2016 Women's Track and Field Roster
Biography
SPU: Three-year letterwinner. Four years with the program. ... All-GNAC outdoor in pole vault (2014). ... GNAC All-Academic (2014).
Senior (2016): INDOOR – Tied for 7th in GNAC pole vault at 9-8 1/2. ... Set a career high by clearing 10-2 / 3.10m at the UW Indoor Open on Feb. 14. ... Participated in four meets, all in the pole vault. OUTDOOR – Placed 7th in the GNAC pole vault, clearing 9-1 1/2 / 2.78m. ... Went a season-best 10-7 at the Central Washington Last Chance Open on May 6. ... Participated in five meets, all in the pole vault.
Junior (2015): INDOOR – Placed 9th in the GNAC pole vault, clearing 10-0 1/2, just a quarter-inch shy of her personal best that she set just six days earlier on Feb 15 at the UW Indoor Open. ... Competed in two other regular-season meets. OUTDOOR – Limited by injury to just three meets. Did pole vault in all three, with a season-best clearance of 10-6 at the Rose City Preview on March 21.
Sophomore (2014): INDOOR – Participated in two meets in the pole vault. ... Placed 11th at GNAC Championships with a clearance of 9-10 3/4. OUTDOOR – Participated in eight meets, all in the pole vault. ... Was part of a three-way tie for 3rd, which included Falcons teammate Michaella Kahns, at GNAC, clearing 10-0 1/2. ... Set a PR of 10-8 on March 8 at the Oregon State Invitational. ... Won with a 10-0 clearance at the Club Northwest Spring Break Open on March 29.
Freshman (2013): INDOOR – Did not participate. OUTDOOR – Participated in one meet after the gymnastics season was over, giving pole vault a try at the Western Washington Twilight on April 26 in Bellingham. Cleared her first bar (7-4 1/2) on her first try. Gave pole vaulting a try at the suggestion of SPU assistant gymnastics coach Carly Dockendorf, herself a former gymnast and world-caliber vaulter.
Personal: Madison Christine Webster. ... Born Feb. 16, 1994. ... Biology major, with a focus on marine biology.
Fun facts: The 2014 season is her first full year of track. ... Did gymnastics from age 8 through the 2013 season at SPU. ... Won the Colorado state uneven parallel bars championship in 2008-09, and competed in the 2011 Western Nationals. ...Favorite sports to watch are ice skating, basketball, and diving. ... Dumbest movie she ever saw was "Napoleon Dynamite." ... Books she just couldn't put down were any from the "Harry Potter" series. ... Favorite junk food is anything chocolate, or covered with it. ... Favorite healthy food is peanut butter. ... Favorite TV program is "Friends." ... Favorite athlete is Kerri Strug. ... Her dream car is a Segway. .... Favorite kind of shopping is for athletic gear. ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be Iron Man, "because he's the definition of awesome, and so he could help me with my organic chemistry." If she could be any action hero or heroine, she would be Spiderman "because pole vault would be so much easier." ... In 10 years, plans to be working with animals in a zoo or aquarium. ... Her friends call her Madi. ... Her dream is to scuba dive the Great Barrier Reef.
INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
Pole vault: 10-2 / 3.10m (2/14/2016)
OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
200: 29.37 (3/7/2015)
Pole vault: 10-8 / 3.25m (2014)
CAREER RESULTS
