Ava Studney

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PR's
Indoor: PV - 4.06m (13' 3.75")
Outdoor: PV - 4.11m (13' 5.75")

2024-25
Indoor

Named SBC Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week on Dec. 11 for her efforts at the John Weaver Invitational (Dec. 7), where she clinched first and set a Holmes Center facility record in the pole vault (4.03m (13’ 2.5”))
Took sixth in the pole vault with a clearance of 3.73m (12’ 2.75”) at the SBC Indoor Championships (Feb. 24-25)
Recorded a clearance of 3.81m (12’ 6”) in the pole vault at the Virginia Tech Invitational (Jan. 17-18)

Outdoor

Qualified for the NCAA East First Round, ranking 43rd in the qualifying list
Recorded a personal best and third-place in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.11m (13’ 5.75”) at the Sunday Night Qualifier (May 18), which also moved her to second on the program all-time list
Finished fourth in the collegiate section of the pole vault at the Penn Relays (Apr. 24-26) with a clearance of 3.96m (12’ 11.75”)
Placed fifth in the pole vault with a clearance of 3.91m (12’ 10”) at the SBC Outdoor Championships (May 8-10)
Placed second in the pole vault with a clearance of 3.77m (12’ 4.5”) at the App State Open (Apr. 18-19)
Collected CSC Academic All-District and USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete honors

2023-24
Indoor

Matched the App State record of 4.06m (13’ 3.75”), which was set in 2004 by Suzanne Makinson, at the VMI Winter Classic (Feb. 9-10)
Named Sun Belt Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week on Feb. 7 after posting a clearance of 4.00m (13’ 1.5”) in the unseeded pole vault at Virginia Tech’s Doc Hale Meet (Feb. 2-3)
Placed fourth in the pole vault with a clearance of 3.88m (12’ 8.75”) at the SBC Indoor Championships (Feb. 19-20)
Tallied seven top-five finishes on the indoor season, including four first-place finishes

Outdoor

Set the program record and placed first with a clearance of 4.04m (13’ 3”) in the pole vault at the Lenoir-Rhyne Open (Mar. 16)
Placed second in the pole vault with a clearance of 3.97m (13’ 0.25”) at the App State Open (Apr. 26-27)
Recorded a clearance of 3.80m (12’ 5.5”) to place 37th in the pole vault at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 22-25)
Cleared a bar of 3.85m (12’ 7.5”) to place seventh at the Raleigh Relays (Mar. 28-30)
Earned CSC Academic All-District honors
USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete selection

2022-23
Indoor

Recorded a personal best clearance of 3.70m (12’ 1.5”) to place second in the pole vault at the Marshall Invitational (Feb. 10-11)
Marked a clearance of 3.69m (12’ 1.25”) in the pole vault at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships (Feb. 20-21)
Finished first in the pole vault with a clearance of 3.57m (11’ 8.5”) at the John Weaver Invitational (Dec. 2-3)
Finished second in the pole vault at the App State Split Meet (Jan. 20) and third at the VMI Winter Classic (Jan. 27-28)

Outdoor

Clinched first with a personal best of 3.75m (12’ 3.5”) in the pole vault at the Southside Power & Fitness Invitational (Apr. 14-16)
Set the Randy Marion Track & Field facility record in the pole vault with a clearance of 3.66m (12’ 0”) at the App State Open (Apr. 28-29)
Cleared 3.66m (12’ 0”) at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships (May 11-13)

High School

Holds the pole vault record at Cuthbertson High School with a clearance of 3.65m (12’)
2019 outdoor and 2020 indoor NCHSAA 3A pole vault state champion
Received the 2022 Farm Bureau Sportsmanship Award
2022 Indoor NCHSAA 4A state runner-up

Personal

Daughter of Valerie and Andrew Studney
Has two siblings: Maya and Michael
Enjoys reading, exercising, hanging out with friends, and baking
Was a competitive gymnast for 10 years
Studney’s aunt, Ashley Studney is an App State alum
Studney’s great-uncle, Dan Studney, threw javelin in the 1963 Pan American Games