2018-19 Track & Field Roster
Kelly Jacoby
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Manitowoc Roncalli
- Hometown:
- Newton, Wis.
2020-21:
BIG EAST All-Academic
Outdoor (Jr.): Saw action in the pole vault in five competitions … Height of 12-0.5 at the Marquette Open (April 24) was personal best and claimed second place.
Indoor (Sr.): Appeared in two meets in the pole vault … Claimed a pair of third-place finishes.
2019-20:
BIG EAST All-Academic
Indoor (Jr.): Competed in five indoor meets during her junior year ... Placed eighth in the pole vault at the Blue & Gold Invitational (Dec. 6) with a height of 3.30 m/10-10 ft ... Claimed 11th in the pole vault with a height of 3.45 m/11-3.75 ft at the Notre Dame Invitational (Jan. 25) ... Took third at the Parkside Classic (Feb. 8) with a mark of 3.40 m/11-1.75 ft ... Set a PR and the No. 10 mark all-time at MU with a height of 3.53 m/11-7 ft at the Panther Tune-Up (Feb. 22) ... Took seventh at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships (March 1) in the pole vault (3.50 m/11-5.75 ft).
2018-19:
BIG EAST All-Academic
Indoor (So.): Took runner-up honors at the Parkside Classic on Feb. 2 in the pole vault (3.26 m/10-8.25 ft)... Placed seventh at the BIG EAST Championships in the pole vault (3.50 m/11-5.75 ft).
Outdoor (So.): Competed in five meets... Took sixth at the Wisconsin Alumni Classic (May 3) in the pole vault with an outdoor personal best of 3.53 m/11-7 ft... Placed seventh at the BIG EAST Championships with a height of 3.26 m/10-8.25 ft.
2017-18
BIG EAST All-Academic
Indoor (Fr.): Took fourth place in Marquette Track and Field debut at the 2017 Blue and Gold Invitational (Dec. 1) in pole vault (3.35 meters) ... Placed eighth (3.10 meters) at the John Tierney Classic (Jan. 20) ... Took bronze at the UW Parkside Classic (Feb. 3) with a height of 3.30 meters ... Achieved a personal best at the BIG EAST Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 23-24) with a height of 3.50 meters placing sixth.
Prior to Marquette: Lettered in track, gymnastics and swimming at Roncalli High School ... Began pole vaulting her junior year, making it to state with a 9-foot mark in that first year of competition ... Broke her personal and school record in the pole vault her senior year with a leap of 11 feet, 9 inches, which also topped the previous school record of 10 feet, 3 inches ... Earned a first team all-conference nod her senior year ... In gymnastics, lettered all four years and was nominated for Gymnast of the Year at the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards.
Personal: Jacoby was born in Heidelberg, Germany ... Daughter of Jeffrey and Kathleen Jacoby, who both attended Marquette ... Has three siblings, Meghan, Connor and Ryan ... Plans to major in biomedical sciences.
Championships History (Top-8):
BIG EAST Indoor Championships
2020-
Pole Vault: 7th (3.50 m/11-5.75 ft)
2019-
Pole Vault: 7th (3.50 m/11-5.75 ft)
2018-
Pole Vault: 6th (3.50 m/11-5.75 ft)
BIG EAST Outdoor Championships
2021-
Pole Vault: 6th (3.57 m/11-8.5)
2019-
Pole Vault: 7th (3.26 m/10-8.25 ft)
