| John Vellenoweth |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Wheeling, W.Va.
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| High School:
Linsly
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| Height / Weight:
6-2 / 165
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| Event:
Pole Vault
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| Experience:
5th Yr.
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Vellenoweth's Nittany Lion Resume ...
* Big Ten Scorer
Personal Bests
Indoor
Pole Vault: 16-0.75 (4.90)
Outdoor
Pole Vault: 16-2.75 (4.95)
At the Big Ten Championships ...
|| 2007 Outdoors || Tied for seventh at the conference meet with a career-best clearance of 16-2.75 (4.95). || 2007 Indoors || Tied for 18th. || 2006 Outdoors || || 2006 Indoors || Jumped a personal-best 16-0.75 (4.90) to finish ninth.
In the Field ...
|| 2008 Outdoors || Took top honors at the Penn State Open with a season-best 16-0.75 (4.09) ... Placed sixth at the Oregon Team Challenge and tied for 11th in the College Division at Penn Relays. || 2008 Indoors || Took third at the Penn State Open and fifth at the Penn State Relays, clearing 15-3 (4.65) on both occasions. || 2007 Outdoors || Finished tied for sixth at Penn Relays with a jump of 15-7 (4.75) ... Took top honors at the Penn State Open, clearing 16-0.75 (4.90) ... Placed third at the Mason Spring Classic, and fifth at both the Auburn Tiger Classic and Bucknell Team Challenge. || 2007 Indoors || Finished second at both the Penn State Relays and Penn State Open ... Jumped a season-best 15-7 (4.75) to finished sixth at the Penn State National. || 2006 Outdoors || Took second at the Jim Thorpe Open and fourth at the Penn Invitational ... Cleared 15-1 (4.60) at Sea Ray Relays. || 2006 Indoors || Took fourth at both the IC4A Championships and the Penn/Princeton Tri-Meet ... Place seventh at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup with a clearance of 15-9 (4.80).
|| High School ||
Also high jumped and hurdled in high school competition ... A member of the Linsley football team.
|| Personal ||
Son of Rod and Susan Vellenoweth ... Born January 11, 1987 ... Majoring in Political Science.
