2021 Women's Track and Field Roster
Biography
SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... USTFCCCA 1st team indoor All-American in pentathlon (2018). ... USTFCCCA 1st team All-American in heptathlon (2019) and pole vault (2019) and 2nd team outdoor All-American in heptathlon (2018). ... USTFCCCA indoor All-West Region in pole vault and pentathlon (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) and high jump (2017, 2018, 2019). ... USTFCCCA West Region indoor Field Athlete of the Year (2019). ... USTFCCCA outdoor All-West Region in heptathlon (2017, 2018, 2019) and pole vault (2018, 2019, 2021). ... All-GNAC indoor in pentathlon (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020), high jump (2018) and pole vault (2018, 2019). ... GNAC indoor Field Athlete of the Week on Jan. 30, 2018 after setting PRs in four of the five events and posting the then-second best pentathlon score of the season for D2 at the UW Invitational. Cai tallied 3,709 points. ... GNAC outdoor Field Athlete of the Week on March 25, 2019 after scoring 5,001 points in the Aztec Invitational heptathlon, which at the time was the No. 3 score in Division II. ... All-GNAC outdoor in heptathlon (2017, 2018, 2019), pole vault (2018, 2019, 2021), 4x400 relay (2018), and 4x100 relay (2017). ... GNAC All-Academic (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021). ... USTFCCCA All-Academic (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021). ... CoSIDA Academic All-America (2021) ... CoSIDA Academic All-District (2018, 2021).
5th Year (2021): INDOOR – Season canceled. OUTDOOR – Won her second consecutive GNAC pole vault championship, clearing 12 feet, 3 1/2 inches. ... Placed 13th in the NCAA championships at 12-5 1/2. ... Cleared her first-ever 13-foot bar at the Buc Scoring Invite in Spokane on April 30. Got over at 13-2 1/2, then moved it up to 13-3 and got over that one. Her first one broke the GNAC record of 13-1 3/4, then the second one broke it again. ... Barely missed 13 to start the season at the PLU Opener on March 6, clearing what then was a PR of 12-11 1/2. ... While focusing primarily on the pole, also placed 5th in the high jump at GNAC at 5 feet, 1 3/4 inches.
Senior (2020): INDOOR – Participated in five meets. … Placed 2nd in the GNAC pentathlon with an NCAA provisional-qualifying total of 3,406 points. Won the shot put portion with a throw of 35 feet, 11¼ inches. … Was also entered in high jump and pole vault, but had to scratch out after re-aggravating an injury during the pentathlon. … Cleared an NCAA provisional mark of 12-5 ½ in the pole vault at the UW Invitational on Feb. 1. OUTDOOR – Did the shot put at the season-opening Ed Boitano / Puget Sound Invitational, placing 14th with a mark of 30 feet, 4¾ inches. … Rest of the season canceled because of the coronavirus.
Junior (2019): INDOOR – Placed 17th in the pole vault at NCAA Championship, clearing 11 feet, 10 3/4 inches. ... Competed in the NCAA pentathlon, but withdrew after the 60-meter hurdles. ... Won the GNAC pentathlon for the third year in a row, racking up a personal-best 3,815 points that elevated her to No. 3 on the national list. Part of that total included personal-best marks in the high jump (5-6 1/2) and shot put (37-4 1/2), winning both of those events. ... Placed 3rd in the pole vault (11-9 1/4) and 5th in the open high jump (5-2 1/2). ... Secured a place at nationals in the pole vault with a PR of 12-8 1/4 at the SPU Final Qualifier on Feb. 23. ... After missing the first month of the season with an injury, made her 2019 debut at the Cougar Indoor on Feb. 1 in Pullman, placing 3rd in the pentathlon with 3,536 points. Won the high jump portion of that competition at 5-3 3/4. OUTDOOR – Became a double All-American at the NCAA Championship, placing 7th in the heptathlon with a career-best 5.054 points and 8th in the pole vault with a clearance of 12 feet, 8 3/4 inches. ... Was among the top 5 in four of the seven hep events: 3rd high jump (5-4 1/2), 4th javelin (126-8), 5th shot put (35-8 1/2), 5th in 800 (2:23.64). ... Won the GNAC pole vault championship with a personal-best clearance of 12 feet, 10 inches. Also was 2nd in the GNAC heptathlon with a then-career best 5,034 points, 7th in the high jump (4-11 3/4) and 10th in the long jump (17-6 1/4). Her heptathlon performance included a personal-best mark of 36 feet, 10 1/4 inches in the shot put. ... Did four hep for the season, placing 4th her Open Division group at the Aztec Open with 5,001 points. Won the 800-meter portion of that one with a 2:18.91. ... Part of a three-way tie for 1st in the Collegiate Division pole vault at the Stanford Invitational, getting over the bar at 11 feet, 10 3/4 inches.
Sophomore (2018): INDOOR – Placed 5th in pentathlon at NCAA Championship with a PR score of 3,790 points. Best individual event finish was 4th in shot put at 35-3 1/4. That was one of her four PRs among the five events, with others coming in the 60-meter hurdles (9.10), long jump (18-4 1/2) and 800 meters (2:20.98). ... Also placed 16th in NCAA pole vault at 11-8 1/2. ... Won second straight GNAC pentathlon, this time with 3,610 points, with 547 of those from her winning shot put mark of 33-8 1/2. ... Won GNAC pole vault with a PR clearance of 12-4 3/4, and placed 2nd in the high jump at 5-5, and 15th in the long jump at 17-0. All of those events – the pentathlon, pole vault, high jump, and long jump – took place on the same day, as Cai personally accounted for 28 team points. OUTDOOR – Placed 9th in NCAA heptathlon with 4,929 points. Best individual placing was 3rd in 800 in 2:19.25. ... Placed 2nd in the GNAC heptathlon with a PR score of 5,017 points, her first time of breaking the 5,000 mark. ... Placed 3rd in pole vault at GNAC, clearing 11-7. ... Did four heptathlons for the season, the middle two of which – the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 18-19, and the GNAC Multi-Event Championships on April 30-May 1 – were two weeks apart. ... Posted a personal-best and NCAA provisional qualifying height of 12-0 1/2 in the pole vault on April 6 at the Western Washington Team Invitational. ... Between her four heps and seven meets without a multi-event competition, Cai did 10 different events, and set PRs in eight of them.
Freshman (2017): INDOOR – Won GNAC pentathlon with a personal-best and an NCAA provisional qualifying score of 3,499 points. That was 270 points better than the 3,229 she scored at the UW Invitational just three weeks earlier on Jan. 27 in her first-ever pentathlon. Tied with teammate Brooke Benner for second in the high jump at the GNAC pent at 5-5 1/4. ... Placed 4th in the GNAC pole vault with an NCAA provisional-qualifying clearance of 12-0 1/2; tied for seventh in open high jump at 5-3 1/4; and was 16th in the open long jump at 16-1 3/4. OUTDOOR – Placed 2nd in GNAC heptathlon with a personal-best and NCAA provisional qualifying score of 4,894 points. That was her second provisional mark of the season, having gotten onto the list with 4,781 at the Hornet Invitational in Sacramento on March 17-18. Won the high jump portion of the GNAC hep with a PR mark of 5-6. Also set PRs in the shot put (33-4), long jump (17-1 3/4), javelin (117-0) and 800-meter run (2:19.49) portions of the event. ... In the Hornet Invite hep, won the 200 in 25.71, which stood as her PR through the end of the season. ... Placed 7th in pole vault (10-6 3/4), tied for 8th in high jump (5-2 1/2) and was 15th in the long jump (15-11) at the main GNAC meet. ... Posted an NCAA provisional mark in the pole vault with a clearance of 11-10 1/2 at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, Calif., on April 14.
Colfax High School: Won three consecutive Class 1A / 2B / 1B (small school) Washingto state pole vault titles. Went gradually higher each her, winning at 11-0 as a sophomore, 11-6 as a junior, and a personal-best 12-4 as a senior in 2016. That mark also was a new Class 2B state record. ... Won back-to-back state high jump titles, clearing 5-4 as a junior and 5-2 as a senior. ... Also was 2nd in the 200 at state as a junior and senior, 2nd in the 100 as a senior, 5th in both the 100 and 200 as a sophomore, and was 9th in the 200 and 13th in the 100 as a freshman. ... Placed 2nd in the pole vault as a freshman at 9-0, and 6th in the high jump at 5-0. ... Made state in the shot put as a junior, placing 8th at 33-10 1/4. ... In addition to her five individual track titles, was part of three consecutive state championship volleyball teams (sophomore-junior-senior years), and was on the state championship girls basketball team as a sophomore in 2014. In addition, helped Colfax win the state girls track team title as a sophomore.
Personal: Scout Moon-Shung Cai.... Exercise science major.
Fun facts: Was debating whether to do track or softball in junior high school. Chose track in part from the encouragement of her coaches and in part to be able to compete with older sister Taylor. ... Did gymnastics, cross country, soccer, softball, and swimming when she was younger. ... Dumbest movie she ever saw was "The Visit." ... Book she just couldn't put down was "The Giver." ... Favorite sports to watch are basketball and swimming. ... Favorite junk foods are Snickers bars and Oreo ice cream. ... Favorite healthy food is strawberries. ... Favorite TV programs are "The Office" and "Parks and Recreation." ... Favorite kind of music is country. ... Favorite sports team is the Minnesota Timberwolves. ... Favorite athlete is U.S. Olympic gold medal swimmer Katie Ledecky. ... Her dream car is a Chevrolet Silverado. ... Loves to shop for shoes. ... Her friends call her Scouty, Scott, or Scotty.
INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
200: 26.86 (1/14/2017)
800: 2:20.98 (3/10/2018)
60 hurdles: 9.10 (3/10/2018)
High jump: 5-6 1/2 / 1.69m (2/15/2019)
Pole vault: 12-8 1/4 / 3.87m (2/23/2019)
Long jump: 18-4 1/2 / 5.60m (3/10/2018)
Shot put: 37-4 1/2 / 11.39m (2/15/2019)
Pentathlon: 3,815 (2/15/2019)
OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
100: 12.80 (3/30/2018)
200: 25.68 (4/18/2018)
400: 58.43 (3/30/2018)
800: 2:17.70 (4/19/2018)
100 hurdles: 15.28 (4/14/2018)
High jump: 5-6 / 1.68m (5/1/2017)
Pole vault: 13-3 / 4.04m (4/30/2021)
Long jump: 18-4 1/4 / 5.59m (5/1/2018)
Shot put: 36-10 1/4 / 11.23m (4/29/2019)
Javelin: 130-0 / 39.63m (3/4/2017)
Heptathlon: 5,054 (5/23-24/2019)
CAREER RESULTS
