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2024-25 Women's Track & Field Roster

Big Ten Conference

Tori Thomas

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rock Island, Ill.
  • High School Rock Island Alleman
  • Major Recreation, Sport & Tourism
  • Twitter torianajo2
  • Instagram toriana.thomas
  • NIL tori-thomas-profile

Biography

NIL Opportunities

Trophy Badge Pole Vault Big Ten Champion (Outdoor '24)
USA Button All-American Pole Vault (Indoor & Outdoor '24, Indoor '25)
NCAA Badge 4x NCAA Championships Qualifier
Big Ten Logo white First-Team All-Big Ten // Pole Vault (Outdoor 2024)
Big Ten Logo white Second-Team All-Big Ten // Pole Vault (Outdoor 2023)
Badge Illinois 2 Illinois Record - Pole Vault

2025

Indoor

  • NCAA All-American (Pole Vault)
  • NCAA Championships qualifier (Pole Vault)
  • Became an All-American in the pole vaul in her seventh-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships, 4.40m (14-5 1/4)
  • Broke the program and UI Armory pole vault record, 4.57m (15-0), at the Fighting Illini Challenge
  • Placed third in the pole vault at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, 4.46m (14-7 1/2)

Outdoor

  • Placed fourth in the pole vault at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, 4.28m (14-0 1/2)
  • Placed second in the ple vault on a season-best clearance, 4.43m (14-6 1/4), at the Texas A&M 44 Farms Team Invitational 
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2024

Indoor

  • All-American (Pole Vault)
  • NCAA Championships qualifier (Pole Vault)
  • Broke the UI Armory facility record in the pole vault, 4.42m (14-6), in her win at the Illini Open
  • Placed sixth in the pole vault at the NCAA Indoor Championships, 4.40m (14-5 1/4)
  • Placed third in the pole vault at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, 4.40m (14-5 1/4)

Outdoor

  • All-American (Pole Vault)
  • NCAA Championships qualifier (Pole Vault)
  • Big Ten Champion (Pole Vault)
  • First-Team All-Big Ten (Pole Vault)
  • Big Ten Outdoor Championships Record (Pole Vault)
  • Became an All-American in the pole vault at the NCAA Outdoor Championships placing seventh, 4.40m (14-5 1/4)
    • Program's second-ever All-American in the event, first since Stephanie Richartz in 2015
  • Became a Big Ten Champion in the pole vault with a Big Ten Outdoor Championships meet record and Illinois record 4.52m (14-10)
  • Won Illinois women's first ever Field Athlete of the Championships at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships
  • Placed eighth at the NCAA West Preliminaries to qualify to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, 4.30m (14-1 1/4)
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2023

Indoor

  • Registered the program's second best pole vault in her second place finish at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational, 4.21m (13-9 3/4)
  • Won the pole vault at the Illini Challenge, 4.18m (13-8 1/2)

Outdoor

  • Second-Team All-Big Ten (Pole Vault)
  • Recorded the program's second highest pole vault in her second place finish at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, 4.36m (14-3 1/2)
  • Placed sixth at the NCAA West Preliminaries [4.22m (13-10)] to qualify for her first NCAA Outdoor Championships finals
  • Won the pole vault at the Rafer Johnson & Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invite [4.04m (13-3)], Fighting Illini Challenge [4.17m (13-8 1/4)] and the Gary Wieneke Memorial [4.16m (13-7 3/4)]

2022

Indoor

  • Finished second in the pole vault at The Badgers B1G Ten Midwest Invite
  • Finished second in the pole vault at the Illini Invite and Multi
  • Personal-best and finished second in the pole vault 4.11m (13-5 3/4) at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invite
  • Finished sixth in the pole vault at the Meyo Invite
  • Finished third in the pole vault at the Music City Challenge
  • Finished second in the pole vault at the Illini Classic

Outdoor

  • Won the pole vault at the Ole Miss Classic
  • Finished second in the 4x100m at the Ole Miss Classic
  • Won the pole vault at the Redbird Invite
  • Finished second in the pole vault at the 62nd Annual Mt. SAC Relays
  • Finished second in the pole vault at the Illini Invite
  • Personal-best and finished third in the pole vault at the Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships

High School

  • Quad Cities All-Metro Illinois Track Athlete of the Year
  • Seven-time IHSA all-state performer
  • 2021 IHSA Class 2A Pole Vault State Champion with a new IHSA state meet record with a height of 13' 4.25''
  • Two-time IHSA Class 1A Runner-Up in pole vault

TFRRS Profile

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    Pole Vault
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Pole Vault
  • 2023-24Junior

    Pole Vault
  • 2024-25Senior

    Pole Vault