Ally Jackson

Position:
Jumps
Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
High School:
Quartz Hill HS
Hometown:
Palmdale, Calif.

PERSONAL BESTS

High Jump: 5-7.25
High Performance Meet
Corvallis, Ore., 4/29/17

Pac-12 Track & Field Championships
2017: High jump, 8th, 5-5.75.
2016: High jump, 11th, 5-5.25.

TRACK AND FIELD

2017
Outdoor: Pac-12 Academic First Team member ... tied for eighth place at Pac-12 Championships ... Cleared PR of 5-7.25 at High Performance Meet, No. 8 all-time mark at OSU ... Cleared 5-5 or better in six meets ... Nominated for Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete Award. Indoor: Competed in three meets ... Placed 10th in high jump at MPSF Championships ... Earned MPSF all-academic honors. Season bests: Outdoor - High jump, 5-7.25, High Performance Meet, Corvallis, Ore. (4/29/17). Indoor - High jump, 5-5, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/25/17).

2016
Outdoor: Competed in every meet ... Took 11th at Pac-12s ... First-team Pac-12 All-Academic. Indoor: Competed in four meets, with best mark of 5-4.50 at MPSF Championships, where she placed 20th ... Named to MPSF all-academic team. Season Bests: Outdoor - High jump, 5-5.75, Willamette Invitational, Salem, Ore. (3/26/16). Indoor - High jump, 5-4.50, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/27/16).

2015
Outdoor: Competed in eight events ... Named first-team Pac-12 All-Academic. Indoor: Competed in four meets ... Placed ninth at Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championships (5-5.25) ... Cleared 5-6 at Washington Invitational on 1/31/15, tied for the 10-best indoor jump in OSU history ... Named to MPSF All-Academic team. Season Bests: Outdoor - High jump, 5-4.25, Utah dual, Corvallis, Ore. (3/21/15). Indoor - High jump, 5-6, UW Invitational, Seattle, Wash.(1/31/15).

2014
Outdoor: Competed in the high jump eight times, and after clearing 4-11 in the season-opening OSU Invitational (March 8), got over the bar higher than 5-0 the rest of the way … PR’d the next meet at the Oregon Preview (March 22) with a jump of 5-3.75 … Tied for second at the Willamette Invitational (March 29) with a mark of 5-2.25 … Cleared 5-3 at the Oregon Relays (April 19) to finish tied for seventh … Was second at the Titan Twilight on April 24 (5-2.25) … Closed the season with another 5-2.25 clearance at the Oregon Twilight (May 9), which was good for seventh. Indoor: Competed at both the UW Invitational (Feb. 1) and Husky Classic (Feb. 15) … Finished tied for second in her flight and 10th overall in the former (5-1) and tied for fourth in her flight and 13th overall in the latter (5-1.75). Season Bests: Outdoor – High jump, 5-3.75, Oregon Preview, Eugene, Ore. (3/22/14). Indoor – High jump, 5-1.75, Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/15/14).

QUARTZ HILL HIGH SCHOOL

Competed in the high jump and hurdles for coaches Chris Meester and Ron Hamilton … 2012 California Southern Section Division I high jump champion … Set her high jump PR at that CIF-SS meet in 2012, clearing 5-7 … Owns a PR in the 100m hurdles of 15.52 … Golden League Champion … Captain and Coaches Award recipient in 2012 and 2013 … 2011 Girls Track MVP … Also was a doubles player on the tennis team for coach Angela LeBeaux in 2011 and 2012.

PERSONAL

Graduated from OSU after winter quarter, 2017, with a degree in apparel design and a minor in business ... Made OSU honor roll in every quarter she has been enrolled ... Daughter of Suzy and Troy Jackson … Mother is a registered nurse and father is a teacher and coach … Has one older brother, Shawn, who participated in cross country and track at Cal Lutheran ... Father played football for two years at Antelope Valley College and two years at Azusa Pacific University … Former prep teammate Lohnnie Tape-Jackson competes for Cal State Northridge in the high jump … Describes her biggest athletic thrill to date as becoming a California Southern Section Division I high jump champion and setting her high school record … Chose to attend Oregon State because “it’s beautiful, the coaching staff is amazingly positive and the fashion design program is fabulous.”