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2021 Women's Track and Field Roster

Carolyn Bakx

  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool Lawrence North
  • Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.
  • Custom1 Pole Vault

Biography

Event Personal Record Date
Pole Vault (Indoor) 3.50m 2/27/2022
Pole Vault (Outdoor) 3.45m 4/17/2021

2022 (Junior)
• Named a 2021-22 SAAC representative 

2021 (Sophomore)
Outdoor

• Placed 8th in pole vault at the Atlantic 10 Championships with a clearance of 3.41m 
• Had a PR of 3.45m in pole vault at the Indiana State Gibson Invitational and took ninth place
• Cleared 3.30m to placed sixth in pole vault at the Cincinnati Oliver Nikoloff Invitational 
• Opened the season with a first-place finish in pole vault at the Miami Blizzard Buster 
• Named to the 2020-21 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

Indoor
• Canceled due to COVID-19

2020 (Freshman)
• Named to the 2019-20 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
Outdoor
• Canceled due to COVID-19

Indoor
  • Personal best in pole jump (3.45m) at the Gladstein Invite
  • Named to the A-10 All-Rookie Team, as the top freshman finisher in the pole vault at the Atlantic 10 Championships, taking fourth place with a clearance of 3.35m 
High School
  • Graduated with four varsity letters from Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, Indiana
  • All-Conference 2019
  • All-State 2019
  • Holds the Lawrence North High School Record for Indoor Pole Vault with a 11'7" and an outdoor record with a 11'6"
  • 3 Individual Sectional Champion in the pole vault 2016, 2017, 2018
  • 2x State qualifier in the pole vault 2017, 2019 New Balance Indoor Nationals Qualifier- 2-19
  • 4x Team Sectional Champions 2017, 2017, 2018, 2019
Personal
  • Daughter of Jennifer and Marc Bakx
  • Has two siblings: Rachel and Ryan
  • Majoring in Health Science
  • Plans to go to PA school

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

  • 2021Sophomore