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Marissa Berry Season 2016-17

EventsPOLE VAULT
Height5-4
ClassSophomore
HometownKennewick, Wash.

Honors & Awards
· All-MW Indoor Track and Field Team (2016, 2017 & 2018 Pole Vault)
· All-MW Outdoor Track and Field Team (2016, 2017 & 2018 Pole Vault)

Collegiate Bests
Pole Vault (Indoor):
13-09.25 (Feb. 24, 2017 at MW Indoor Championships – Albuquerque, N.M.)
Pole Vault (Outdoor): 13-08.25 (April 1, 2017 at California Collegiate Invite - San Diego, Calif.)

SDSU Class Records:
Sophomore Pole Vault (Indoor): 13-09.25

NCAA West Outdoor Preliminary Rounds
2019:
T-27th (13-04.25 - Pole Vault)
2018: 29th (12-10.75 - Pole Vault)
2016: T-36th (13-00.25 - Pole Vault)
 
Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championships
2019: 8th (12-08.75 - Pole Vault)
2018: 3rd (13-02.50 - Pole Vault)
2017: 1st (13-09.25 - Pole Vault)
2016: 3rd (13-01.50 - Pole Vault)

Mountain West Outdoor Track and Field Championships
2019: 4th (12-11.00 - Pole Vault)
2018: 3rd (13-01.75 - Pole Vault)
2017: 2nd (13-07.75 - Pole Vault)
2016: 2nd (13-02.50 - Pole Vault)

2017-18
Outdoor Track and Field: Was named to the all-Mountain West team for the third straight year after taking third at the MW Championships (13-1.75)… Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims where she finished in 29th (12-10.75)… Began the season by taking first at the Irwin Collegiate Scoring Meet (12-5.25)…  Also had top-five finishes at the Aztec Invite (3rd; 13-0.25) and the Desert Heat Classic (3rd; 12-6.75)… Was named to both the indoor and outdoor all-MW Track and Field Team at the end of the season.

Indoor Track and Field: Competed in just three meets, including the MW Championship where she took third (13-2.50) to earn all-MW honors… Also competed in the New Mexico Team Invite where she took fifth place, clearing 12-4.50.

2016-17
Outdoor Track and Field: Placed within the top 10 in all regular season events she participated in ... Earned silver in six events throughout the season, including the MW Championships in May ... Set the ninth-best pole vault record in school history at teh Ross & Sharon Irwin Invite (13-7.00) ... Placed 32nd at the NCAA West Prelims (12-11.50) ... Was named to both the indoor and outdoor all-MW Track and Field Team at the end of the season.

Indoor Track and Field: Indoor MW Champion after placing within the top 10 in all the pole vault events she participated in ... Won gold at the MW Championships, setting a new personal record and also claiming the sixth-best record for the pole vault in school history (13-09.25) ... Set the seventh-best record in school history at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational (13-02.25) ... Was named to the indoor all-MW Track and Field Team at the end of the season.

2015-16
Outdoor Track and Field: 
A pole vault specialist for the Aztecs and All-MW performer ... Finished second at the MW Championships (13-02.50) to qualify for the NCAA West Prelims, where she tied for 36th (13-00.25) ... Placed third or better in five of the nine meets in which she competed ... Opened the outdoor season by finishing third in consecutive meets at the San Diego Collegiate Championships (12-00.50) and Trojan Invitational ... Recorded a 13-01.50 mark at the California Collegiate Invitational for second ... Posted a collegiate best at the Triton Invitational of 13 feet, 3.50 inches ... Competed in the long jump at the San Diego Collegiate Championships, finishing 13th (14-11.50).

Indoor Track and Field: Competed in the pole vault in four meets ... Earned All-MW honors after placing third in the pole vault (13-01.50) for ninth in program history ... Also competed in the pole vault at the UCS Spirit Pole Vault Summit (8th, 12-01.50), UW Invitational (6th, 12-06.25) and Don Kirby Elite (8th, 12-10.25).

High School
Competed in both indoor and outdoor pole vault and long jump in addition to running the 100 meters at Southridge HS in Kennewick, Wash. ... spent her entire high school career on the varsity squad, earning four letters ... made first-team all-league in both the 2014-15 seasons ... holds the school record at Southridge HS in the pole vault with a mark of 13-00.00 at the Davis Invitational in April 2015 ... received the 2015 Southridge track and field MVP award ... participant at the Washington 3A State Track and Field Championships from 2013-15, winning the pole vault in 2014 ... also participated at the National Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nev., each of the past two years (2014-15), achieving an indoor personal-best height of 12-04.00 in 2015.

Personal
Marissa Berry was born in Boise, Idaho ... also played volleyball and competed in gymnastics in high school ... was recruited by Hawai`i, Washington and Idaho ... is majoring in marine biology.