2019 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Melissa Maneatis
- Position:
- Pole Vault
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Del Oro
- Hometown:
- Granite Bay, Calif.
2019
Competed in 11 events in her final season … One of two pole vaulters for the Bruins … Indoor: Opened her season at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational, where she cleared 3.50m (11-5.75) to finish ninth … Cleared 3.39m (11-1.5) at the MPSF Indoor Championships, taking 22nd … Outdoor: Earned sixth in her outdoor opener at the Baldy Castillo Invitational after clearing 3.38m (11-1) … Notched an outdoor season-best effort of 3.50m (11-5.75) at UCLA’s Jim Bush Legends Invitational … Finished first at USC, clearing 3.31m (10-10.25) … Honors: Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention … UCLA All-Academic Team … Recognized with the Athletic Director’s Academic Excellence Award, given to senior student-athletes who have made the Director’s Honor Roll (3.0 or higher GPA in 12 or more graded units) every quarter they were enrolled at UCLA.
2018
Pac-12 All-Academic Team honorable mention ... Competed in the pole vault in six outdoor meets and two indoor meets as a junior ... Best result came in the Aztec Open on Mar. 23, as she cleared the 3.72m (12-2.5) progression ... Cleared 3.70m (12-1.5) at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee on Apr. 14 ... Finished 14th at the Pac-12 Championships, with a top mark of 3.67m (12-0.5) ... Highest finish was at the USC Dual Meet, where she took second after clearing 3.41m (11-2.25).
2017
Competed in the pole vault in 10 outdoor meets for UCLA … Cleared 12-04.50 at the Pac-12 Championships to finish 13th overall … Took home the victory in the pole vault competition at the USC Dual with a lifetime-best mark of 12-11.75 … Placed third at the Triton Invitational with a clearance of 12-04.00 … Posted a mark of 12-00.50 at the MPSF Indoor Championships to finish 19th overall.
2016
Competed in six outdoor meets in the pole vault … Posted a career best in the pole vault with a mark of 12-2 to open the season at the Jim Bush Collegiate to finished third overall … Placed fourth in the dual against rival USC with a mark of 11-7.75 … Placed third at the Triton Invitational with a clearance of 11-11.75.
High School
Attended Del Oro High School in Loomis, Calif. … A three-time CIF State Track & Field Championships qualifier in the pole vault … Was the runner-up at the state meet as a junior with a mark of 12-4 … Placed seventh as a senior with a vault of 12-2 … Holds a personal best of 12-6 which she set as a junior en route to winning the Sacramento Meet of Champions … Won the California Indoor state title in 2015 … Won the Mt. Relays in 2014 … Sac Joaquin Section Champion 2012, 2014 and 2015 … Sierra Foothill League Champion 2012 and 2014 … Del Oro team captain 2014, 2015 … All-City Award 2012, 2014 and 2015 … Named Track and Field Athlete of the Year in 2015.
Personal
Daughter of James and Kay Maneatis … Has two sisters named Jennifer and Natalie … Her biggest athletic thrill was finishing as the runner-up at the CIF State Championships … Her great uncle Frank Flores was an All-American jumper on the USC track & field team … She admires Jenn Suhr … Enjoys snowboarding, hiking and loves Shark Week.
