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2015-16 Men's Track & Field Roster

Mitch Mammoser

  • Ht./Wt. - /
  • Position Pole Vault
  • Hometown Newton, Ill.
  • High School Newton Community HS

Biography

2016

Outdoor

  • Placed 10th at Big Ten Championships with a season-best clearance of 16'3.25" (4.96m)
  • Finished runner-up at the Illini Open with a mark of 16'1.5" (4.91m)
  • Academic All-Big Ten

Indoor

  • Did not compete

2015

Outdoor

  • Qualified for NCAA West Prelims in the pole vault, finishing 37th
  • Set a personal-best at Big Ten Championships with a mark of 17-1 (5.21m), finishing fifth
  • Took third place at the Illini Twilight
  • Academic All-Big Ten

Indoor

  • Set a personal-best mark of 16-7 1/2 (5.07m) at Big Ten Championships, good for a 12th place finish
  • Won the pole vault event at the Border Battle
  • Placed third at the Orange and Blue Open

2014

Outdoor

  • Placed 13th in the pole vault at the Big Ten Championships
  • Tied for seventh at the Musco Twilight
  • Academic All-Big Ten

Indoor

  • Placed sixth in the pole vault at the Illini Open

2013

Outdoor

  • Launched the outdoor season at the Big Ten/SEC Challenge where he tied for first overall in pole vault at the mark of 16-0 3/4 (4.90m)
  • Placed second at the Lee Calhoun Memorial with an improved mark of 16-6 3/4 (5.05m)
  • Recorded his career-best mark in pole vault at the Big Ten Championships where he cleared the height of 16-7 1/4 (5.06m) to finish in a tie for fifth place

Indoor

  • Participated in two outtings including the EIU Special and the Big Ten's, where he posted his best indoor mark of 16-4 (4.98m) to finish in 18th place

High School

  • Two-time state champion (2011 & 2012)
  • Holds the school pole vault record
  • Three-time conference champion
  • Earned the 2011 Decatur Track Athlete of the year
  • Won every pole vault event his junior and senior year
  • Four-time letterwinner in track, also lettered in football, golf, baseball, and basketball

Personal

  • Born Jan. 23, 1994
  • Son of Pat and Peggy Mammoser
  • Has three brothers
  • Graduated from the College of Business and is now earning a degree in financial planning in the College of ACES

Personal Bests

Track & Field

Outdoor
Pole Vault 17-1 (5.21m) - Big Ten Championships (5/17/15)

Indoor
Pole Vault: 16-7 1/2 (5.07m) - Big Ten Championships (2/28/15)

Updated May 2016

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    Pole Vault
  • 2013-14Freshman

    Pole Vault
  • 2014-15Junior

    Pole Vault
  • 2015-16Senior

    Pole Vault