Robin Nool

Position:
Pole Vault
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Tallinn Harjumaa, Estonia
High School:
Gustav Adolf Grammar

FRESHMAN (2019) – Outdoors: Placed fifth in pole vault at SEC Championships, clearing a best of 17-6 ½ (5.35) … Competed in NCAA West Preliminary, placing 13^th with clearance of 17-5 (5.31) … Opened outdoor campaign finishing fifth in pole vault (17-5 | 5.31) and long jump (22-3 ¾ | 6.80) at Baldy Castillo Invitational … Placed fourth at UTSA Invitational (16-6 ¾ | 5.05) and 12^th in the Texas Relays (16-10 ¾ | 5.15) … Won pole vault at Reveille Meet (16-10 ¾ | 5.15) and placed sixth in long jump (23-1 ¾w | 7.05) … Finished fourth in long jump at Texas A&M Invitational (23-8w | 7.21) and third in Michael Johnson Invitational (22-9 ¾w | 6.95) … Third in pole vault at A&M Alumni Muster, clearing 17-3 (5.26).

Indoors: Finished seventh in pole vault at SEC Championships with a height of 17-6 ¼ (5.34) … Debut effort with the Aggies came in Reveille Invitational, clearing 16-7 ½ (5.07) to place third … Finished fourth at Texas A&M Triangular (16-1 ¼ | 4.91) and fifth at Texas Tech Classic (16-7 ½ | 5.07) … Placed third in three consecutive meets at Charlie Thomas Invitational (17-0 | 5.18), Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational (17-5 | 5.31) and Aggie Twilight (16-8 ¼ | 5.09).

HIGH SCHOOL: 2018 graduate of Gustav Adolf Grammar School in Tallinn, Estonia … Earned a silver medal in academics … Coached by his father … Established personal best marks of 17-6 ½ / 5.35 (pole vault), 23-3 ½ / 7.10 (long jump) with a wind-aided 23-6 / 7.16, and scored 5,430 points in U20 heptathlon … Reached a career best of 17-6 ½ (5.35) in June of 2018 as runner-up in Ogre … Summer action also included winning the Estonia U-23 pole vault title and finishing runner-up in the high jump 6-4 ¾ (1.95) … Placed second in pole vault at Estonia national championships … Established an indoor career best of 17-6 ¼ (5.34) in 2018 … Cleared 17-2 ¾ (5.25) to win Junior national title in February, a week later won the Estonia national title with a 17-0 ¾ (5.20) effort … In 2017, equaled the Estonia outdoor junior national record of 17-4 ½ (5.30), placing fourth in a junior meet held in Germany … Two days later he improved the junior national record to 17-5 (5.31) to win the Estonia junior nationals … Placed fourth in the 2017 European Junior Championships, clearing 17-2 ¾ (5.25).

PERSONAL: Robin Nool is the son of Erki Nool and Kadri Kivine, born on October 28, 1998 in Estonia … Hometown is Tallinn, Estonia … Has two younger siblings, Oliver and Mia … Father won gold medal in decathlon for Estonia at 2000 Olympics, silver medalist at 2001 World Outdoor Championships and twice claimed silver in heptathlon at 1997 and 1999 World Indoors … Erki Nool holds Estonia national records in decathlon (8,815 points), heptathlon (6,374) and long jump 26-7 (8.10) … Erki also held the outdoor junior pole vault record, set in 1989, that his son first equaled and then passed in 2017 … Mother competed in track and field in high school and college … Grandfater, Paavo Kivine, also competed in track and field on the professional level … Chose Texas A&M since it’s the most successful track program in the United States … Majoring in Biomedical Sciences.

TIDBITS: Career goal is to break the Estonia National Record and qualify for the Olympics … Chose track and field since it’s a family legacy.

Favorite quote from a coach: "If you wear an A&M Track and Field shirt, better be sitting at the front of the class" -Coach Henry
Favorite Pro Track & Field Athlete: Renaud Lavillenie & Kevin Mayer
Favorite Non-T&F Pro Athlete: Kobe Bryant
Favorite city I have visited: Formia, Italy
Track & Field venue I want to visit: Eugene

Favorite Movie: The Godfather
Favorite TV Show: Narcos, Breaking Bad, The Office
Favorite Pre-Meet Warm-Up Song/Artist: A$AP Rocky, Migos
Favorite Book: "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky