Claire Lucas

Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
High School:
Trinity HS
Hometown:
Sagamore Hills, Ohio

Honors
2x USTFCCCA All-America: Honorable Mention (2014 Outdoor/2013 Outdoor)
2x All-MAC: Second Team (2014 Indoor, 2012 Outdoor)
USTFCCCA Academic All-America (2014 Outdoor; 2015 Outdoor)
Academic All-MAC (2015 Indoor; 2015 Outdoor)
MAC Distinguished Scholar (2015 Indoor; 2015 Outdoor)

2014-15: Indoor: Registered a third-place finish in the pole vault at the Mid-American Conference Championship jumping 13-2.50...posted the fourth-best mark in school history eclipsing 13-9.25 to win the Akron Invitational (Feb. 20)...surpassed 13-4.25 to finish third at Akron Invitational (Feb. 7)...placed seventh in the elite vault competition (13-7.25) at the Akron Pole Vault Convention (Jan. 10)...MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete honoree...academic All-MAC...Outdoor: An Academic All-MAC selection...MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete honoree...USTFCCCA Academic All-America recipient...an NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier placing 21st in pole vault with a mark of 13-4.50...placed fifth at the MAC Championship (May 14) with a jump of 12-8...turned in her top finish, third, at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 9) with a season-best jump of 13-6.25...also placed third at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 3) with a clearance of 13-0.75...finished 10th, 10th, 11th and 18th at the Longhorn Invitational (May 2), Texas Relays (March 28), Mt. Sac Relays (April 17) and Drake Relays (April 25) with vaults of 13-3.75, 13-5.25, 12-9.50 and 12-9.50, respectively.

2013-14: Indoor: Earned All-MAC Second Team honors for the second time of her career with a runner-up finish at the MAC Championships (March 1), clearing 13-09.25 ... the mark ranked fourth on the Zips' all-time top five list ... won the Kent Dual (Jan. 17) with a jump of 13-01.50 ... placed fourth at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 8) ... Outdoor: Earned USTFCCCA All-America Honorable Mention after placing 18th at the NCAA Championships (June 13) with a jump of 13-03.50 ... earned a return trip to the NCAA Outdoor Championships after achieving a personal-record jump of 13-07.25 at the NCAA East Preliminary (May 31) ... earned the final qualifying spot by defeating Villanova's Alexandra Wasik in a jump-off with a vault of 13-05.25 ... it was the second time she registered a PR at the regional meet during her career after jumping 13-05.25 at the prelim a year ago.

2012-13: Indoor: Finished second at the Zips Open (Feb. 15) with a personal-record jump of 13-05.25 ... it was the third-best jump in the MAC and 25th-best in the country ... placed ninth at the Virginia Tech Final Qualifier (March 2) with a clearance of 12-07.25 ... scored in the pole vault at the MAC Championships (Feb. 22) with a fourth-place finish and jump of 13-02.50 ... Outdoor: Earned USTFCCCA All-America Honorable Mention after advancing to the NCAA Championships for the first time (June 7) ... qualified for the national meet by clearing a personal-record height of 13-05.25 and finishing third at the NCAA Preliminary Round (May 24) ... finished runner-up at the Northeast Ohio Quad (Apr. 6) with a jump of 12-10.25.

2011-12: Indoor: Jumped 12-01.50 for a ninth-place finish at the MAC Championships (Feb. 25) ... placed fourth at the Akron Opener (Jan. 13) with a clearance of 12-00.50 ... Outdoor: Finished runner-up in the pole vault at the MAC Championships (May 12) with a personal-record jump of 12-08.25 ... recorded a jump of 12-02.50 at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 5).

at Trinity HS: Three-time, all-conference first team honoree ... school and league record holder in the pole vault with a clearance of 11-08.00, achieved during her senior year.

Personal: Parents are Martin and Janet Lucas ... has three siblings; Michael, Anjuli and Patrick ... father was a wrestler at Kent State.