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Pole Vault

Anna Hightower

Anna Hightower - Women's Track & Field - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Hometown Cartersville, Ga.
Last School Cartersville
Year Senior
Event Pole Vault
Anna Hightower - Women's Track & Field - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Honors and Awards
2018 USTFCCA All-Academic Team  

2019 Track:
Indoor: Earned a top-10 finish in the pole vault with a clearing of 3.69m at the Vanderbilt Invitational. Outdoor: Did not compete.

2018 Track:
Indoor: Set a new PR in the pole vault by clearing a mark of 4.05 meters at the ACC Championships to finish eighth – good for fourth-highest in program history … also finished ninth at the Bob Pollock Invite with a clearing of 3.85 meters. Outdoor: Reached her season-high clearance (3.95) twice – North Florida Invitational (fifth) and Yellow Jacket Invite (second) … recorded four top-10 finishes.

2017 Track:
Indoor: Finished fifth at the Tiger Tuneup in the pole vault … Recorded a career-high vault at the ACC Championships of 3.81m. Outdoor: Took fourth at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a mark of 3.59m … Placed fifth at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial with a mark of 3.81m … Posted a career best at the ACC Championships, vaulting to a mark of 3.88m.

2016 Track:
Indoor: Finished 13th in the pole vault at the Music City Challenge with a personal-best mark of 3.66m (12-0). Outdoor: Finished ninth in the pole vault at the Alabama Relays with a vault of 3.55m (11-7.75).

High School:
Lettered in three seasons of track … Holds high school, county, and 4A Georgia State Meet pole vault record as of 2015 … Helped Cartersville to Track and Field Boy/Girls Regional Championships in 2013 and 2014, and a runner-up finish at 2014 state meet … Three-time regional and county champion (2013-15) … 2014 3A Georgia state runner-up … 2015 4A Georgia state champion … Competed in two seasons of gymnastics for Cartersville … Member of National Latin Honor Society, Beta Club, National Honors Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Varsity Singers and Fellowship of Christian Athletes at Cartersville High School.

Personal:
Full name is Anna Marie Hightower … Chose Tech because of how proactive Tech is in helping people and the environment and for Tech’s well-known reputation of students finding a job quickly after graduation … Interned with Fellowship of Christian Athletes for a month abroad … Involved in the Student Alumni Association, Chi Alpha, Christian Campus Fellowship, & GT Solar Racing … Majoring in business administration.

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