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Morgan Griffiths - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Morgan Griffiths

Position Pole Vault
Class Junior
Hometown St. Charles, Mo.
High School St. Charles West HS
Position Pole Vault

CAREER RESULTS

Career Highlights
2018 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2017 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2015-16 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

 

2018 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Finished third in the high jump at the Oral Roberts Invitational (3/31) with a clearance of 1.58 meters (5-2.25 ft.) and placed sixth in the pole vault with a mark of 3.66 meters (12-0 ft.) Finished eighth in the premiere pole vault competition at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6-7) with a clearance of 3.70 meters (12-1.5 ft.) and notched a career-best mark in the javelin at 28.67 meters (94-0 ft.) … Finished ninth in the heptathlon at the Kansas Relays (4/18-21) with 4,115 points, recording a personal-best mark of 5.43 meters (17-9.75 ft.) in the long jump and placed fourth in the pole vault with a clearance of 3.92 meters (12-10.25 ft.) … Tied for fourth in the pole vault at the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/5) with a vault of 3.74 meters (12-3.25 ft.) and placed third in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.95 seconds … Placed ninth in the heptathlon at the Big 12 Championship (5/11-13) with 4,592 points, recording  personal bests in the javelin (29.61m/97-1.75 ft.) and the 800-meter run (2:28.51) … Won the gold medal at the Inaugural Women’s Open Decathlon Championships (6/30-7/1), scoring 5,939 points.

2018 INDOOR (Jr.)
Finished fourth in the pole vault at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) with a clearance of 3.67 meters (12-0.5 ft.) … Finished sixth in the pole vault at the Mark Colligan Memorial (1/20) with a mark of 3.68 meters (12-0.75 ft.) … Won the pentathlon at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25-26) by scoring 3,291 points and recorded a indoor personal-best in the pole vault, clearing 3.74 meters (12-3.25 ft.) to finish fifth … Finished tied for 13th in the pole vault with a clearance of 3.69 meters (12-1.25 ft.) at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/23-24).

2017 OUTDOOR (So.)
Finished second in the pole vault at the Emporia State Relays (4/1) with a clearance of 3.68 meters (12-0.75 ft.) … Recorded a season-best mark of 5.38 meters (17-8 ft.) in the long jump at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6-8) … Also recorded a career-best time in the 100-meter hurdles at the Sun Angel Classic, clocking in at 15.41 to place 24th overall … Recorded a career-best 4,538 points in the Heptathlon at the Kansas Relays (4/19-22), notching career-best marks in the shot put (10.94m; 35-10.75 ft.) and discus (35.64m; 116-11 ft.) while also clocking a season-best time in the 800-meter run of 2:30.66 … Placed fourth in the pole vault at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/28) with a clearance of 3.68 meters (12-0.75 ft.) … Recorded career-bests in the 200-meter dash (26.37) and javelin (27.97m; 91-9 ft.), as well as a season-best in the high jump (1.52m; 4-11.75 ft.) on her way to a 12th-place finish in the heptathlon at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championships, scoring 3,855 points … Also notched a career-best mark in the pole vault with a clearance of 3.91 meters (12-10 ft.).

2017 INDOOR (So.)
Member of the distance medley relay team that placed third with a time of 12:26.34 at the Bill Easton Classic (1/6) … Placed fifth in the pole vault at the Bill Easton Classic with a season-best clearance of 3.73 meters (12-2.75 ft.) … Recorded a season-best mark of 10.74 meters (35-3 ft.) in the shot put on her way to a second-place finish in the pentathlon at the Jayhawk Classic (1/26-27), totaling 3,371 points … Finished sixth at the Husker Invitational (2/3-4) in the pole vault with a clearance of 3.65 meters (11-11.75 ft.) … Recorded a career-best 3,463 points in the pentathlon at the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championship (2/24-25) with career-bests in the 800-meter run (2:28.43), 60-meter hurdles (9.05) and long jump (5.59m; 18-4.25 ft.).

2016 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Placed third in the pole vault at the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/7) after clearing 3.60 meters (11-9.75 ft.) … Took sixth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.04 at the Ward Haylett Invitational … Recorded a personal-best 100-meter hurdles time of 15.99 seconds at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/30), placing 18th overall … Claimed 17th in the shot put at the Rock Chalk Classic after a throw of 9.56 meters (31-4.5 ft.) … Finished 10th with her vault of 3.57 meters (11-8.5 ft.) at the Kansas Relays (4/23).

2016 INDOOR (Fr.)
Runner-up in the pole vault at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular with a personal-best mark of 3.70 meters (12-1.5 ft.) … Runner-up in her first collegiate meet at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) after a vault of 3.65 meters (11-11.75 ft.) … Took third in the pole vault at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) with her clearance of 3.66 meters (12-0.0 ft.) … Vaulted over 3.60 meters (11-9.75 ft.) at the Iowa State Classic (2/13), good for 16th-place.

HIGH SCHOOL
A versatile athlete who competed in track as well as basketball and volleyball from 2012-15 at Saint Charles West … Claimed 2015 4A Missouri State title in the pole vault with a clearance of 3.85 meters (11-9 ft.) … Career-best vault came at the 2015 district meet when she topped 3.66 meters (12-0 ft.) … 2015 4A state qualifier in the 100-meter hurdles, long jump, discus and pole vault … Won the pole vault at the 2014 Great Southwest Classic with a clearance 3.61 meters (11-10 ft.) … Won the decathlon at the 2014 Great Southwest Classic with a score of 5,343 … Four-year member of the varsity volleyball team, helping the squad to the conference title in 2012 … Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Keith and Cindy Griffiths … Has two siblings, Tyler and Baily … Majoring in pre-occupational therapy.