Carrie Wortham at DirectAthletics
Carrie Wortham - Big South Woman of the Year
Eight Questions With Carrie Wortham (12/2008)
2011-12: 2011-12 Big South Woman of the Year, VMI's first-ever winner of that award...Academic All-District First Team...equaled her personal best pole vault with a 3.30 meter clearance at the VMI Collegiate Invitational...tied for 12th at the Big South Indoor Championships.
2010-11: Finished seventh at the Big South Outdoor Championships (3.25 M), marking her first career scoring effort at the conference meet...equaled her collegiate best with a 3.30 M (10'11 3/4") effort at the Mason Spring Invitational, tying her for 10th...had originally set that mark at the indoor Big South meet, where she also tied for 10th...was ninth at both the Liberty Quad and the Liberty Collegiate Invitational, clearing 3.25 M (10'8") at both events...finished fifth at the season-opening indoor meet in Boston, as all four Keydet vaulters finished in the top seven.
2009-10: Switched exclusively to the pole vault during her second year at VMI...cleared a collegiate-best 3.11 meters (10'2 1/2") at the Big South Outdoor Championships, finishing 11th...went over the bar at 3.10 M (10'2") at her next meet at Liberty...was ninth at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational in early April...finished seventh at the Military Track and Field Championships (3.05 M/10'0")...placed 15th at the Big South Indoor Championships.
2008-09: Competed in three cross country events, all 5K's, during the season...posted a personal best time of 20:11 at the Big South Championships...took part in several events during the track campaign, particularly in the pole vault.
Personal
Bests: 10’11 3/4"
