Leigh Allin

  • Leigh
  • Allin

  • Event
    Pole Vault
  • Class
    r-Senior
  • High School/Other
    Henry Clay
  • Hometown
    Lexington, Ky.

Updated: September 18, 2014

2014 Outdoor: Hit a season best of 12-6.75 (3.83m) at the Hokie Twilight meet... Finished in 17th place at the ACC Championships.

2014 Indoor: Recorded season best clearance at the VT Challenge (12-3.5, 3.75m)... Finished in 16th at the ACC Championships.

2013 Outdoor: Recorded season best clearance in the season opening meet at the Hurricane Invitational (12-9.5, 3.90m) ... Vaulted 12-6.75 (3.83m) at the Highlander Invitational ... Finished 10th at the ACC Championship with a mark of 11-9.75 (3.60m) ... Cleared a mark of 12-1.5 (3.70m) at the NCAA East Preliminary Round.

2013 Indoor: Finished 10th in the pole vault at the ACC Championship with a mark of 12-2.5 (3.72m) ... Cleared a season best height of 12-3.5 (3.75m) at the VT Challenge ... Vaulted 12-1.5 (3.70m) at the Liberty Kickoff.

2012 Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round, where she finished 21st in the pole vault (12-5.5, 3.80m) … Notched an outdoor personal best mark of 12-8.25 (3.87m) with a fourth place finish at Clemson’s Tiger Qualifier … Finished ninth in the pole vault at the ACC Championship (11-11.75, 3.65m) … Posted ninth place finishes and clearances of 11-11.75 (3.65m) at the UCF Invite and Tennessee’s Sea Ray Relays … Took third at Radford’s Highlander Invitational (11-5.75, 3.50m).

2012 Indoor: Finished 10th in the pole vault at the ACC Championship (12-4, 3.76m) … Won the unseeded section of the pole vault at the VT Elite Meet (12-5.5, 3.80m) … Set an indoor personal best at the VT Challenge (12-8, 3.86m).

2011 Outdoor: Set a season best in the pole vault at the ACC Championships (12-2, 3.71m).

2011 Indoor: Won the unseeded section of the pole vault at the Hokie Open with a season-best height of 12-1.75 (3.70m) … Finished second in the unseeded pole vault at the Virginia Tech Invitational (11-11.75, 3.65m) and third at the Liberty Kickoff (11-9.75, 3.60m).

2010 Outdoor: Redshirted.

2010 Indoor: Redshirted … Finished in the top three in four pole vault competitions on the season, competing unattached, with a best performance of 11-8.5 (3.57m) at the VT Final Qualifier.

High School: Captured state titles in the pole vault as a junior and a senior … Set state and Henry Clay High record in the pole vault... Also set school record in the triple jump her sophomore year … Earned first-team All-State accolades her junior and senior years, and received second-team All-State honors as a sophomore … District and Regional champion in pole vault in 2009 … Owns prep best of 11-10 … Lettered three years in track and field … Achieved first-team Academic All-State status for three years … Member of the National Honor Society, and a National Merit commended student.

Personal: Born October 5, 1990 … Daughter of Mike and Linda Allin … Has one brother, Case, who played football at John Carroll (Ohio) University … Majoring in mechanical engineering.

Allin's Collegiate Track & Field Bests
Indoor Outdoor
PV: 12-8 (3.86m) PV: 12-9.5 (3.90m)