Sydney Blakeley Bio

Track & Field

Courtesy: UCSD Release: 12/21/12

Sydney Blakeley

Position:	Pole Vault
Year:	Freshman
City/State:	Shingle Springs, CA
High School:	Ponderosa HS
College:	Marshall
Major:	Human Biology
Experience:	High School

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2012 graduate of Ponderosa High School in Shingle Springs ... Was Women's Pole Vault Champion for both the Sierra Valley League and Delta River League as a senior (2012) ... Sac Joaquin Section Masters Women's Pole Vault Champion (2012) ... Also was Sac Joaquin Division I Women's Pole Vault Champion in both her junior and senior years (2011-12) ... Received Excellence in Athletics Award from the Sacramento River Cats (2012) ... Earned Most Valuable Field Athlete Award as a junior for women's track and field at PHS (2011) ... Set the PHS women's pole vault record at 12'0" as a junior (2011) ... Broke own school record with 12'7" mark as a senior with the Bruins (2012) ... Competed with Taft Athletics in the summers before her junior and senior years (2010-11).

PERSONAL
Born Sept. 30, 1994 in Phoenix, Ariz. ... Parents are Kathy and Shannon Blakeley ... Has a younger brother named Jake ... Majoring in human biology in Marshall College ... Roots for the San Francisco Giants ... Her mom and dad are her greatest influences ... Considers breaking the women's pole vault record at her high school as her most memorable moment in track and field.