Pac-12 Track and Field Championships 2013 - High Jump, NH
TRACK AND FIELD 2013 Outdoors: PR'd in the high jump in her collegiate debut at the Willamette Opener (March 2), clearing 5-5.25 to place first ... Also entered her only triple jump competition of the season at the Willamette Opener, finishing second with a mark of 36-6.25. Season Bests: Outdoors - High Jump - 5-5.25/1.65m (PR), Willamette Opener, Salem, Ore. (3/2/13); Triple Jump - 36-6.25/11.13m (PR), Willamette Opener, Salem, Ore. (3/2/13).
SUMMIT HS: Earned four varsity letters as a jumper for coach Dave Turnbull ... Finished second and third in two trips to the state finals in the high jump ... Also a state champion in the triple jump ... Owns the school record in both the high jump and triple jump ... Also played soccer as a midfielder and forward.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Therese and Craig Howard ... Has two siblings, Lucas and Logan ... Father is a state juvenile officer and mother is a registered nurse ... Brother, Lucas, is currently in the class of 2014 at Oregon State ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Lists Ashton Eaton, an Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in both the decathlon and heptathlon, as her favorite athlete growing up ... Chose Oregon State because of "the track program, it's close to home and feels like home, my brother goes here and the courses it offers for my major (biology)."
