| Caitlin Fairbairn |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Coatesville, Pa.
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| High School:
Bishop Shanahan
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| Position:
Pole Vault
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| Experience:
JR-SR
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Personal Bests
Indoor
Pole Vault: 12-2 (3.71)
Outdoor
Pole Vault: 12-5.50 (3.80)
Fairbairn's Nittany Lion Resume ...
* NCAA Regional Qualifier
~ Pole Vault (18th, 12-0 (3.66))
On the National Scene ...
|| 2009 Outdoor || Tied for 19th in the pole vault at the NCAA East Regional, clearing 12-0 (3.66). || 2007 Outdoor || Placed 18th at the NCAA East Regional Championships with a clearance of 12-0 (3.66).
At the Big Ten Championships ...
|| 2009 Outdoor || Tied for sixth to record her with career scoring finish with a regional-qualifying jump of 12-7.50 (3.85). || 2009 Indoor || Tied for 16th in the pole vault with a clearance of 11-8.50 (3.57). || 2008 Outdoor || Cleared 11-7.75 (3.55) to finish 16th. || 2007 Outdoor || Took ninth at with a jump of 12-1.50 (3.70). || 2007 Indoor || Just missed a scoring finish with a ninth-place effort, where she cleared a personal-indoor best 12-2 (3.71)
In the Field ...
|| 2009 Outdoor || Tied for first in the pole vault at the Bison Outdoor Classic, achieving the regional-qualifying height of 12-7.50 (3.85) ... Placed sixth at the Auburn War Eagle Invitational ... Took second at the Penn State Open with a clearance of 12-3.50 (3.75) ... Tied for seventh at the Jesse Owens Classic. || 2009 Indoor || Tied for first in the pole vault at the Penn State Relays ... Cleared a personal-indoor best 12-5.50 (3.80) to finish second at the Penn State Open ... Tied for third at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup, and finished in a tie for 15th at the Tyson Invitational, topping out at 12-3.50 (3.75). || 2008 Outdoor || Vaulted over a season-best 11-11.75 (3.65) to finish second at the Bucknell Team Challenge ... Tied for sixth at Penn Relays with a clearance of 11-11.25 (3.64) ... Won the vault at the Penn State Open, placed 10th at the Oregon Pepsi Challenge. || 2008 Indoor || Medical Redshirt. || 2007 Outdoor || Cleared 12-5.50 (3.80) - the NCAA regional standard - in a fifth-place finish at the Sea Ray Relays ... Finished first at the Penn State Open (11-11.75/3.65), and posted second-place efforts at both the Mason Spring Classic (11-11.75/3.65), and the Bucknell Team Challenge (12-3.50/3.75). || 2007 Indoor || Record second-place finishes at both the Penn State Relays and the Penn State Open ... Cleared 11-6.25 (3.51) to finish sixth in the invitational section at the Penn State National. || High School || Pa. State medalist in 2005 and 2006 ... also a long and triple jumper in high school ... qualified for the 2005 USATF Junior Championships. || Personal || Majoring in Food Science ... Born February 8, 1988 ... Daughter of William and Cheryl Fairbairn.
