2008-09 Cross Country/Track & Field Roster
Roster
Claire Young
- Class:
- Senior
- Event:
- Pole Vault/Hurdles
- Hometown:
- Laurens, S.C.
- High School:
- Thornwell
Two-time NCAA East Region Qualifier (2006, 2008), 3 Time-Big South Champion in Pole Vault (I, 2006...O,2006,08), 5 time All-Big South honoree...
2008 Outdoor: Achieved personal -best of 12[apos].00' to finish 19th at NCAA East Region Championships... Won second Big South Championship with a jump of 11[apos]9' at the Big South Championship....
2008 Indoor: Earned third-straight All-Big South honor with second place finish at the Big South Championship... Will compete as a junior during indoor and a redshirt sophomore during outdoor...
2007 Outdoor: Redshirted outdoor season...
2007 Indoor: Garnered All-Conference honors in the pole vault with a third-place finish at the Big South Indoor Championships, which allowed Coastal to claim the top three spots... Cleared a season-best 10[apos]10' (3.30m) at the Maryland Terrapin Indoor Invitational...
2006 Outdoor: NCAA East Region Qualifier in Pole Vault and Big South Outdoor Champion with a season best 11[apos]5.75' (3.50m) vault...
2006 Indoor: Big South Indoor Pole Vault Champion with a season best of 10[apos]6' (3.20m)...
High School: Two-time state Class A Champion in pole vault for Thornwell High School... All-State in South Carolina in the 100, 200 and 400 meters... Had personal bests of 11[apos]8' in the pole vault and 5[apos]3' in the high jump... In 2001 and 2002, received a Class A Bronze medal in the 100-meter hurdles...
Personal: Full name: Claire Young... Daughter of Mac and Fran Young.... Recreation and sport management major.
