Ann Polcari 2012-13 Track and Field Roster
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AS A GRADUATE STUDENT: Competed in 16 events during the track & field season … specialized in the pole vault … vaulted 3.81m and placed first at the GVSU Second to Last Chance Meet … had back-to-back fourth place finishes at the Louisville Border Battle (3.68m) and the Polytan Invitational (3.67m) … finished third (3.87m) at the Spartan Invitational … notched a third-place finish in the pole vault (3.85m) at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships to earn all-BIG EAST accolades … set career best (4.00m) and finished first at the Meyo Invitational … started the season off with a first place finish (3.70m) at the Blue and Gold Invitational … followed that up with a fifth place finish (3.64m) at the GVSU Bob Eubanks Open … placed second at the Notre Dame Invitational (3.70) … vaulted 3.80m and finished first at the Indiana University Relays … named a BIG EAST Academic All-Star … earned a monogram.
AS A SENIOR: Capped off senior season in the final meet with a career-best pole vault of 3.81m … competed in 13 meets on the year for the Irish … finished ninth at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships … gathered in a first place finish at the Purdue Mike Poehlein Invitational in a field of 12 participants … named a BIG EAST Academic All-Star … selected to the Dean[apos]s List during the spring 2012 semester … earned a monogram.
AS A JUNIOR: Competed in seven meets during the track & field season … specialized in the pole vault … competed at both the BIG EAST Indoor and Outdoor Championships … tied career best with a vault of 3.60m at the Purdue Dave Rankin Invitational.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Opened the season with a fourth-place pole vault of 3.25m at the Blue and Gold Invitational … finished seventh after vaulting 3.25m at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener … hit the 3.40m mark at the Notre Dame Invitational, placing fourth overall … earned runner-up status at the Indiana Relays, vaulting 3.50m … cleared 3.55m at the Meyo Invitational, grabbing 14th place … placed ninth at BIG EAST Indoor Championships while hitting a mark of 3.60m, her best vault of the season.
AS A FRESHMAN: Vaulted 3.35m at the Meyo Invitational … cleared 3.2m for sixth- place at the Indiana Relays … finished third at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener with a vault of 3.25m … cleared 3.35m for 12th-place at the Indiana Open … opened up the season with a vault of 3.25m, good enough for third place at the Blue and Gold Invitational.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Three-star athlete for Ridgewood (N.J.), earning 11 total letters in time there, competing in indoor and outdoor track & field and gymnastics … named all-conference and all-city every year in gymnastics and all-North Jersey in junior and senior years … helped indoor & outdoor track & field teams capture conference championship honors in junior and senior years … team captured the sectional championship in indoor track & field in junior and senior campaigns and earned the title in junior year for outdoor track & field … member of the National Honor Society … daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Polcari … has one sister, Kayla, who competed in pole vault at Notre Dame at same time … graduated from the College of Science with a degree in biological sciences.