Indoor: Won the Boiler Open with a season-best vault of 16-02.75
placed second in both the Black & Gold Open and Indiana State dual meet
finished third against Indiana
placed 13th at Big Tens with a clearance of 15-07.00 ... in 1999 collected first-place finishes in the Purdue Open and vs. Indiana State ... managed a career-best mark of 16-06.75 which ranked second on the team behind outdoor Big Ten Champion Jeremy Ashcraft ... finished second at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic ... finished in the top-six in five of eight meets.
Outdoor: Placed seventh in the pole vault at Big Tens, clearing 15-11.75
took first at the Butler Relays, clearing a career-best height of 16-08.75
also won the Boiler Open
runner-up vs. Eastern Illinois
collected top-five finishes in the Purdue Open and Purdue-Indiana dual meet ... in 1999 redshirted.
Previous School: Mt. San Antonio College.
High School: Four-year track and field letterwinner ... earned team MVP honors for field events as a junior and senior ... best vault was 15-00.00 ... helped team to three league championships ... high school coach was Rick Bagely
Personal: Given name Jeff Inouye Gilbert ... born 4/20/78 ... parents are Bruce and Sharon Gilbert ... has a brother, Brian, and a sister, Alicia ... Brian was an All-American hammer thrower at Cal State Stanislaus ... majoring in kinesiology.
