Simona Kovacic

Class: Senior Hometown: Etobicoke, Ontario High School: Martingrove

Event: Pole Vault Birthdate: 07/20/1980

2001-02: (Outdoor) Earned points for the Boilermakers in the pole vault at the Big Ten Championships, finishing seventh with a clearance of 12-0 … provisionally qualified for the NCAA meet with top mark of the season (12-6) which came in a runner-up finish at the Billy Hayes Invitational … best finish was a tie for first at the Purdue Invitational … (Indoor) Claimed seventh place in the pole vault at the Big Ten Indoor meet … won three pole vault competitions during the season … topped out at 12-5 ½ at the Indiana Dual, ranking tied for fourth on the all-time indoor performers list … earned Academic All-Big Ten and USTCA All-Academic accolades.

2000-01: (Outdoor) Registered top pole vault clearance (12-2 ½) to finish second at the Indiana Dual meet … competed in five meets for Purdue … (Indoor) Pole vaulted in two meets … finished fourth at the Indiana State meet clearing 11-5 ¾ … was sixth at the Purdue Open.

1999-2000: (Outdoor) Vaulted a season-high 11-10 ¾ at the Billy Hayes Invitational … (Indoor) Took first in the pole vault at the USAT&F meet with a mark of 12-4 … runner-up in the vault in four other meets.

High School: A two-sport athlete at Martingrove Collegiate Institute, lettering in volleyball and track each of her first three years … was named track and field MVP all four years … was among the top 10 percent of her graduating class.

Personal: Given name Simona Eva Kovacic … born 7/20/1980 in Toronto, Canada … parents are Anton and Frances Kovacic … has one brother, Anton and two sisters, Ljuba Irene and Alexandra Natasha … majoring in pre-physical therapy.

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