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May 18, 2013
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  Kaitlin Petrillose

Kaitlin Petrillose

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Round Rock, Texas

High School:
McNeil

Event:
Pole Vault

Experience:
FR-RS/SO

• UT school record-holder - Indoor pole vault (14-2.5/4.33m), Outdoor pole vault (14-3.5/4.36m)
• Two-time Big 12 pole vault champion

COLLEGIATE BESTS
• Outdoor Pole Vault- 4.36m (14-3.5) at Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/3/13)
• Indoor Pole Vault- 4.33m (14-2.5) at Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/23/13)

UT ALL-TIME PERFORMERS LIST
• Outdoor Pole Vault- 1st
• Indoor Pole Vault- 1st

AT A GLANCE
Holds both indoor (14-2.5/4.33m) and outdoor (14-3.5/4.36m) pole vault school records ... captured both records at the Big 12 Championship meet in February and May of 2013 to earn a pair of conference titles ... was the first Longhorn to claim title at the league indoor meet and was named 2013 Big 12 Indoor Outstanding Freshman of the Year for her efforts ... earned second team All-America honors in pole vault during the 2013 indoor season ... qualified for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in pole vault.

2012-13
Indoor:
Became the top indoor performer in UT history in pole vault as a redshirt freshman, competing in six meets for Texas ... was the first Longhorn to win a Big 12 Indoor pole vault title with a clearance of 14-2.50 (4.33m), earning conference Outstanding Freshman of the Year honors for the indoor season ... her school-record mark at the conference meet bettered the height of 13-9.25 (4.20m) that she originally set at the Leonard Hilton Invitational ... tied for 10th at the NCAA Championships in the event with a clearance of 13-5.25/4.10m ... opened the season with a second-place finish at the Crimson Tide Indoor, clearing 12-11.50 (3.95m) in her first meet as a Longhorn.

PRIOR TO TEXAS
Transferred from University of South Dakota where she qualified for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in pole vault ... four-year letterwinner in track and field at McNeil High School under coach Chris Cotton ... team won 5A state championship in her senior season and was state runner-up during her junior year ... state runner-up in pole vault as a junior ... earned All-America honors as a senior in 2011 and secured 5A pole vault state title ... district champion in pole vault all four years of high school ... regional champion during her junior and senior seasons.

PERSONAL
Born Kaitlin Michelle Petrillose on Dec. 10, 1992, in Jacksonville, Fla. ... daughter of Kimane and Martin Petrillose ... siblings are Tony, Nick and Alison ... Alison plays soccer for Newman University ... made Dean's List for academic achievement at the University of South Dakota ... majoring in health promotion.
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