2025-26 Women's Track & Field Roster

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Lilly Nichols

  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Broomfield, Colo.
  • High School Broomfield
  • Prev School Arkansas State

Biography

PR's
Indoor:  PV - 4.26m (13’ 11.75”)
Outdoor: PV - 4.24m (13’ 11”)

2024-25
Indoor
  • Named SBC Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week on Jan. 22 after shattering the App State program, Sun Belt regular season, and U20 Polish indoor women’s pole vault record with a personal best of 4.26m (13’ 11.75”) in her collegiate debut at the Virginia Tech Invitational (Jan. 17-18)
  • Selected as the SBC Women’s Freshman of the Year 
  • Collected Second Team All-SBC honors after placing second with a clearance of 4.18m (13’ 8.5”) in the pole vault at the SBC Indoor Championships (Feb. 24-25)
  •  Recorded a clearance of 4.17m (13’ 8.25”) and placed seventh in the pole vault at the Doc Hale Invitational (Feb. 7-8) 
  • Rounded out the top-five in the pole vault at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (Feb. 14-15)
 Outdoor
  • App State’s first women’s pole vaulter to appear at the NCAA Championships in program history and earned an All-America Honorable Mention accolade
  • Matched her personal best and program record of 4.24m (13’ 11”) to tie for 17th in the pole vault at the NCAA Championships (June 20)
  • Punched her ticket to the NCAA Championships after clearing a personal best and school record height of 4.24m (13’ 11”) to place fourth in her flight and 11th overall in the pole vault at the NCAA East First Round (May 28-31)
  • Earned Second Team All-SBC honors after clearing a height of 4.11m (13’ 5.75”) to place second in the pole vault at the SBC Outdoor Championships (May 8-10)
  • Took second at the Sunday Night Qualifier (May 18) with a clearance of 4.16m (13’ 7.75”) in the pole vault
  • Competed at the Penn Relays (Apr. 24-26) and recorded a clearance of 3.96m (12’ 11.75”), rounding out the top-10 in the championship section of the pole vault
  • Posted a first-place finish in the pole vault at the App State Open (Apr. 18-19) with a clearance of 3.92m (12’ 10.25”)
Prior to App State 
  • Made a stop at Arkansas State prior to joining the Mountaineers
High School 
  • Holds the state of Colorado's pole vault record
  • Polish U16 pole vault record holder
  • Finished fourth in the U18 European Championships
Club
  • Part of the Drift Motion club team under the direction of Connor & Cari Roberts and Andy Munoz
Personal
  • Daughter of Anna and Jason Nichols
  • Has a sibling named Sam
  • Is a Polish National Team member
  • Enjoys writing and cooking

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

    Pole Vault
  • 2025-26Sophomore

    Pole Vault