Jacob Wooten

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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Tomball, Texas
High School:
Tomball Memorial

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College Results
*Last Updated 7/19/2022

USATF Championships Medals
2022 Outdoor Pole Vault - Bronze (5.60m)

TAMU All-Time Top-12 List
#1 Outdoor Pole Vault - 18-8.75/5.71m (4/20/2019)
#1 Indoor Pole Vault - 18-9.5/5.73m (3/8/2019)

NCAA Championships
2019 Second Team All-American Outdoor Pole Vault - 17-6.5/5.35m (15th)
2019 First Team All-American Indoor Pole Vault - 18-9.5/5.73m (3rd)
2018 First Team All-American Outdoor Pole Vault - 18-2.5/5.55m (4th)
2018 First Team All-American Indoor Pole Vault - 18-0.5/5.50m (7th)
2017 First Team All-American Outdoor Pole Vault - 17-10.5/5.45m (5th)
2016 Second Team All-American Outdoor Pole Vault - 16-10.75/5.15m (12th)
2016 Second Team All-American Indoor Pole Vault - 17-6.5/5.35m (9th)

NCAA Outdoor West Regionals
2019 Pole Vault - 17-7/5.36m (1st)
2018 Pole Vault - 17-2.75/5.25 (1st)
2017 Pole Vault - 17-6.5/5.22m (1st)
2016 Pole Vault - 17-3.75/5.28m (12th)

SEC Championships
2019 Outdoor Pole Vault - 18-2.5/5.55m (2nd)
2019 Indoor Pole Vault - 18-9.5/5.73m (3rd)
2018 Outdoor Pole Vault - 17-8.5/5.40m (2nd)
2018 Indoor Pole Vault - 17-3.75/5.28m (1st)
2017 Outdoor Pole Vault - 17-1.5/5.22m (4th)
2017 Indoor Pole Vault - 17-4.5/5.30m (5th)
2016 Outdoor Pole Vault - 17-1/5.21m (5th)
2016 Indoor Pole Vault - 17-4.5/5.30m (4th)

SENIOR (2019) – Outdoors: Silver medalist in pole vault at SEC Championships, clearing 18-2 ½ (5.55) … Finished 15^th in NCAA Championships (17-6 ½ | 5.35) … Cleared 17-7 (5.36) during NCAA West Preliminary round … Started outdoor season placing third at Baldy Castillo Invitational (17-5 | 5.31) … Missed a month of action, returning to win Michael Johnson Invitational with a season outdoor best of 18-8 ¾ (5.71) … Also won at A&M Alumni Muster (18-4 ¾ | 5.61).

Indoors: Bronze medalist with career best 18-9 ½ (5.73) at NCAA Championships … Silver medalist in SEC Championships with a mark of 18-6 (5.64) … Won four meets indoors – Ted Nelson Invitational (18-3 ¾ | 5.58), Texas A&M Triangular (17-7 | 5.36), Charlie Thomas Invitational (17-3 ¾ | 5.28), Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational (18-9 ¼ | 5.72) … Runner-up at Reveille Invitational (17-1 ½ | 5.22) and Texas Tech Classic (18-1 ¼ | 5.52).

JUNIOR (2018): Cleared 18-2 ½ (5.55) in placing fourth at NCAA Championships to earn first-team All-America honors … Silver medalist at SEC Championships with clearance of 17-8 ½ (5.40) … Started outdoor season placing fourth at Baldy Castillo Invitational (17-0 ¾), then finished second at UTSA Roadrunner Invitational (17-10 ½) … Placed ninth at Texas Relays (17-6 ½) … Finished second at Houston Alumni Invitational (16-10 ¾) and third at Michael Johnson Invitational (17-9) …

Indoors, placed seventh at NCAA Championships (18-0 ½) … Gold medalist at SEC Championships (17-3 ¾) … Campaign started with a series of victories at Reveille Invitational (17-6 ½), Ted Nelson Invitational (17-5 ½), Texas A&M Quadrangular (18-1 ¼) and Razorback Invitational (18-2 ¾ | 5.56) … The winning effort at Arkansas set a school record … Following a runner-up effort at Charlie Thomas Invitational (17-7 ¼), he improved the school record to 18-4 ½ (5.60) with a win at Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational.

SOPHOMORE (2017): Finished fifth at NCAA Championships with a mark of 17-10 ½ (5.45) … Placed fourth at SEC Championships with a clearance of 17-1 ½ (5.22) … Outdoor season opened with an eighth place at Baldy Castillo Invitational followed by no heights at Texas Relays and Sun Angel Classic … Placed third at UCLA Invitational (16-7 ¼), second at Michael Johnson Invitational (17-3) and fourth in SEC Relays (16-7 ½) …

Indoors, cleared 17-4 ½ (5.30) to place fifth in SEC Championships … Opened the season winning Reveille Invitational (16-7 ½) and finished fifth at Texas A&M Team Invitational (16-5 ½) … Then put together a series of third-place efforts at Aggie Invitational (17-0), Razorback Invitational (16-7 ¼), Charlie Thomas Invitational (17-1 ½) and Clemson Tiger Paw (16-8 ¾).

FRESHMAN (2016): Completed first season placing 12^th at NCAA Championships (16-10 ¾) … Cleared 17-3 ¾ (5.28) during NCAA West preliminary rounds … Finished fifth at SEC Championships (17-1) … Outdoor season started with a no height at Baldy Castillo Invitational … Placed fourth at UTSA Invitational (16-6 ¾) … Had a no height at Texas Relays … Finished fourth at Sun Angel Classic (17-0 ¾), second in dual meet with UCLA (17-2 ¾), sixth at Michael Johnson Classic (17-2 ¾) and second at LSU Invitational (17-3) …

Indoors, placed ninth at NCAA Championships (17-6 ½) after finishing fourth in the SEC Championships (17-4 ½) … Cleared a career best 17-11 (5.46) to win Charlie Thomas Invitational … Other victories included Texas A&M Team Invitational (17-9) and Razorback Invitational (17-7) … Also placed third in Reveille Invitational (16-1 ¼) and fourth in Texas A&M Quadrangular (16-11).

HIGH SCHOOL: 2015 graduate of Tomball Memorial High School in Tomball, Texas … Established best marks of 17-0 (outdoor) and 17-0 ½ (indoor) in pole vault … Won the 2015 USATF National Junior Olympics title with a clearance of 16-10 ¾ … Placed sixth at 2015 USATF Junior Championships … Won 2015 State 5A pole vault title with a career best of 17-0 … Finished fifth at TTFCA Meet of Champions and New Balance Nationals … Set indoor best of 17-0 ¾ to win Texas A&M High School Classic as a senior in 2015 … Also cleared 17-0 to win his division at National Pole Vault Summit … As a junior in 2014 cleared a career best 17-0 to win Region III-4A meet after placing second in district and area meets … Had a no height at State meet … Placed fourth at Great Southwest Classic.