Sydney Jaques

Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
High School:
Presentation HS
Hometown:
San Jose, CA

2020 -- Indoor Season: Traveled to the New Mexico Collegiate Classic on Feb. 7, finishing fifth in the pole vault with a clearance of 12 feet, 3.25 inches in Albuquerque. Outdoor T&F: Spring season was canceled due to COVID-19; however, retains year of NCAA eligibility moving forward ... meanwhile, made the Big West All-Academic Team in addition to garnering Conference Commissioner’s Honors academically.

2019 -- Made the All-Conference Team at the Big West Finals, thanks to her third-place finish in the pole vault ... made the medal stand at UC Santa Barbara’s Pauley Track with a career-best clearance of 12 feet & 9 inches ... her PR (3.89m) from May 10 — which moved to No. 9 in school history for the event — ranked No. 67 west of the Mississippi for the spring, just 19 spots back of advancing to the NCAA Championship First Round ... during the regular season, added a height of 12’ 3.5” at the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 19, taking ninth place at Azusa Pacific ... also cleared 12 feet at the UCSB Tri-Meet on March 9, good for second place ... in the indoor pole vault season, also cleared 11’ 8” at the UNM Classic Feb. 2.

2018 -- Had the squad’s third-best pole vault height of the season, jumping 11 feet, 11.75 inches at the Cal Opener in Berkeley on March 3, earning third place ... added a second-place clearance of 11’ 6.25” at the Gaucho Tri-Meet hosted March 10.

2017 -- Twice cleared 11 feet, 11.75 inches as a freshman: at the Stanford Invitational on March 31 (good for 11th overall) and then at the Blue-Green Rivalry Dual Meet vs. UCSB on April 29 (third place) ... was the runner-up at the 35th annual Cal Poly #ShareSLO Invitational on March 25, vaulting 11’ 5.75” ... came in 19th at her first Big West Championships on May 13 at Cal State Fullerton, with a height of 11’ 4.5” ... earned Conference Commissioner’s Highest Honors for academics.

Prep -- As a senior at Presentation High School in San Jose, won the pole vault at the Bellarmine Double Dual with a PR of 12 feet, 8 inches ... during her career for the Panthers, posted 16 total clearances of at least 12 feet, including a 12th-place jump of 12’ even at the CIF State Championships in 2016 (after winning the WCAL championship at the same height) ... also advanced to the state championship meet as a junior, when she posted the first of back-to-back third-place Central Coast Section finishes ... in indoor competition, also jumped 12 feet to take third place at the 2016 UCS National Pole Vault Summit ... earned Presentation’s 2016 Scholar-Athlete of the Year award.

Personal -- Majors in Software Engineering ... sister Taylore was also a Division I pole vaulter (at Stanford).