Ariane Beaumont-Courteau

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Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
High School:
College Jean-Eudes
Hometown:
Montreal, Quebec

Honors
2x MAC Champion: 2012 Outdoor, 2011 Indoor
5x All-MAC: First Team (2012 Outdoor, 2011 Indoor) Second Team (2014 Outdoor, 2013 Indoor, 2013 Outdoor)

as a Senior (2014): Indoor... logged a pair of runner-up finishes, jumping 12-09.00 at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 21) and 12-07.50 at the Kent Dual ... Outdoor... NCAA preliminary qualifier ... earned All-MAC Second Team honors after tying with teammate Caroline Hasse at the MAC Championships (May 17) with a jump of 13-00.75 ... placed third at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 10) with a personal-record clearance of 13-06.50 ... it was the 37th-best jump in the NCAA ... recipient of the MAC Medal of Excellence Award, which is presented annually to one male and one female student-athlete from the graduating class of each of the league's member institutions ... named to the Academic All-MAC team with a GPA of 3.99 as a dietetics major.

as a Junior (2013): Indoor... Was the runner-up at the MAC Championships (Feb. 22) with an indoor personal-record jump of 13-06.50 ... finished the season ranked 22nd in the country ... won the event at the EMU Triangular (Jan. 11) with a clearance of 13-01.50 ... Outdoor... finished runner-up at the MAC Championships (May 9), jumping an outdoor personal-record mark of 13-05.75 ... placed sixth at the Canadian Track & Field Championships with a clearance of 12-09.50 ... finished the season ranked 23rd nationally ... tied for 10th at the NCAA Preliminary Round in Greensboro, N.C., with a jump of 12-07.50.

as a Sophomore (2012): Indoor... recorded the top vault at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 11) with a then personal-record jump of 13-06.25, which ranked her 24th in the nation and was the best mark in the MAC ... finished 12th at the Last Chance Meet (Mar. 3) after jumping 12-05.25 ... Outdoor... MAC Champion in the pole vault and all-league first team honoree after jumping 13-04.50 at the conference championships (May 12) ... placed third at the Texas Relays (March 30) after clearing 13-05.25, which was the 35th-best mark in the country and the top jump in the league.

as a Freshman (2011): Indoor... MAC Champion and All-MAC First Team honoree after jumping 13-03.50 at the championship meet ... finished the indoor season ranked 35th in the nation with a top jump of 13-05.25 ... recorded a PR at the National Pole Vault Championship, clearing 13-05.25 ... placed fifth (13-02.25) at the Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet ... won the pole vault competition at the Akron Invitational with a clearance of 13-04.25 ... scored at the All-Ohio Indoor Championships with a second-place finish (13-01.75) ... Outdoor... cleared 13-00.25 at the LSU Relays to post an outdoor PR and qualify for the NCAA East Regionals where she placed 18th (12-07.50) ... tied for fourth at the MAC Outdoors after clearing 12-03.50.

at College Jean-Eudes: Holds the Canadian U-19 pole vault record with a clearance of 4.17 meters (13-08.25) ... also ran the 100-meter hurdles (14.31) and competed in the heptathlon (4,651) and long jump (18-03.00).

Personal: Parents are Ambroise Courteau and Louise Beaumont ... has two siblings; Maxime and Sandrine ... father competes in the USA Track and Field Masters Division ... mother was a member of the Canadian handball team that finished sixth in the 1976 Summer Olympic Games ... both her brother and sister are pole vaulters ... native language is French ... started pole vaulting at age 5.