The University of Akron Athletics
2013-14 Track and Field

Annika Roloff
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Campe Gynasium Holzminden
- Hometown:
- Holzminden, Germany
Honors
2014 NCAA Outdoor Pole Vault Champion
2x USTFCCCA All-American: First Team (2014 Outdoor, 2014 Indoor)
2x MAC Champion: 2014 Indoor, 2014 Outdoor
as a Junior (2014): Indoor... NCAA Championship medalist, placing third in the pole vault with a jump of 14-07.25, which smashed her own school record ... named to USTFCCCA All-America First Team ... MAC Pole Vault Champion, recording a MAC Indoor Championships Meet record jump of 14-01.25 ... also scored in the 60m hurdles at the league meet, placing fourth with a time of 8.61 ... ran 8.59 in the preliminary round, which was the fourth-fastest time in Zips history ... initially broke the school record in the pole vault at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 8) with a clearance of 14-02.75 ... it was the second-best jump in the country at the time ... placed fourth in the long jump at the Akron Invite, going for 17-10.25 ... Outdoor... captured the NCAA Championship in the pole vault with a jump of 14-05.25, defeating Indiana senior Kelsie Ahbe in a heads-up dual (June 13) ... became the fifth individual national champion in school history and the second member from the Zips track and field program (Shawn Barber) to do so in 2014 ... is also the fourth female athlete in school history to win a national championship ... swept the MAC Pole Vault titles for the season, winning the event with a MAC Outdoor Championships Meet record jump of 14-01.75 (May 17) ... also earned a medal in the 100-meter hurdles, placing third with a personal-record time of 13.92, which ranks fourth-fastest in school history ... broke the school record in the pole vault three times ... jumped 14-01.75 to top Carrie Kayes' five-year standard of 14-01.25 in a winning effort at the All-Ohio Championships (Apr. 12), then smashed the mark with a clearance of 14-05.25 to take the event title at the Texas Longhorn Invitational (May 3) ... broke her own school record for the second time in seven days with a mark of 14-05.50 at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 10) ... her record-setting standard was tops in the MAC for the year and ranked fourth in the country, entering the NCAA Championships ... cleared a height of 13-09.25 at the NCAA East Preliminary (May 30) to qualify for the national meet.
Prior to Akron: Attended Leibniz Universität Hannover Junior College ... placed third in the Under-23 European Championships in 2011.
Personal: Born March 10, 1991 ... parents are Klaus and Susanne-Katharina ... intends to major in English.