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2020-21 Women's Track & Field Roster

Kristin Slaughter

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Effingham, Ill.
  • High School St. Anthony

Biography

2021

Indoor

  • Placed 2nd in the pole vault at the Badger Icebreaker with a height of 3.50 m

2020

Outdoor

  • Season canceled due to COVID-19

Indoor

  • Placed 13th at the B1G Championships with a height of 12'7.5", her season high
  • Placed 3rd at the Illini Invitational

2019

Outdoor

  • Competed in pole vault at seven meets for the Illini
  • Set a new PR in pole vault clearing 12'8.25"(3.87m) at Big Ten Championships (5/11)

Indoor

  • Competed in all of Illinois meets in pole vault
  • Set Illinois PR clearing 12'3.25"(3.74m) at  Frank Sevigne (2/1

2018

Outdoor

  • Made Big Ten Championships debut in the pole vault
  • Competed at every regular season meet in the pole vault
  • Set season-best vault of 11'7.75" (3.55m) at the Kip Janvrin Open 

Indoor

  • Competed unattached at the Illinois Open, making her collegiate debut
  • Made her Illini debut at the Mark Colligan Memorial meet, clearing 11'1" (3.38m)

High School

  • Two-time IHSA Class 1A Pole Vault State Champion
  • Won the 2017 pole vault title with a personal-best height of 12’6” (3.81m)
  • Two-time Class 1A Pole Vault Runner-Up
  • Coached by Randy Blake
  • Also lettered in tennis

Personal

  • Born November 10, 1998
  • Daughter of Mike and Jill Slaughter
  • Has a younger sister, Katherine
  • Grandfather, Jim Jansen, played basketball at UNLV. Her cousin, Jaclyn Jansen, played golf at Baylor and James Jansen played golf at Eastern Illinois. 
  • Majoring in bioengineering
  • St. Anthony Valedictorian of her graduating class and National Honor Society Member
  • Credits her dad for being her biggest supporter, motivator and training partner

Career-Bests

Indoor

Pole Vault: 12'8.25"(3.87m) - Big Ten Championships (5/11/19)

Outdoor

PV: 12’6” (3.82 m) M City Classic - 4/30/21

Updated June 2021

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    Pole Vault
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Pole Vault
  • 2019-20Junior

    Pole Vault
  • 2020-21Senior

    Pole Vault