Claudia Garcia Jou

Class:
Redshirt
High School:
IES CAR
Hometown:
Barcelona, Spain

2015-16: Outdoor: Captured first-team All-America honors for the fourth time finishing third at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 11) with a mark of 5-11.50 (1.82m)...advanced to the NCAA Championships after clearing 5-10.75 (1.80m) to finish first at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 27)...won her second outdoor and fourth overall Mid-American Conference Championship (May 14) taking top honors in the high jump with a mark of 5-9.25 (1.76m) to earn first-team All-MAC accolades...placed first six times on the campaign in the high jump, while not falling below the top three in any of her nine competitions...captured titles at the LSU Alumni Invitational (April 23) and Drake Relays (April 30) with marks of 6-1.50 (1.87m) and 5-11.25 (1.81m), respectively...also won at Northeast Ohio Quad (April 16) and Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 7)...placed second at Texas Relays (April 2) eclipsing 6-1.25 (1.86m)...an academic All-MAC and distinguished-scholar honoree...a USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree...Indoor: Garnered first-team All-America accolades for the third time after placing third in the high jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a mark of 6-0.50...won her third Mid-American Conference title in the high jump surpassing 6-0.50 (Feb. 27)...won five of six competitions leading into the NCAA Championships and owned the nation’s best jump for the majority of the indoor campaign...registered season-best jump (6-2) to place second at the Penn State National (Jan. 29)...won titles at the Nittany Lion Challenge (Jan. 16/6-0.75), Kent State Dual (Jan. 22/5-7), Akron Invitational (Feb. 6/6-0.50), Samford Open (Feb. 13/5-10.75) and at the MAC Championships (6-0.50/Feb. 27)...twice tabbed as MAC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week (Jan. 19 and Feb. 2)...selected as MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week (Feb. 4)...named a MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete recipient as well as garnering first-team Academic All-MAC accolades.

2014-15: Indoor: Collected first-team All-America accolades from the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) after placing second at the NCAA Championship in the high jump with a school-record leap of 6-2.75...won the high jump at five meets, including the Akron Pole Vault Convention (Jan. 9), Kent State Dual (Jan. 16), Penn State National (Jan. 31), Akron Invitational (Feb. 7) and Mid-American Conference Championship (Feb. 28)...won the MAC Championship to collect first-team all-league accolades with a mark of 6-0.50...tied for the top performance at the Tyson Invitational with eventual national champion Leontia Kallenou of Georgia...four-time MAC Athlete of the Week honoree (Jan. 13, Feb. 3, Feb. 10 and Feb. 17)...Outdoor: Garnered USTFCCCA All-America first-team honors after placing sixth at NCAA Championship (June 13) with a jump of 5-11.25...USTFCCCA Academic All-America recipient...posted eight top-two finishes, including winning titles at Northeast Ohio Quad (April 3), Cal State LA Twilight (April 16), Mt. Sac Relays (April 18), Longhorn Invitational (May 2), Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 9), MAC Championship (May 16) and NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 30)...established a new school record surpassing 6-2 to win Longhorn Invitational (May 2)...captured MAC title recording a meet- and then school-record jump of 6-1.50...placed eighth in elite high jump at Drake Relays (April 25) jumping 5-8.75...finished second only to former Olympian Amy Acuff at Texas Relays (March 28) with a mark of 6-0.75...won the Mt. Sac Relays (April 18) with a height of 6-0.75...tied for top honors at the NCAA East Preliminary Round eclipsing 5-11.50...twice named as MAC Field Athlete of the Week (March 31, April 21)...surpassed six feet in five different meets.