playing the guitar.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Pole Vault
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Pole Vault
  • 2018-19Junior

    Pole Vault
  • 2019-20Senior

    Pole Vault