Christy Gasparino Season 2012-13

Career Honors• NCAA Qualifier, Outdoor Pole Vault (2012) • All-ACC, Outdoor Pole Vault (2012) • All-ACC Academic, Indoor Track & Field (2012-13) • All-ACC Academic, Outdoor Track & Field (2012-13) • USTFCCCA All-Academic (2011-12) • USA Junior Championships Participant, Pole Vault (2011) Clemson Highlights • Ranks second in Clemson history in the indoor and outdoor pole vault.2012-13 Outdoor Highlights • Advanced to the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the pole vault, where she cleared a pair of heights • Best performance of the season came at the Tiger Track Classic in Auburn, where she went over the bar at 13’1.5” • Fourth-place finisher at the ACC Championships in Raleigh, NC2012-13 Indoor Highlights • Best clearance of the season was 13’2.25” at the Virginia Tech Qualifier, one week prior to the NCAA Championships 2011-12 Outdoor Highlights • Punched ticket to her first NCAA Championships competition by virtue of matching her school record with 13’5.25” clearance in the NCAA East Preliminary Round; staved off elimination by clearing 12’11.5” on final attempt • Third Tiger female vaulter to advance to a national meet and second straight, joining Joana Costa (2003) and Lauren Terstappen (2011) • Finished 19th at the national meet with jump of 12’9.5” • Earned first career All-ACC certificate with bronze medal finish and 13’1.5” clearance at the league meet in Charlottesville • First cleared her outdoor personal best of 13’5.25” at the UCF Invitational 2011-12 Indoor Highlights • Tied for sixth at the ACC Championships in Boston with a 12’10” clearance • Season and indoor personal best of 13’1.75” came at the Tiger Paw Invitational in a home meet  2010-11 Outdoor Highlights • Tied for seventh in the pole vault at the ACC Championships • Competed at the NCAA East Preliminary Round in Bloomington, IN after qualifying with a season-best 12’10″/3.91m clearance at the Aggie Classic in Greensboro, NC • Tied teammate Lauren Terstappen for fifth place at the USA Junior Championships in Eugene, OR with 12’5.5″ clearance 2010-11 Indoor Highlights • Best performance was a 12-foot clearance (3.66m) at the Tiger Tuneup in February, the week before the ACC Championships Darien High School Highlights • 2009 All-American in the pentathlon with an eighth-place finish at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships • Won five state championships in 2010, including two in the high jump, two in the high hurdles, and the heptathlon • Established six school records: indoor/outdoor high jump, indoor/outdoor triple jump, pentathlon and heptathlon • Three-time team MVP earned six varsity letters in track & field • Coached by Steve Norris and Al Granite Personal • Born 8/4/92 • Daughter of Mike and Ruth Gasparino • Brother, Michael, plays football at Dickinson College • Major is health science• Two-time member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll Best Collegiate Mark • Pole Vault – 13’5.25”/4.10m