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2005-06 Women's Track & Field Roster

Vanessa Maida

  • Position Pole Vault
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Abilene, Texas
  • High School Abilene H.S.

Biography

2006 Outdoor: Cleared personal-best height of 12-03.50 (3.75m) to win UTA Open May 6... placed eighth at SLC Outdoor Championship with an 11-05.75 (3.50m)... Finished third at North Texas Mean Green Twilight Meet (11-05.75/3.50m) and took fourth at TCU Invitational with an 11-11.75 (3.65m)... named to the Capital One/SLC Commissioner[apos]s Spring Academic Honor Roll. 2006 Indoor: Earned all-SLC honors with a third-place finish after a personal-best indoor height of 12-01.50... scored points in four of five meets during the indoor season... improved height by more than a foot during the indoor season after 10-11.75 for sixth-place at Houston Indoor to begin season Jan. 14. 2005 Outdoor: Recorded career-best vault of 11-03.75 for second place at the UTA Open May 6... scored points in six of eight meets during spring, including eighth-place finish at SLC Championships with height of 10-11.75... named to 2005 Southland Conference Commissioner[apos]s Academic Honor Roll. 2005 Indoor: Redshirted. 2004 Outdoor: Scored points in three meets in pole vault event, including season-best 11-0 at North Texas Twilight... tied for fourth at Tarleton State Relays with vault of 10-5. 2004 Indoor: Season-best 10-02 claimed seventh place at J.D. Martin Invitational Jan. 31... 10-02 effort tied for sixth-best in SLC during indoor season... finished 11th at SLC Indoor with vault of 9-06.25. High School: A two-sport standout in track and field and basketball... cleared height of 10-6 in pole vault... a member of the National Honor Society, Who[apos]s Who Among High School Students and Academic 'A' Honors List. Personal: Born Oct. 12, 1984, in Abilene, Texas... daughter of David Maida and Elizabeth Sandoval... majoring in biology and mathematics.