Pole vault at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

This is a list of the NCAA Division I outdoor champions in the pole vault. Measurement of the jumps was conducted in imperial distances (feet and inches) until 1975. Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were measured in metric distances. The women's event was introduced in 1998.

Winners

Key: A=Altitude assisted; i=indoors (1970)

Women's pole vault winners^[1]
Year	Athlete	Team	Height
1998	Bianca Maran	Cal Poly SLO	3.80 m (12 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
1999	Paula Serrano	Cal Poly SLO	4.10 m (13 ft 5+1⁄4 in)
2000	Tracy O'Hara	UCLA	4.40 m (14 ft 5 in)
2001	Andrea Dutoit	Arizona	4.20 m (13 ft 9+1⁄4 in)
2002	Tracy O'Hara	UCLA	4.10 m (13 ft 5+1⁄4 in)
2003	Becky Holliday	Oregon	4.41 m (14 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
2004	Chelsea Johnson	UCLA	4.30 m (14 ft 1+1⁄4 in)
2005	Kate Soma	Washington	4.30 m (14 ft 1+1⁄4 in)
2006	Lacy Janson	Florida State	4.25 m (13 ft 11+1⁄4 in)
2007	April Kubishta	Arizona State Sun Devils	4.25 m (13 ft 11+1⁄4 in)
2008	Katherine Morgan	Cal	4.20 m (13 ft 9+1⁄4 in)
2009	Kylie Hutson	Indiana State Sycamores	4.40 m (14 ft 5 in)
2010	Kylie Hutson	Indiana State	4.45 m (14 ft 7 in)
2011	Melissa Gergel	Oregon Ducks	4.45 m (14 ft 7 in)
2012	Katerina Stefanidi (GRE)	Stanford Cardinal	4.45 m (14 ft 7 in)
2013	Bethany Firsick	South Dakota Coyotes	4.45 m (14 ft 7 in)
2014	Annika Roloff	Akron	4.40 m (14 ft 5 in)
2015	Demi Payne	Stephen F. Austin	4.70 m (15 ft 5 in)
2016	Alexis Weeks	Arkansas	4.50 m (14 ft 9 in)
2017	Olivia Gruver	Kentucky	4.50 m (14 ft 9 in)
2018	Olivia Gruver	Kentucky	4.55 m (14 ft 11 in)^[2]
2019	Victoria Hoggard	Arkansas	4.56 m (14 ft 11+1⁄2 in)^[3]
2020	N/A^[1]	N/A	N/A
2021	Lisa Gunnarsson (SWE)	LSU Lady Tigers	4.40 m (14 ft 5 in)
2022	Gabriela Leon	Louisville Cardinals	4.60 m (15 ft 1 in)
2023	Julia Fixsen	Virginia Tech Hokies	4.45 m (14 ft 7 in)

Men's pole vault winners^[4]
Year	Athlete	Team	Height
1921	Truman Gardner	Yale	3.66 m (12 ft 0 in)
	Eldon Jenne	Wash St
	Longino Welch	Georgia Tech &
	Lloyd Wilder	Wisconsin
1922	John Landowski	Michigan &	3.81 m (12 ft 6 in)
1922	Allen "Brick" Norris	California	3.81 m (12 ft 6 in)
1923	James Brooker	Michigan &	3.94 m (12 ft 11 in)
1923	Earle McKown	Emporia St	3.94 m (12 ft 11 in)
1924	not held
1925	Royal Bouschor	Northwestern	3.76 m (12 ft 4 in)
	Kenneth Lancaster	Missouri
	Earle McKown	Emporia St
	Philip Northrup	Michigan &
	Frank Potts	Oklahoma
1926	Paul Harrington	Notre Dame	3.98 m (13 ft 1⁄2 in)
1927	William Droegemuller	Northwestern	3.96 m (12 ft 11+3⁄4 in)
1928	Ward Edmonds	Stanford	4.13 m (13 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
1929	Ward Edmonds	Stanford &	4.19 m (13 ft 8+3⁄4 in)
1929	Tom Warne	Northwestern	4.19 m (13 ft 8+3⁄4 in)
1930	Tom Warne	Northwestern	4.21 m (13 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
1931	William Graber	Southern Cal	4.22 m (13 ft 10 in)
	Verne McDermont	Illinois &
	Tom Warne	Northwestern
1932	Bryce Beecher	Indiana	4.21 m (13 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
1933	Matt Gordy	Louisiana St &	4.24 m (13 ft 10+3⁄4 in)
1933	William Graber	Southern Cal	4.24 m (13 ft 10+3⁄4 in)
1934	Jack Rand	San Diego St	4.28 m (14 ft 1⁄2 in)
1935	Earle Meadows	Southern Cal &	4.30 m (14 ft 1+1⁄4 in)
1935	William Sefton	Southern Cal	4.30 m (14 ft 1+1⁄4 in)
1936	Earle Meadows	Southern Cal &	4.31 m (14 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
1936	William Sefton	Southern Cal	4.31 m (14 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
1937	William Sefton	Southern Cal	4.49 m (14 ft 8+3⁄4 in)
1938	Loring Day	Southern Cal	4.32 m (14 ft 2 in)
1939	Richard Ganslen	Columbia	4.39 m (14 ft 4+3⁄4 in)
1940	Kenneth Dills	Southern Cal	4.21 m (13 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
1941	Harold Hunt	Nebraska &	4.32 m (14 ft 2 in)
1941	Guinn Smith	California	4.32 m (14 ft 2 in)
1942	Jack DeField	Minnesota	4.29 m (14 ft 3⁄4 in)
1943	Jack DeField	Minnesota	4.29 m (14 ft 3⁄4 in)
1944	Phillip Anderson	Notre Dame	4.11 m (13 ft 6 in)
	William Blackwell	Oberlin
	Robert Phelps	Illinois &
	John Schmidt	Ohio St
1945	Robert Phelps	Illinois	4.11 m (13 ft 6 in)^[5]
1946	Bill Moore	Northwestern	4.16 m (13 ft 7+3⁄4 in)
1947	Robert Hart	Southern Cal	4.27 m (14 ft 0 in)A
	Ray Maggard	UCLA
	Bill Moore	Northwestern
	Richmond "Boo" Morcom	New Hampshire
	George Rasmussen	Oregon &
	Bob Richards	Illinois
1948	Warren Bateman	Colorado &	4.27 m (14 ft 0 in)
1948	George Rasmussen	Oregon	4.27 m (14 ft 0 in)
1949	Bobby Smith	San Diego St	4.34 m (14 ft 2+3⁄4 in)
1950	Bobby Smith	San Diego St	4.34 m (14 ft 2+3⁄4 in)
1951	Don Laz	Illinois	4.51 m (14 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
1952	Dick Coleman	Illinois	4.19 m (13 ft 8+3⁄4 in)
	Lyle Dickey	Oregon St
	Dave Martindale	Idaho
	Bill Priddy	San Jose St &
	Gordon Riddell	Colorado St
1953	Fred Barnes	Fresno St	4.42 m (14 ft 6 in)
1954	Lawrence Anderson	California &	4.32 m (14 ft 2 in)
1954	Earl Poucher	Florida	4.32 m (14 ft 2 in)
1955	Don Bragg	Villanova	4.60 m (15 ft 1 in)
1956	Jim Graham	Oklahoma St &	4.47 m (14 ft 7+3⁄4 in)
1956	Bob Gutowski	Occidental	4.47 m (14 ft 7+3⁄4 in)
1957	Bob Gutowski	Occidental	4.82 m (15 ft 9+3⁄4 in)
1958	Robert Davis	Missouri	4.37 m (14 ft 4 in)
	Gene Freudenthal	Southern Cal
	Jim Johnston	Purdue &
	Stanley Lyons	Ohio St
1959	Jim Graham	Oklahoma St	4.62 m (15 ft 1+3⁄4 in)
1960	John David Martin	Oklahoma	4.49 m (14 ft 8+3⁄4 in)
1961	Jim Brewer	Southern Cal	4.67 m (15 ft 3+3⁄4 in)
	George Davies	Oklahoma St &
	Dick Gear	San Jose St
1962	John Belitza	Maryland	4.65 m (15 ft 3 in)
	Dexter Elkins	Southern Meth	4.65 m (15 ft 3 in)
	Fred Hansen	Rice &
	Don Meyers	Colorado
1963	Brian Sternberg	Washington	4.97 m (16 ft 3+1⁄2 in)A
1964	John Uelses	La Salle	4.87 m (15 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
1965	Bill Fosdick	Southern Cal	4.79 m (15 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
1966	Chuck Rogers	Colorado	4.87 m (15 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
1967	Bob Seagren	Southern Cal	5.28 m (17 ft 3+3⁄4 in)A
1968	Jon Vaughan	UCLA	5.19 m (17 ft 1⁄4 in)
1969	Bob Seagren	Southern Cal	5.36 m (17 ft 7 in)
1970	Jan Johnson	Kansas	5.36 m (17 ft 7 in)i
1971	Dave Roberts	Rice	5.34 m (17 ft 6 in)
1972	Dave Roberts	Rice	5.26 m (17 ft 3 in)
1973	Dave Roberts	Rice	5.28 m (17 ft 3+3⁄4 in)
1974	Ed Lipscomb	Oregon St	5.26 m (17 ft 3 in)
1975	Earl Bell	Arkansas St	5.51 m (18 ft 3⁄4 in)A
1976	Earl Bell	Arkansas St	5.52 m (18 ft 1+1⁄4 in)
1977	Earl Bell	Arkansas St	5.33 m (17 ft 5+3⁄4 in)
1978	Mike Tully	UCLA	5.53 m (18 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
1979	Paul Pilla	Arkansas St	5.29 m (17 ft 4+1⁄4 in)
1980	Randy Hall	Texas A&M	5.54 m (18 ft 2 in)
1981	Dave Volz	Indiana	5.39 m (17 ft 8 in)
1982	Dave Kenworthy	Southern Cal	5.48 m (17 ft 11+1⁄2 in)A
1983	Felix Böhni (SUI)	San Jose St	5.55 m (18 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
1984	Joe Dial	Oklahoma St	5.55 m (18 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
1985	Joe Dial	Oklahoma St	5.64 m (18 ft 6 in)
1986	Jeff Pascoe	Arkansas	5.50 m (18 ft 1⁄2 in)
1987	Doug Fraley	Fresno St	5.63 m (18 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
1988	Kelly Riley	Arkansas St	5.57 m (18 ft 3+1⁄4 in)
1989	Tim McMichael	Oklahoma	5.65 m (18 ft 6+1⁄4 in)A
1990	István Bagyula (HUN)	George Mason	5.60 m (18 ft 4+1⁄4 in)
1991	István Bagyula (HUN)	George Mason	5.80 m (19 ft 1⁄4 in)
1992	István Bagyula (HUN)	George Mason	5.80 m (19 ft 1⁄4 in)
1993	Mark Buse	Indiana	5.60 m (18 ft 4+1⁄4 in)
1994	Nick Hysong	Arizona St	5.70 m (18 ft 8+1⁄4 in)
1995	Lawrence Johnson	Tennessee	5.70 m (18 ft 8+1⁄4 in)
1996	Lawrence Johnson	Tennessee	5.82 m (19 ft 1 in)
1997	Clark Humphreys	Auburn	5.60 m (18 ft 4+1⁄4 in)
1998	Toby Stevenson	Stanford	5.55 m (18 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
1999	Jacob Davis	Texas	5.56 m (18 ft 2+3⁄4 in)
2000	Russ Buller	Louisiana St	5.60 m (18 ft 4+1⁄4 in)
2001	Dennis Kholev (ISR)	Southern Cal	5.65 m (18 ft 6+1⁄4 in)
2002	Brian Hunter	Texas	5.70 m (18 ft 8+1⁄4 in)
2003	Eric Eshbach	Nebraska	5.45 m (17 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
2004	Tommy Skipper	Oregon	5.70 m (18 ft 8+1⁄4 in)
2005	Robison Pratt (MEX)	BYU	5.50 m (18 ft 1⁄2 in)
2006	Tommy Skipper	Oregon	5.70 m (18 ft 8+1⁄4 in)
2007	Tommy Skipper	Oregon	5.50 m (18 ft 1⁄2 in)
2008	Maston Wallace	Texas	5.35 m (17 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
2009	Jason Colwick	Rice	5.70 m (18 ft 8+1⁄4 in)
2010	Jordan Scott	Kansas	5.40 m (17 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
2011	Scott Roth	Washington	5.40 m (17 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
2012	Jack Whitt	Oral Roberts	5.65 m (18 ft 6+1⁄4 in)
2013	Sam Kendricks	Mississippi	5.70 m (18 ft 8+1⁄4 in)
2014	Sam Kendricks	Mississippi	5.70 m (18 ft 8+1⁄4 in)
2015	Shawn Barber (CAN)	Akron	5.65 m (18 ft 6+1⁄4 in)
2016	Jake Blankenship	Tennessee	5.60 m (18 ft 4+1⁄4 in)
2017	Matthew Ludwig	Akron	5.65 m (18 ft 6+1⁄4 in)
2018	Chris Nilsen	South Dakota Coyotes	5.83 m (19 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
2019	Chris Nilsen	South Dakota Coyotes	5.95 m (19 ft 6+1⁄4 in)
2021	Branson Ellis	Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks	5.70 m (18 ft 8+1⁄4 in)
2022	Sondre Guttormsen	Princeton Tigers	5.75 m (18 ft 10+1⁄4 in)
2023	Kyle Rademeyer	South Alabama Jaguars	5.70 m (18 ft 8+1⁄4 in)