2013-14 Women's Track and Field Roster
Roster
Emily Ando
- Position:
- Pole Vault
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Weston
- Hometown:
- Weston, Conn.
**2013-2014 Track & Field Captain... Ranks third at Bucknell in outdoor pole vault (12-2 ½) and fifth in indoor (11-11 ¾) pole vault … tied for sixth in indoor high jump (5-5).**
2012-13: [Indoors] At the Patriot League Championships tied for third in the high jump (5-3) and tied for seventh in the pole vault (11-3 ¾) … tied for 11th in the pole vault at the ECAC Championships … cleared a career-best 11-11 ¾ at ECACs, giving her the fifth-best mark in program history … earned two pole vault wins on the season taking gold at the Penn State National Invitational (11-7 ¾) and Bucknell Winter Classic (11-3 ¾) … was also runner-up in the pole vault at the Gulden Invitational and Bison Open & Multi … [Outdoors] Earned Second Team All-League honors in the pole vault, finishing second at the Patriot League Championships … cleared 11-8 ½ at the league meet … also tied for 10th in the high jump at the Patriot League Championships … won the pole vault at the season-opening UMBC Invitational (11-3 ¾) and at the Maroon & Gold Invitational (12-2 ½) … height at the Maroon & Gold Invite was a career best and ranks third all-time at Bucknell … 2011-12: [Indoors] Patriot League champion in the pole vault with a then-career-best-tying 11-9 ¾ … performance earned her First Team All-League honors … also placed fourth in the high jump at the league meet, clearing a career-best 5-5 … height ties her for sixth all-time at Bucknell … competed in the pole vault at the ECAC Championships … won the pole vault at the Bucknell Mini Meet (10-8) and Bucknell Winter Classic (11-9 ¾) … cleared 11 feet for the first time of the season at the Bison Open & Multi, tying for fourth (11-3 ¾) … [Outdoors] Won second Patriot League title of the year, clearing 12-1 ½ in the pole vault … height was a career best and ranked third in program history … was first career meet at better than 12 feet … also tied for fifth in the high jump at the Patriot League Championships … height of 5-3 tied her career best … also won the pole vault at the Bucknell Team Challenge (11-7 ¾) and the Maroon & Gold Invitational (11-1 ¾) … competed in the pole vault at the ECAC Championships … 2010-11: [Indoors] Placed fourth at the Patriot League Championships in the pole vault (11-3 ¾) … earned top-three finishes in the pole vault at the Bison Opener, Gulden Relays, Bison Open & Multi and Bucknell Winter Classic … cleared 11-5 ¾ at the Winter Classic, then ranking fifth all-time at Bucknell … [Outdoors] Scored in the pole vault (fourth, 11-1 ¾) and the high jump (t-sixth, 5-3) at the Patriot League Championships … league meet was her first high jump competition … broke into the program top 10 with a win at the Towson Invitational, clearing 10-6 in the pole vault … improved her career best to 11-3 ¾ at the Bloomsburg Open, then ranking fifth in program history … Personal: Daughter of Sara and Bruce Ando … has a brother, Bruce … lettered in track and soccer at Weston High School … named All-State four years … also a New England, state and SWC Conference champion … held the Connecticut state record for two years … also holds Weston school record in pole vault and high jump … majoring in international relations.
