In 2010-11: Indoor: Earned a first-place finish in the pole vault at the Clemson Invitational (1/7) with a distance of 3.95 meters…Also took first in the pole vault at the Kentucky Track & Field Invitational (1/14) and the Kentucky Rod McCravy Memorial (1/28) with distances of 3.85 meters and 4.30 meters respectively…Came in second place at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet (4.16 m)…At the Tiger Paw Invitational, earned another first place finish with a vault of 3.97 meters…A pole-vault of 4.05 meters was good for a fifth-place finish at the ACC Indoor Championships (2/24)…Took ninth at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships in the pole vault (4.10 m). Outdoor: Earned a first-place finish at the Georgia Intercollegiate Invitational (3/18) in the pole vault with a distance of 4.11 meters…Finished first at the Auburn Tiger Classic (4/1) in the pole vault with a distance of 4.22 meters…Finished first again at the FSU Seminole Invitational (4/8) with a distance of 4.31 meters, a college career-best…Took first place at the Bob Pollack Spring Invitational (5/7) with a distance of 3.90 meters…Finished in second place at the UNF Osprey Invitational (5/13) with a mark of 4.27 meters…Came in ninth place at the NCAA Championships (6/8) for pole vault with a distance of 4.1 meters.
2009 All-ACC Perfomer in Indoor Season (Pole Vault)
2009 All-ACC Academic Team Selection
2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships Participant (Pole Vault)
In 2009-10: Indoor: Finished first in the pole vault with a height of 3.95 meters at the Roaring Tiger Invitational (12/4) … A pole vault of 3.42 meters was good for third place at the Tiger Paw Invitational (2/12-13) … Came in first place at the ACC Championships (2/25-27) with a 4.21 meter pole vault. Outdoor: Finished third in the pole vault with a mark of 3.65 meters at the Georgia Tech-Georgia Dual Meet (3/19) … Earned fourth place with a mark of 3.70 meters at the Georgia Tech Invitational (3/26) … Registered 3.80 meters to place fifth in the ACC Outdoor Championships (4/15) … Tallied a season-best vault of 4.10 meters to place first in the Georgia Tech-Clemson-Kennesaw State Tri-Dual (5/1) … At the Georgia Invitational (5/7), finished second with 4.00 meters … Placed fourth at the Georgia Tech Invitational (5/14) with a mark of 3.70 … Earned 15th place at the NCAA East Regional (5/25) with a mark of 3.90.
In 2008-09:Indoor: Posted a career-high mark in the pole vault with a 13-02.25 effort at the VT Last Chance Meet … mark was an NCAA Provisional Qualifying Mark … was an All-ACC perfomer after a second place finish in the pole vault at the ACC Indoor Championships with a 13-01.50 performance … Outdoor: Set a new school record in the pole vault at the NCAA East Region Championships at 13-01.75 … mark also qualified Wright for the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
In 2007-08: Registered a school-record mark of 12 feet, 9 1/2 inches in the pole vault at the ACC Outdoor Championships to earn All-ACC honors with a second-place finish … Placed 12th in the pole vault at the NCAA East Region Championships with a mark of 12 feet … Scored at the ACC Indoor Championships in the pole vault with a mark of 11 feet, 11 3/4 inches to finish eighth … Cleared an indoor season-best mark of 12 feet, 1 1/2 inches in the pole vault at the Rod McCravy Invitational.
High School: Eight-time letterwinner under track & field coach Jeff George at RJ Reynolds high school … Won the 2007 North Carolina Indoor and Outdoor pole vault state championships … Named 2007 North Carolina State indoor meet MVP with a vault of 12[apos]10[quote] … Competed at the 2006 Nike Indoor and Outdoor meets and the 2007 NSIC meet … Holds the North Carolina high school indoor pole vault record (12[apos]1[quote]) … Holds high school records in the pole vault, long jump, triple jump, 55-meter hurdles, pentathlon and heptathlon … National Honor Society.
Personal: Born Joanna Lynn Ohlinger Wright on May 3, 1989 in Highpoint, N.C. … Daughter of Ron and Amy Wright … Has an older brother, Andrew … Father competed in gymnastics at William and Mary from 1977-79 … Grandfather, Fred Ohlinger, played football at West Virginia from 1954-1956 … Majoring in biology.